Commentary on Thucydides, Book 3 / Rachel Bruzzone.
| Author/creator | Bruzzone, Rachel author |
| Other author | Thucydides. |
| Other author | Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | 399 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Michigan classical commentaries Michigan classical commentaries http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/a04e295f-37b6-a54c-c609-59ae98d776cb ^A1258146 |
| Abstract | Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is one of the most significant historical and political texts of Ancient Greece, enjoying a broad appeal among the educated general public since at least 1628. The past decade has seen the historian garner significant attention even in the popular press, as scholars and politicians alike have sought to employ the History to analyze current international relations. Despite this popularity, the complexity of Thucydides' Greek has left the original language inaccessible to all but the most specialized of scholars. Commentary on Thucydides, Book 3 remedies this situation by offering detailed linguistic explanations and grammatical clarifications designed to appeal both to seasoned Classicists and to a broader group of non-specialist readers who may still be developing their Greek language skills. Starting with 428 BCE, Book 3 covers a critical period of the Peloponnesian War in which the conflict began to manifest its extraordinary violence and scale. The book contains influential and controversial discussions, including Thucydides' own analysis of the nature of war and the ways that it teaches "lessons of violence" to individuals and states. Book 3 also features the famous Mytilenean Debate, an argument premised on the thesis that all international relations are, or should be, fundamentally amoral. Educated readers have always looked to Thucydides in turbulent times, and this commentary will open up his text to a wider audience. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-391) and index. |
| Language | Includes the original Greek text and a line by line commentary in English. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Routledge companion to Jia Pingwa Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2025 pages cm. 9781032036397 9781041048916 9781003630449 |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Routledge companion to Jia Pingwa Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2025 9781032036397 9781041048916 |
| LCCN | 2025000464 |
| ISBN | 9780472057481 |
| ISBN | 9780472077489 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0472077481 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0472057480 paperback |
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