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This book is a concise, readable introduction to the Greek author Thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of all time. Why does Thucydides continue to matter today? Perez Zagorin answers this question by examining Thucydides' landmark History of the Peloponnesian Wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zagorin, Perez
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Thucydides. > History of the Peloponnesian War.
Thucydide > Pensée politique et sociale.
Thucydide. > Histoire de la guerre du Péloponnèse.
History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
431-404 B.C
Greece.
Regions & Countries > Europe.
History & Archaeology.
HISTORY > Ancient.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
Historiography
Greece > History > Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. > Historiography.
Grèce > Histoire > 431-404 av. J.-C. (Guerre du Péloponnèse) > Historiographie.
Greece
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book is a concise, readable introduction to the Greek author Thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of all time. Why does Thucydides continue to matter today? Perez Zagorin answers this question by examining Thucydides' landmark History of the Peloponnesian War, one of the great classics of Western civilization. This history, Zagorin explains, is far more than a mere chronicle of the conflict between Athens and Sparta, the two superpowers of Greece in the fifth century BCE. It is also a remarkable story of politics, decision-making, the uses of power, and the.
Notas:Originally published: 2005.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 190 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-185) and index.
ISBN:9781400826797
1400826799
128208691X
9781282086913

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