The Peloponnesian war Book VI Book VI /
Book 6 features tense debates both at Athens, with cautious Nicias no match for risk-taking Alcibiades, and at Syracuse, with the statesmanlike Hermocrates confronting the populist Athenagoras. The spectacle of the armada is memorably described; so is the panic at Athens when people fear that acts o...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2022.
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| Edición: | First published 2022 |
| Colección: | Cambridge Greek and Latin classics
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46349820*spi |
| Sumario: | Book 6 features tense debates both at Athens, with cautious Nicias no match for risk-taking Alcibiades, and at Syracuse, with the statesmanlike Hermocrates confronting the populist Athenagoras. The spectacle of the armada is memorably described; so is the panic at Athens when people fear that acts of sacrilege may be alienating the gods, with Alcibiades himself so implicated that he is soon recalled. The Book ends with Athens seeming poised for victory; that will soon change, and a sister commentary on Book 7 is being published simultaneously. The Introduction discusses the narrative skill and the part these books play in the architecture of the history. Considerable help with the Greek is offered throughout the Commentary. Cambridge University Press |
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| Descripción Física: | VIII, 352 páginas : ilustraciones (blanco y negro), mapas (blanco y negro) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9781107176911 9781316630211 |
