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The History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
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The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens) in the 5th Century BC. It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian general who served in the war. It is widely considered a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history. The History is divided into eight books. These book divisions are the work of editors in later antiquity.
The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens) in the 5th Century BC. It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian general who served in the war. It is widely considered a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history. The History is divided into eight books. These book divisions are the work of editors in later antiquity.
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What I love about the best ancient Greek literature is how startlingly modern it could be. This is particularly true of Euripides (whom I regard as a 21st century dramatist) and The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides. The accounts of the Corcycran revolution, the so-called Melian Dialogu
It has been said that Earthling civilization, so far, has created ten thousand wars, but only three intelligent commentaries on war—the commentaries of Thucydides, of Julius Caesar and of Winston Niles Rutherfoord.
—Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
Some years ago, I waded through the Barnes & Nobl
«Tout commence en mystique et finit en politique.»
Charles Péguy
Desconfiava que a política é o que resta dos ideais depois da digestão. Agora, não tenho muitas dúvidas. Acho desinteressante, porque nunca tive Machtwille e a coprofilia passa-me ao lado. Garantem-me, no entanto, que esta atitude é tão
For over three years I was a history major at Grinnell College. In the junior year only one course requirement remained, historiography, a course taught by only one faculty member. That was fine by me until we got to Augustine's City of God which, at the time, I thought was absolutely crazy and unre
যুদ্ধের একপাশে অষ্টাদশ শতকের ব্রিটিশ রাজ, যে আপনার রাজরাজড়াদের পগারপার করে দিয়ে এরপর আপনাকে শেখাবে গণতন্ত্র, আপনাকে করবে এথেনীয় কায়দায় শিক্ষিত, বিনিময়ে নেবে কর, আর অন্যদিকে আছে বিংশ শতকের মার্কিনী সাম্রাজ্য, যার কাজ করও নেয়া না, আপনাকে গণতন্ত্র খিলানোও না, শুধু জায়গায় জায়গায় মনঃপূত পুতুল
This book is impossible to review but I still wanted to give my opinion on this as I try to do with every outstanding book I come across. I mean impossible because this book is the cornerstone for different disciplines, mainly History and International Relations. This is no surprise as Thucydides wa