A New History of the Peloponnesian War
A New History of the Peloponnesian War
ISBN: 9781405122504
出版社: WileyBlackwell
出版年: 2009-12-04
页数: 320
定价: GBP 55.00
装帧: Hardcover
内容简介
This stimulating new study provides a narrative of the monumental conflict of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and examines the realities of the war and its effects on the average Athenian. A penetrating new study of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta by an established scholar Offers an original interpretation of how and why the war began Weaves in the contemporary evidence of Aristophanes in order to give readers a new sense of how the war affected the individual Discusses the practicalities and realities of the war Examines the blossoming of culture and intellectual achievement in Athens despite the war Challenges the approach of Thucydides in his account of the war