A comprehensive guide to the peloponnesian war, by thucydides, with commentary by robert b. It was written by thucydides, an athenian general who served in that war. It contains extensive appendices on various aspects of athens and sparta, written by alan boegehold, paul cartledge, robert b. The commentary gives brief accounts of the people and places mentioned by thucydides and puts events in their. Morris, commentary on thucydides book 1, speech of king archidamus. Commentary on thucydides book 5 english logos bible software.
Baker exegetical commentary on the new testament by. History of the peloponnesian warbook 6 wikisource, the. Book six features the curious inclusion of the story of aristogiton and harrmodiusnotable mainly as a nearly unique authorial digression from the history of the war itself. Download m4b 150mb download cover art download cd case insert. John 6 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. A commentary on thucydides simon hornblower oxford. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 2. An interesting book on this phase of the subject is chases the credibility of the acts of the apostles 1902.
Book 6 bryn mawr commentaries, greek ancient greek and english edition 9780929524351. Additionally, important terms link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, commentaries, theology texts, and. The history of the peloponnesian war, by thucydides 431 bc. Since the disciples asked about the signs of his second coming and the end of the age, and the book of revelation also records events leading up to his second coming, we expect to find a close correlation. Sometimes the gospel of christ finds better entertainment in the country villages, where there is less wealth, and pomp, and mirth, and subtlety, than in the populous cities. Smith, commentary on thucydides book 7, speech of nicias to the atheni ans on leaving syracuse. I am very pleased to get hold of a reprint of this useful commentary on thucydides, sometimes a challenging authro, particularly in the speeches.
The conflict, fought between the athenianled delian league and the spartanled peloponnesian league, signaled the end of athenian dominance in greece at the close of the fifth. The only certain reference to any passage from isaiah in peters five sermons is the reference to jesus as the. Thucydides, an athenian, wrote the history of the war between the peloponnesians and the athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it. Ramsay dares to call luke, all things considered, the greatest of all historians, even above thucydides. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides free. Cambridge greek and latin classics cambridge university press. Feb 03, 20 seventeenth year of the war the sicilian campaign affair of the hermae departure of the expedition. Written by one of the fathers of western history, thucydides history of the peloponnesian war is a landmark literary and scholarly achievement documenting the. Luke 1 is the first chapter of the gospel of luke in the new testament of the christian bible. This 70page guide for history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 917 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Annotated passages from books iviii of the histories focus classical. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book vi, chapter 6.
Book vi greek texts greek and english edition 9781853995873. In thucydides discussion of the plague in book 2, the plague is identified. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the first book. Thucydides book 6 bryn mawr commentaries, greek much cheaper, and thucydides. In a historical commentary on thucydides, david cartwright aims to guide the greekless reader through thucydides fascinating yet demanding narrative. This is the second volume of a threevolume historical and literary commentary on thucydides, the great fifthcentury bc greek historian. It is not easy to say in a word precisely the object of luke in writing this book. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history due to his strict standards of. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides free ebook. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature.
Pelop war book 2 cambridge greek and latin classics by rusten. History of the peloponnesian war summary and study guide. History of the peloponnesian war war college series. This is a shortened version of his fourvolume book about the same war, for the popular reader. Book i is an opportunity to get to know thucydides world and the background for the war to be described. The introduction to a historical commentary on thucydides includes a brief biography of thucydides. The lexham geographic commentary on the gospels puts readers in the sandals of the disciples as they travel throughout israel with jesus, explaining the significance of geography for mining the riches of the biblical text. It was written by thucydides, an athenian historian who also served as an athenian general during the war. Who bare record of, or testified, the word of god that is, who, being honoured with so important a message, did not fail faithfully to declare it. Professor rustens commentary aims to assist the students to learn to read thucydides.
One can find them ably handled in the introduction to plummers volume on lukes gospel in the international and critical commentary, in the introduction to raggs volume on lukes gospel in the westminster commentaries, in the introduction to eastons gospel according to st. Christianity todays 2019 book award winner in biblical studies. This is the second volume of a threevolume historical and lite. This commentary contains very good explanations and clarifies thucydides syntax effectively. The gospels and the jesus of history by xavier leondufour, s.
A commentary on thucydides hardcover simon hornblower. Ephesians 6 commentary albert barnes notes on the whole bible. Mark 6 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. As usual the athenians do not provide massed resistance. Thucydides books list of books by author thucydides. Thucydides omits discussion of the arts, literature, or the social milieu in which the events in his book take place and in which he grew up. It was written by thucydides, an athenian general who served in the war. The easiest explanation is that alcibiades was thucydides informant. His history of the peloponnesian war recounts the fifthcentury bc war between sparta and athens until the year 411 bc. The first book of thucydides is a compact masterpiece. The second book of thucydides history is of particular literary interest, containing as it does such important sections as the funeral oration, the account of the plague at athens and the obituary of pericles.
Reading the gospel of st mark in greek greek edition. Theyre also narratives with plot, characters, and setting. Kagan is basically a military historian, and a conservative. Chapter ix fourth and fifth years of the war revolt of mitylene the next summer, just as the corn was getting ripe, the peloponnesians and their allies invaded attica under the command of archidamus, son of zeuxidamus, king of the lacedaemonians, and sat down and ravaged the land. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early christian tradition uniformly affirm that.
The commission given to the twelve apostles, to preach and work miracles. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. The history of the peloponnesian war tells the story of the peloponnesian war in ancient greece. Cartwrights is the only such fulllength, onevolume commentary and companion. Feb 03, 20 winter thus ended, and with it the eighteenth year of this war of which thucydides is the historian. He saw himself as recording an event, not a period, and went to considerable lengths to exclude what he deemed frivolous or extraneous. The gospels are not merely collections of reports or sayings of jesus. A comprehensive guide to the peloponnesian war new york. Herodotus, speaking of the provisions for xerxes army, assigns a choenix of corn for a mans daily supply, evidently meaning a minimum allowance vii. I pass now to the events described in book viii, and first to the account of spartan preparations and. Written by one of the fathers of western history, thucydides history of the peloponnesian war is a landmark literary and scholarly achievement documenting the pivot point in the golden age of athenian democracy. See introduction as to the title thus given to the book. The war was fought between the peloponnesian league led by sparta and the athenian league led by athens. It is true that according to diodorus 73,6 and plutarch ale.
Chapter i the state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war. Nov 10, 2008 as you become more familiar with the names of people, places and things, the points thucydides makes will also become clearer. Luke uses it, of what we should call the several books or portions of his histories. Smith, commentary on thucydides book 7, letter of nicias to the demos at athens. The first is that these early sermons, unlike most of the rest of the new testament, do not use isaiah to any appreciable degree for either textual or footnote purposes. Christ the bread of life is the theme of this grand chapter.
While all four gospels are concerned with the same historical eventsthe life, death, and resurrection of jesus christthey present different versions of these events. A particularly good english language edition of thucydides is the revised richard crowley translation, edited by robert b. Ukrainian ancient old book 4 gospels with commentary m. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the sixth. These were the nations, hellenic or barbarian, who inhabited sicily, and such. Athens sends a huge fleet to sicily and suffers disaster. In homer and the bible in the eyes of ancient interpreters, ed. Wikipedia book the history of the peloponnesian war. As i become aware of similar efforts, ill post them here. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history by those who accept his claims to. The state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war. Mar 30, 2020 thucydides book 3 selections if you are pressed for time, you may skip reading book 3, sections 85103, and 105116, but be sure to read 3.
This is the first volume of a twovolume historical and literary commentary on the eight books of thucydides, the great fifthcentury b. Russian ancient old book gospel matthew commentary 1892 lviv iosif komarnickiy. Tarik wareh publicdomain classics books union college. Written by one of the fathers of western history, thucydides history of the. Ephesians 6 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary by albert barnes, a dedicated student of the bible, continues. Origen produced the hexapla, the first critical edition of the hebrew bible, which. The foregoing discussion is important for two reasons. Naming the plague in homer, sophocles, and thucydides. Thucydides book 1 study guide questions reading odyssey. Ii 1996 of a historical and literary commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the twentysevenyear peloponnesian war between the athenians and spartans and their respective allies written by the great fifthcentury bc historian thucydides. While 2 is less true of polybius than of herodotus and thucydides, he remains. The voice is heard in the midst of the four living creatures as jehovah in the shekinahcloud manifested his presence between the cherubim. In the iliad too, the associations of the specific take over the meaning of the general.
The apostolic witness, authorized by christ, and inspired by the holy spirit belongs to the depositum custodi, the treasure with which the church is entrusted 1 tim 3. The history of the peloponnesian war the internet classics. Thucydides created one of the wests first scholarly histories by examining and. Here he sets up the conditions that led to the outbreak of the peloponnesian war in 431 b. On the implicit ethics and psychology of thucydides. Matthew 28 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is one of the most respected interdenominational commentaries ever written. Westlake the wellknown hypothesis that thucydides based parts of his history, especially in the eighth book, upon information derived, directly or indirectly, from alcibiades is, in its simplest form, not less than a century old. This series provides texts and commentaries on works of greek and latin literature aimed. It was written by thucydides, an athenian historian who also served as an athenian general during. History of the peloponnesian warbook 7 wikisource, the. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war is an account of the war fought between the peloponnesian league sparta and its allies and the delian league athens and its. Thucydides text is generally regarded as finely crafted, highly focused, and consistently ontopic. How modern scholars distort the gospels by craig a.
The apostolic and canonical significance of a book for the church depends in large measure on whether its content is a part of the basic. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book vi, chapter 24. The actual narration of the peloponnesian war begins with book ii. The history of the peloponnesian war is an account of the peloponnesian war in ancient greece, fought between the peloponnesian league led by sparta and the delian league led by athens in the 5th century bc. Shorey, paul, on the implicit ethics and psychology of thucydides.
Gospel of luke encyclopedia of the bible bible gateway. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war 8 vols. Many historians regard this history of thucydides as one of the earliest scholarly. The commentary especially addresses the contested and nuanced readings of thucydides greek. Dec 01, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. In the summer of 428 bc, the peloponnesian army once again invades attica. Chapter xviii seventeenth year of the war the sicilian campaign affair of the hermae departure of the expedition the same winter the athenians resolved to sail again to sicily, with a greater armament than that under laches and eurymedon, and, if possible, to conquer the island. Commentary on thucydides book 5 english by harold north fowler. The original account of the war by an athenian general.
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