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  The History of the Peloponnesian War (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Thucydides, Introduction by Sir Moses I. Finley, Translated by Rex Warner

  

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  Short Description for The History of the Peloponnesian War Presents a contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta. This title compiles a factual record of this disastrous conflict.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 28 February 1974
  • Format: Paperback 656 pages
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  • Categories: European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Military History
  • ISBN 13: 9780140440393 ISBN 10: 0140440399
  • Sales rank: 22,226

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• Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c. 460-400 BC) was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war. He applied thereafter a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling this factual record of a disastrous conflict.