A Commentary on Thucydides: Volume I: Books I-III

這是關於修昔底德八冊的三卷歷史和文學評論的第一卷，這是公元前五世紀偉大的雅典和斯巴達之間的伯羅奔尼撒戰爭史學家修昔底德的書。在本書所涉及的三本書中，第一本書介紹了修昔底德為戰爭撰寫工作和歷史背景的目的。第二和第三本書描述了戰爭前五年（431-426）的主要事件，包括伯里克利斯的葬禮演說，雅典的瘟疫，米蒂利尼的起義，普拉塔亞的毀滅以及科西拉的內戰。

他的作品的持續重要性是無可爭議的。西蒙霍恩布洛爾的評論，通過翻譯希臘文的每一段經文或短語，第一次讓讀者很少或沒有希臘文，可以理解修昔底德思想和主題的細節。這是本世紀由一位作者撰寫的第一篇完整評論，探討了作品的歷史和文學方面。卷的末尾提供完整的索引。

This is the first volume of a three-volume historical and literary commentary on the eight books of Thucydides, the great fifth-century BC historian of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. Of the three books covered in this volume, Book I presents Thucydides' aims in writing the work and the historical background to the war. Books II and III describe the main events of the first five years of the war (431-426) and include Pericles' funeral oration, the plague of Athens, the revolt of Mytilene, the destruction of Plataea, and civil war in Corcyra.

Thucydides intended his work to be 'an everlasting possession' and the continuing importance of his work is undisputed. Simon Hornblower's commentary, by translating every passage or phrase of Greek commented on, for the first time allows the reader with little or no Greek to appreciate the detail of Thucydides' thought and subject-matter. It is the first complete commentary written by a single author this century and explores both the historical and literary aspects of the work.

A full index is provided at the end of the volume.

  Simon Hornblower (Autor)

Publisher:Oxford University Press  

ISBN:    978-0198150992 

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