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Vol. 1 revised 1928; vol. 2 revised 1930; vol. 4 includes index.

Thucydides (c. 460-395 BCE) was a Greek historian dubbed the father of "scientific history" because of his strict standards of evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect without reference to intervention by the gods. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC.

Thucydides (c. 460-395 BCE) was a Greek historian dubbed the father of "scientific history" because of his strict standards of evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect without reference to intervention by the gods. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC.

A school/university student edition of "Thucydides: Book I" that consists of Greek text, philological notes and indexes. It presents introduction and bibliography by Thomas Weidemann, covering the context and aims of the work and giving essential background to the events described.

This is an edition of Book VI of Thucydides. Its notes aim to assist translation, draw attention to features of language and style characteristic of the author, make explicit what the author took for granted in his original audience and comment on the historical background.

Recounts the ancient war between Athens and Sparta in the translation by the seventeenth century British philosopher.

Originally published in 1962, this edition was prepared for new students of Greek who had reached the stage of the 'First School Examination'. It contains chapters 1-41 of Thucydides, Book 4, in original Greek, together with an introduction, generous notes and a vocabulary section. This book will remain of value to anyone with an interest in ancient Greece and the teaching of Greek.

Greek text with introduction and commentary

Thucydides Historiae Vol. II: Books V-VIII

Thucydides Historiae Vol. I: Books I-IV

This volume of Thucydides' history includes an account of Pericles' Funeral Speech and the plague in Athens between 431 and 429 BC. Professor Rusten comments on Thucydides' conception of these events with a thorough exegesis of passages likely to prove difficult to the reader.

Thucydides' account of the war fought in the fifth century BC between the Athenian and Spartan alliances established a paradigm for the war monograph. The complete text appears here and supporting information is provided by the introduction and annotations.