The Landmark Thucydides : A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War (Paperback)

from Poquette

The conventional attitude is that in ancient Greece, Athens and her allies were the good guys while Sparta and hers were the equivalent of the forces of evil. But this is a gross misrepresentation ...

from Poquette

The conventional attitude is that in ancient Greece, Athens and her allies were the good guys while Sparta and hers were the equivalent of the forces of evil. But this is a gross misrepresentation ...

from Beholderess

I have seen many reviews claiming that, although an accomplished historian, Thucydides is a dry writer. Thus I've started reading this book with some trepidation, expecting to be bored out of my mi...

from CurrerBell

I'm rating this at 5***** primarily for the quality of this "Landmark" edition edited by Robert B. Strassler. Personally, I find most of Thucydides a very tedious read because of the "chronicle" st...

from Sandydog1

This bad-boy took me literally years, off-and-on, to finish, a true exercise in patience. The annotations, especially the summaries in the margins were extremely valuable, as were the interesting g...