Author: Adcock, F. F.
Title: Thucydides and His History.
Description: Cambridge Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1963. 1st ed. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), edges lightly foxed (minimal endpapers & title page), pages lightly toned, front flap creased jacket (price-clipped, reverse side lightly toned, minor edgewear, two marks rear cover, light foxing & toning), owner's written name & date 146 pp. This book is an attempt to describe the Athenian historian and general Thucydides: his personalty, his mind and his fortunes, as well as what he set himself to do, how he did it, and how far he progressed. Part 1 is a study of aspects of his life and work - the narrative, the speeches, his dialectic and ethics, his exile, as well as aspects of the historical scene. Part 2 is a series of interpretations of particular passages in the original texts relevant to the discussion in Part 1. (The Thucydides Trap, a potential cause of war between an established and an emerging power, is named after a statement by him.).

Keywords: ancient history, biography, military, europe, ancient greece


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