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The History of the Peloponnesian War

The History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides, Thucydides
Crawley, Richard

Paperback

Ancient GreeceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 197765469X
ISBN13: 9781977654694
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 29 2017
Pages: 414
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also happened to serve as an Athenian general during the war. His account of the conflict is widely considered to be a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history. The History is divided into eight books. Analyses of the History generally occur in one of two camps. On the one hand, some scholars view the work as an objective and scientific piece of history. The judgment of J. B. Bury reflects his traditional interpretation of the work: [The History is] severe in its detachment, written from a purely intellectual point of view, unencumbered with platitudes and moral judgments, cold and critical. On the other hand, in keeping with more recent interpretations that are associated with reader-response criticism, the History can be read as a piece of literature rather than an objective record of the historical events. This view is embodied in the words of W. R. Connor, who describes Thucydides as an artist who responds to, selects and skillfully arranges his material, and develops its symbolic and emotional potential.

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