Origins of the Peloponnesian War - by G de Ste Croix & G E M De Ste Croix (Paperback)
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- In this provocative and wide-ranging examination of the causes of the Peloponnesian war, first published in 1972, Geoffrey de Ste Croix argued against most previous historiography (which tended to blame Athens), that the Spartans and their allies must bear the immediate and ultimate responsibility for the war.
- About the Author: G.E.M. de Ste. Croix was Fellow of New College, University of Oxford, and best known as the author of The Origins of the Peloponnesian War and The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World.
- 456 Pages
- History, Ancient
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In this provocative and wide-ranging examination of the causes of the Peloponnesian war, first published in 1972, Geoffrey de Ste Croix argued against most previous historiography (which tended to blame Athens), that the Spartans and their allies must bear the immediate and ultimate responsibility for the war. The book includes a strong argument for the fundamental credibility of Thucydides' narrative, background on Corcyraean and Potidaean affairs, a lengthy re-examination of the Athenian decree excluding Megarians from the civic centre of Athens and the ports of the empire, and three chapters on Spartan and Corinthian foreign policy and relations with Athens from earliest times till the outbreak of was in 431 BC. Forty-seven appendices treat questions of detail.
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"An amazing book ... the most important boo on Thucydides since Cornford's Thucydides Mythistoricus." --Oswyn Murray, Greece and Rome
"The account of Sparta is the fullest and the best in English ... A major contribution, immensely useful and stimulating." --G. L. Cawkwell, Classical Review "The book is written in the highly personal style of the lecture or tutorial, and the author must be a splendid teacher: clear, incisive and original." --E. Badian, History "Fasincating... an important milestone." --J.D. Smart, The Classical WorldAbout the Author
G.E.M. de Ste. Croix was Fellow of New College, University of Oxford, and best known as the author of The Origins of the Peloponnesian War and The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World.Shipping details
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