History of the Peloponnesian War Paperback – August 18, 2021

I would recommend the audio cd only for people with prior study of the Peloponnesian War. This is an ancient text and without the proper background, it will be difficult to listen to because so many of the references are obscure. The best overall study of the Peloponnesian War is Donald Kagan's book. He dedicated his career to the deep study of this conflict and his book is a modern masterpiece. Reading Kagan is great preparation for taking on Thucydides. I would next recommend "The Landmark Edition of Thucydides". It is by far the best edition to read. Its many footnotes and scholarly essays are absolutely first rate. Listening to Thucydides is a pleasure with the right preparation. Highly recommended!

A classic of history, Thucydides was a participant in the Athenian/Spartan conflict, and has quite interesting reports on the at time hot and other times cold war between the two factions. The first hand reports of speechs are quite interesting.Unfortunately, he didn't live long enough to finish the history.Picked up while free. Just over 8k locations.

The backstory for the battles in this war could be applied to every battle in every war ever initiated. The only difference being the reasoning has become more complicated. The human failings are the same.

Books were in advertised condition or better, well cared for. Seller may or may not be a "difficult teacher," but I would certainly return when looking for books again.

Photocopies of pages from an older translation. Also this is volume ii, not the full version.

Well worth the money paid--in excellent condition and matches other volumes from this publisher which I have in my library.

While it can be found online for free, it's nice having a kindle copy that's nearly word for word to the print.

While this Crawley translation is adequate, it lacks the grandeur one sees in Benjamin Jowett's translation. I have both translations but Jowett translation is my precious possession. If I were teaching Thucydides I would never use any book other than the Jowett translation. Crawley translation is somewhere in my garage waiting to be donated to the local library. I just downloaded the Kindle version for quick access (my eyesight). I couldn't find Jowett translation on Kindle.