A Historical Commentary on Thucydides: A Companion to Rex Warner's Penguin Translation - Softcover

Cartwright, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0472084194 ISBN 13: 9780472084197

Verlag: The University of Michigan Press, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Cartwright David

Über diesen Titel

Críticas:

...an extremely successful book...Cartwright has provided a valuable resource for the Greekless reader of Thucydides. Every library, Classics department, History department, and Political Science department should own a copy as a reference...If at all possible students should have Cartwright in hand. Everyone who approaches Thucydides through Warner's translation should now not only have Cartwright at his side, he should be sure to read every word for it will immeasurably enhance his understanding and enjoyment of the text." -Bryn Mawr Classical Review "...this commentary offers a wealth of background information as well as help in negotiating the nexus of intra-textual references in the History." -New England Classical Journal

Reseña del editor:

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 half of the fifth century BCE. It is also Thucydides who provides us with the historical framework for fifth-century Greece, a period of progress and creativity rarely equalled in human history. His work, The Peloponnesian War, recounts that destructive conflict and also includes the only surviving contemporary record of the rise of the Athenian empire. 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. In A Historical Commentary on Thucydides, David Cartwright aims to guide the Greekless reader through Thucydides' fascinating yet demanding narrative. Cartwright's is the only such full-length, one-volume commentary and companion: it is based on Rex Warner's Penguin translation of Thucydides - the most widely used translation - and requires no knowledge of Greek. The introduction to A Historical Commentary on Thucydides includes a brief biography of Thucydides: his approach, aims, and methods are discussed, as are the general character of his work and his contribution to historiography. The commentary gives brief accounts of the people and places mentioned by Thucydides and puts events in their immediate and wider contexts. Cartwright provides occasional summaries, explains Greek concepts and technical terms, and offers interpretations of difficult or controversial passages. The author also picks out important historiographical issues and discusses the themes' underlying events. For both first-time readers and seasoned students, this commentary gives broad access to one of antiquity's most profound and difficult writers. 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.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: The University of Michigan Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0472084194
• ISBN 13: 9780472084197
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336