''With icy remorselessness, it puts paid to any notion that the horrors of modern history might be an aberration - for it tells of universal war, of terrorism, revolution and genocide'' Tom Holland

The long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta plunged the ancient Greek world into decades of warThucydides was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war, and in this detailed, first-hand contemporary account he writes as both a soldier and a historian. He applies a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling a factual record of a ruinous conflict that would eventually destroy the Athenian empire.

Translated by Rex Warner with an introduction and notes by MI. Finley

Format Häftad Omfång 656 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Penguin Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 1974-02-28 ISBN 9780140440393