Review of hornblower, commentary on thucydides ii inscriptions having to do with cult are barely treated by gomme, but, h. There is a cottage industry of articles about precisely what kind of realist thucydides truly is, matched only by. In 430 bc, a plague struck the city of athens, which was then under siege by sparta during the peloponnesian war 431404 bc. On the basis of thucydides account of the events, kagan 1969. A companion to rex warner s penguin translation legally pdf catalog. This grammatical commentary on the melian dialogue and related narrative thucydides, 5. The early 5th century bce produced several prose narrativesnow preserved only in fragmentsof genealogies beginning with the mythical past or of traditional. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than. A students grammatical commentary, by howard don cameron, nowadays, will certainly not force you to consistently purchase in the establishment offline. Gomme is the author of a historical commentary on thucydides 3. A commentary on thucydides simon hornblower oxford. The greatest of all greek historians was the athenian general thucydides 455400 b. Historical commentary on thucydides by a w gomme abebooks. Clag 305 advanced ancient greek i thucydides, syllabus.
Giovanni parmeggiani, the causes of the peloponnesian. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months. A students grammatical commentary, by howard don cameron. An annotated and illustrated thucydides reader containing passages from books iviii of the histories with introductory material for all eight books of the histories, commentary and grammatical notes. Much of the modern way of thinking about history and historiography in fact begins with the great greek historian thucydides, an athenian general in the latter. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. In the chaos of the plague, human nature is exposed as selfinterested and desirous of public selfindulgence since the restraints that have made civilization possible disintegrate. An historical commentary on thucydides books v25vii a.
Much of the modern way of thinking about history andhistoriography in fact begins with the great greek historianthucydides, an athenian general in. Thucydides classic work, history of the peloponnesian war, provides us with the historical framework for 5th century greece, a golden age of intellectual achievement and. Cartwrights is the only such fulllength, onevolume commentary and companion. The following books are available at the bookstore and should be purchased by every student. For both firsttime readers and seasoned students, this commentary gives broad access to one of antiquitys most profound and difficult writers. Simon hornblower planned to produce a full historical and literary commentary on thucydides surviving work and that the oxford university. Thucydides divides his history into summers and winters, thus reckoning more accurately, as he points out v. Thucydides melian dialogue pdf epub download cause of. A historical commentary on thucydides series librarything. Introduction, and commentary on book i 9780198141266. The fourth, final drawback concerns gommes historical commentary. Rhodes a commentary on the aristotelian athenaion politeia while reading aristotles constitution of athens. In a historical commentary on thucydides, david cartwright aims to guide the greekless reader through thucydides fascinating yet demanding narrative. This is the first volume of a twovolume historical and literary commentary on the eight books of thucydides, the great fifthcentury b.
Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Gomme author of a historical commentary on thucydides. Never before had so many cities been captured and then devastated, whether by foreign armies or by the hellenic powers themselves. The risks and rewards of thucydides history of the. The concept of a thucydides trap and its rise and avoidability or lack thereof is often debated and david makes a case for dealing with them weaving current and historical events into a comprehensive narrative. It is also very long and hard to digest without proper context, particularly for the first time reader. Exploring both the historical and literary aspects of the work, this. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war is one the best books ever written on war.
Thucydides teaches his readers that the most powerful states in the world can come to a humiliating end, that a careless tyranny, especially toward the weak, and, nearly two millennia before machiavelli, that absolute power corrupts absolutely. This chapter uses frank walbanks historical commentary on polybius as a palmary example of the subgenre of the historical commentary, and notes that the subgenre is largely ignored by the literature on commentary theory. In a historical commentary on thucydides, david cartwright aims to guide the greekless reader. Ii 1996 of a historical and literary commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the. This volume of the writings and speeches of edmund b. His history of the peloponnesian war recounts the fifthcentury bc war between sparta and athens until the year 411 bc. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history by those who accept his claims to. Historical context for history of the peloponnesian war by. This book is a standard text for any college course in reading thucydides in greek.
This is the first volume of a threevolume historical and literary commentary on the eight books of thucydides, the great fifthcentury bc historian of the. On the implicit ethics and psychology of thucydides. Arnold wycombe publication date 1945 topics thucydides criticism and interpretation publisher oxford. Thucydides observes that even the convention of the funeral procedure crumbles when it is found to be more expedient to pile up bodies anonymously thucydides, 2. Download pdf thucydides in english free online new. Historical commentary on thucydides, david cartwright aims to guide the greekless reader through a commentary on thucydides vol ii books iv v 24 results 1 12 of. The customary meanings of words were changed or were they. Contemporary analysis of thucydides history of the.
Conventions and abbreviations t his commentary is meant to be used with the oxford classical text of thucydides, edited by henry stuart jones, and with smyths greek grammar, which almost never fails to illuminate thucydidean syntax. Chapter i the state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war thucydides, an athenian, wrote the history of the war between the peloponnesians and the athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it. Shorey, paul, on the implicit ethics and psychology of thucydides. Robert connor, american council of learned societies, c1984 book thucydides mythistoricus francis macdonald cornford. Historians, classicists, and anyone else interested in the cultural and intellectual achievements of ancient greece will find a historical commentary on thucydides a welcome addition to their library. Transformation of the historiographic tradition in the tradition of greek historical writing thucydides does not betray influence but rather shows radical innovation.
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