thucydides history of the peloponnesian war sparknotes

I want to thank Steven Riddle at A Momentary Taste of Being for his kind words and links along the way as I posted as well as the links from Frank Wilson at Books Inq. I’m looking at it now and contemplating throwing this copy away because it’s a pain to open. I didn’t use it as my principal copy and still it came completely apart. Because I sang the praises of my hardcover copy of The Landmark Herodotus, which held up to three months of use and abuse by me last summer, I feel I need to express my disappointment in the quality of my paperback copy of The Landmark Thucydides. Not to mention all the other help the Landmark edition provides with maps, detailed timelines, informative essays, etc. Hobbes’ wording gave me trouble in a few places and it was nice to have the Richard Crawley translation in the Landmark edition handy. You don’t have to immerse yourself in it as deeply as I did in order to enjoy the work.Ī quick word on my experiment with reading the Thomas Hobbes’ translation while also looking at The Landmark Thucydides-it went smoother than I thought it would.

I hope I haven’t scared anyone that has considered reading this book because of my logorrheic posts. It’s an amazing work, a literary work every bit as much as a history. The Peloponnesian War was something I have wanted to read for a long time and I am extremely glad I finally did. Fortunately I’ve already posted a little bit on some of the reasons I think are important to read Thucydides. And now I’m not sure what to say, although if I haven’t said it in the 45,000 words I’ve posted on this book to date, a few more words won’t make any difference. And I will never attempt to do anything like this again, at least in so short a timeframe. And I didn’t take an entire season to do it, like “the summer of Herodotus”.

Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war sparknotes