The History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides
The History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides
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The History of the Peloponnesian War

Author: Thucydides

Narrator: Neville Jason

Abridged: 7 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 07/30/2012


Synopsis

Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War is one of the most famous, influential, and moving works of genuine history in our traditions. His brilliant account of the civil war among the Greeks redefined how we should analyze the past, driving a permanent wedge between accounts based on myth and folk traditions and those based on empirical investigation and a rational enquiry into human motives. The work is also a profoundly tragic illumination, not merely of the self-destructive events of the civil war, but also of the future course of human history. This abridgement features Richard Crawley’s classic translation, which has been updated by Ian Johnston.

About Thucydides

Thucydides (c. 460 BC-395 BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War details the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on March 11, 2010

What I love about the best ancient Greek literature is how startlingly modern it could be. This is particularly true of Euripides (whom I regard as a 21st century dramatist) and The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides. The accounts of the Corcycran revolution, the so-called Melian Dialogu......more

Goodreads review by Roy on February 09, 2016

It has been said that Earthling civilization, so far, has created ten thousand wars, but only three intelligent commentaries on war—the commentaries of Thucydides, of Julius Caesar and of Winston Niles Rutherfoord. —Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan Some years ago, I waded through the Barnes & Nobl......more

Goodreads review by Michael on June 06, 2017

If you ever wanted to tackle Thucydides, this is the way to do it. It's beautifully laid out, with helpful maps and other material. The reading experience is profoundly moving, not really for the style but for the sheer weight of human folly on display. This should be required reading for politician......more

Goodreads review by Cleo on June 15, 2017

Probably 4.5 stars due to Thucydides dry narrative but an awesome read. Political stupidity has not changed.......more

Goodreads review by Chris on January 19, 2008

I first read Thucydides in college, using Rex Warner's translation in the Penguin edition. As a frosh with little background in ancient history and political science, I didn't have the proper perspective to realize Th.'s critical place in western historiography and political thought. As a junior, I......more