Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book Vi Cambridge University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

In Books 6 And 7 Thucydides\ Narrative Is As Plutarch Puts It \ At Its Most Emotional Vivid Varied\ He Describes The Sicilian Expedition That Ended So Catastrophically For Athens (415–413 Bce) Book Features Tense Debates Both With Cautious Nicias No Match Risk-Taking Alcibiades Syracuse Statesmanlike Hermocrates Confronting Populist Athenagoras Spectacle Of Armada Memorably Described Panic When People Fear Acts Sacrilege May Be Alienating Gods Himself Implicated Soon Recalled Ends Seeming Poised Victory Will Change A Sister Commentary On Being Published Simultaneously Introduction Discusses Skill Part These Play Architecture History Considerable Help Greek Offered Throughout Σελίδες: 370 Διαστάσεις: 13 8X13 8Cm