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  Herodotus: The Histories New Translation, Selections, Backgrounds, Commentaries
  

  by Herodotus, Walter Blanco , Jennifer Tolbert Roberts

  ISBN 0393959465 (0-393-95946-5)
  Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

  
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  This Norton Critical Edition offers an introduction to Herodotus for students approaching the history of Western Civilization or classical Greece for the first time. It features a new translation and selection of Herodotuss The Histories by Walter Blanco, supplemented by critical works chosen by Jennifer Roberts.

  Walter Blanco's translation manages both to remain true to the spirit and letter of the original Greek and to be readily understandable to American students.
  
  The selections from The Histories show Herodotus as ethnographer and as narrative historian, including his rich descriptions of Egyptian civilization and its contributions to Greek culture and his dramatic account of the Persian wars
  
  "Backgrounds and Commentaries" provide students with a context for understanding Herodotuss place at the genesis of the historical narrative tradition. Great classical accounts by Aeschylus, Thucydides, Aristotle, and Plutarch serve as comparative pieces in early historical narrative while critical commentaries by modern scholarsincluding Hume, Mill, Macaulay, Collingwood, Momigliano, Ferrill, and othersengage students in the debate over Herodotuss historical authority.
  
  A master Map, Chronology of Events, Glossary of names, places, and terms, and explanatory footnotes facilitate the students understanding of this work. A Bibliography directs readers to resources for further study. [via]

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  The Peloponnesian War: A New Translation, Backgrounds, Interpretations
  

  by Thucydides, Walter Blanco , Jennifer Tolbert Roberts

  ISBN 0393971678 (0-393-97167-8)
  Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

  
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  A masterpiece of historical writing, Thucydides' account of the war fourth in the fifth century B.C. between the Athenian and Spartan alliances established a paradigm for the war monograph. The complete text appears here in a new and spirited translation by Walter Blanco. Jennifer Roberts's introduction and annotations provide vital background information.

  Thucydides' military and diplomatic acumen, his understanding of human psychology, and his narrative skill have shaped the writing of history for over two thousand years. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides supplementary selections from Xenophon, Herodotus, Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and twentieth-century journalist, Walter Karp. "Interpretations" includes richly varied assessments of Thucydides by Theodor Gomperz, Francis M. Cornford, Charles N. Chochrane, R. G. Collingwood, Albert Cook, Cynthia Farrar, Adam Parry, Glen Bowersock, Robert Gilpin, Michael Doyle, and Gregory Crane.
  
  The edition also includes fourteen maps, a chronology, a glossary, a selected bibliography, and an index. [via]

  More editions of The Peloponnesian War: A New Translation, Backgrounds, Interpretations:

  • The Peloponnesian War: A New Translation, Backgrounds, Interpretations: ISBN 0393971678 (0-393-97167-8)
    Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc