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Publication NameCommentary on Thucydides: Volume III: Books 5. 25-8. 109

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

SubjectMilitary / Ancient, Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), Ancient / Greece, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical

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AuthorSimon Hornblower

Subject AreaPhilosophy, History

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Reviews'Review from previous edition a model for anyone who wants to get to grips with that great historian: detailed scholarship combined with breadth and lucidity, and the Greek translated into English, too... It is the model on which all future commentaries should be based.'Peter Jones, The Times'research students and others who can take what H. has to offer will find it both informative and stimulating, and an excellent starting-point for further work.'P. R. Rhodes, The Classical Review'The translation is intended to bring out the essence of the Greek and is not simply a word-for-word rendering. In most cases, it is both smooth and precise; Hornblower has done an excellent job.'Times Literary Supplement'for its attention to detail, its balanced judgements, and its broad scope, this commentary will become a standard work... it is historically authoritative and historiographically penetrating. Readers at all levels have much to learn from this book, and will appreciate its clear and careful discussions of the many literary masterpieces in Thucydides.'Classics Journal'A work at the highest scholarly level... it will play an important role in future research.'Gnomon'Few, if any, can be more knowledgeable or versatile: every page pullulates with original, apposite and enlightening comments and ideas. No teacher of Thucydides or Greek history can afford to be without this book to hand. H's productive capacity and up-to-date mastery of the field is phenomenal... school teachers have every reason to be indebted to him.'JACT Review'No one will dispute the brilliance of the author; few, if any, would have contemplated such a task, or done it better ... H.'s commentary is of enormous value, and will very likely last as long a Gomme's commentary, if not longer, as a primary point of reference for any serious endeavour to understand individual Thucydidean passages, as well as in this volume offering a valuable methodological approach that will give continuing impetus to furtheranalysis... for years to come, we will all turn to H. when we want to understand more about Thucydides, and much else besides.'Christopher Smith, The Classical Review, "No one will dispute the brilliance of the author; few, if any, would have contemplated such a task, or done it better.... H.'s commentary is of enormous value, and will very likely last as long a Gomme's commentary, if not longer, as a primary point of reference for any serious endeavour to understand individual Thucydidean passages, as well as in this volume offering a valuable methodological approach that will give continuing impetus to further analysis.... For years to come, we will all turn to H. when we want to understand more about Thucydides, and much else besides."--Christopher Smith, The Classical Review, "A work at the highest scholarly level... it will play an important role in future research." --Gnomon, 'The translation is intended to bring out the essence of the Greek and is not simply a word-for-word rendering. In most cases, it is both smooth and precise; Hornblower has done an excellent job." --Times Literary Supplement, Hornblower's erudition is immense and illuminating, he's not afraid to use his imagination, and the political no less than the academic world will be in his debt for generations. That is no small achievement., 'research students and others who can take what H. has to offer will find it both informative and stimulating, and an excellent starting-point for further work.' --P. R. Rhodes, The Classical Review, This immensely learned tome represents a fine and weighty ... summation of Hornblower's Imagnum opus, 'Few, if any, can be more knowledgeable or versatile: every pagepullulates with original, apposite and enlightening comments and ideas. Noteacher of Thucydides or Greek history can afford to be without this book tohand. H's productive capacity and up-to-date mastery of the field is phenomenal... school teachers have every reason to be indebted to him.'JACT Review, The effort [Hornblower] has put into explicating Thucydides' text is monumental, and the historian is fortunate to have found a commentator of such devotion., "Few, if any, can be more knowledgeable or versatile: every page pullulates with original, apposite and enlightening comments and ideas. No teacher of Thucydides or Greek history can afford to be without this book to hand. H's productive capacity and up-to-date mastery of the field isphenomenal... school teachers have every reason to be indebted to him." --JACT Review, 'The translation is intended to bring out the essence of the Greek and is not simply a word-for-word rendering. In most cases, it is both smooth and precise; Hornblower has done an excellent job.'Times Literary Supplement, "No one will dispute the brilliance of the author; few, if any, would have contemplated such a task, or done it better ... H.'s commentary is of enormous value, and will very likely last as long a Gomme's commentary, if not longer, as a primary point of reference for any serious endeavour tounderstand individual Thucydidean passages, as well as in this volume offering a valuable methodological approach that will give continuing impetus to further analysis... for years to come, we will all turn to H. when we want to understand more about Thucydides, and much else besides." --Christopher Smith, The Classical Review, Review from previous edition: "a model for anyone who wants to get to grips with that great historian: detailed scholarship combined with breadth and lucidity, and the Greek translated into English, too... It is the model on which all future commentaries should be based.' --Peter Jones, The Times, "for its attention to detail, its balanced judgements, and its broad scope, this commentary will become a standard work... it is historically authoritative and historiographically penetrating. Readers at all levels have much to learn from this book, and will appreciate its clear and carefuldiscussions of the many literary masterpieces in Thucydides." --Classics Journal

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Volume NumberBk. 5, Vol. III

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal938.05

SynopsisThe third and final volume of Simon Hornblower's magisterial commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the Peloponnesian War written by the great fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides. Volume III covers the years 421-411 BC (Books 5.25 to 8.109). All Greek is translated, and there is a thematic Introduction., This is the third and final volume (Vol. I 1991, Vol. II 1996) of am historical and literary commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the twenty-seven-year 'Peloponnesian War' (between the Athenians and Spartans and their respective allies) written by the great fifth-century BC historian Thucydides. The present volume of commentary covers the ten closely-narrated years 421-411 BC, and nearly half of the total of eight 'books' (subdivisions) of Thucydides' work. It includes one of the most famous sections of ancient Greek literary writing, the lengthy and supremely dramatic account of the disastrous Athenian expedition against Sicily (415-413) in Books 6 and 7; but also the Melian Dialogue (Book 5), a notorious document of Athenian imperialism; and the account of the oligarchic revolution at Athens in 411 (Book 8). All Greek is translated. There is a thematic General Introduction and two Appendixes., This is the third and final volume (Vol. I 1991, Vol. II 1996) of a historical and literary commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the twenty-seven-year 'Peloponnesian War' (between the Athenians and Spartans and their respective allies) written by the great fifth-century BC historian Thucydides. The present volume of commentary covers the ten closely-narrated years 421-411 BC, and nearly half of the total of eight 'books' (subdivisions) of Thucydides' work. It includes one of the most famous sections of ancient Greek literary writing, the lengthy and supremely dramatic account of the disastrous Athenian expedition against Sicily (415-413) in Books 6 and 7; but also the Melian Dialogue (Book 5), a notorious document of Athenian imperialism; and the account of the oligarchic revolution at Athens in 411 (Book 8). All Greek is translated. There is a thematic General Introduction and two Appendixes.

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