Commentary
[in chronological order]
Commentary on Thucydides: Book 7
- Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 7First Entry: After refitting his four ships, Gylippus leaves Tarentum, and, receiving at the Epizephyrian Locri more favourable news of the situation at Syracuse, proceeds undisturbed by Attic ships through the strait to Himera. From this point he enters into… More
Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5
- Harold North Fowler, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5First Entry: Chapters 1-24: The tenth year of the war The Athenians for religious reasons drive the Delians from their island. αἱ σπονδαὶ διελέλυντο: the truce was at an end, but no warlike operations are recorded until Cleon led the… More
Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3
- Charles F. Smith, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3First Entry: Third Peloponnesian Invasion of Attica. Πελοποννήσιοι καὶ οἱ ξύμμαχοι: designation for the whole Peloponnesian alliance, as in c. 26.1, 4; ii. 47. 4; 71. 1; iv. 2. 2. For Πελοποννήσιοι alone in… More
Commentary on Thucydides: Book 1
- Charles D. Morris, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 1Introduction THOUGH we have several ancient biographies of Thucydides,1 our trustworthy knowledge of the circumstances of his life rests almost exclusively on a few notices casually imparted by himself. Everything else that we are told of him either by his… More
Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5
- C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 5First Entry: τοῦ δὲ θέρους—the same words with which the third and fourth books begin; see note on iv. 1, 1.αἱ μέν—answered by δέ at the beginning of chapter 2, the rest of this chapter being parenthetical. A second protasis to… More
Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4
- C.E. Graves, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 4First Entry: τοῦ δ᾽ ἐπιγιγνομένου θέρους—the opening words introduced by δέ complete the sentence which ends the preceding… More
Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3
- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 3First Entry: θέρους—Thuc. divides the year into θέρος, consisting of about eight months (Elaphebohon to Pyanepsion) and χειμών, consisting of about four (Maimacterion to Anthesterion).… More
Commentary on Thucydides: Book 2
- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 2First Entry: ἄρχεται—not historic, but primary and connected with γέγραπται below. Thuc. means to say ‘what preceded (i.e. book I.) was an introduction: now begins (my account of) the war itself.’ Cf.ἀρξάμενος, I. 1, 1:… More
Commentary on Thucydides: Book 1
- E.C. Marchant, Commentary on Thucydides: Book 1First Entry: 1. 1. Θουκυδίδης κτλ.—a formal method of opening, after the manner of the gnomic poets, not due, as Bloomfield imagined, to ‘the modesty of our author.’ Cf. Herod.init.; Intr. p. xv. ξυνέγραψε—a characteristic word… More
Thucydides: The Reinvention of History
- Kagan, Donald. Thucydides: The Reinvention of History, New York: Penguin Books, 2010.From the publisher: Yale professor of classics Kagan thoroughly examines Thucydides’ life and work to successfully demonstrate that the Athenian historian was the first to utilize a truly professional (i.e., realistic and methodical) approach in recounting… More
Featured Editions
Alberti, G. B., ed. Thucydidis Historiae
- Roma: Instituto Polygraphico dello Stato. Vol. 1 (Books 1-2) 1972. Vol. 2 (Books 3-5) 1992. Vol. 3 (Books 6-8) 2000.The Peloponnesian War
- Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, trans. S. Lattimore. New York: Hackett Publishing Co., 1998.Review: Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War mixes tragedy and intellection, profound emotion and painstaking analysis. Steven Lattimore has met the most daunting challenge to a translator of Thucydides, which is to provide a sense of this combination.… More
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
- The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War, ed., R. Strassler, trans., E. Crawley, intro., V. D. Hanson. New York: Free Press, 1998.Overview: Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War is one of the great books in the Western tradition, as well as its first true historical narrative. Editor Robert Strassler has annotated this classic text to make it more accessible to modern… More
The Peloponnesian War – The Hobbes Translation
- Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, trans. Thomas Hobbes, ed./intro., David Grene. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.Review: “Thomas Hobbes’s translation of Thucydides brings together the magisterial prose of one of the greatest writers of the English language and the depth of mind and experience of one of the greatest writers of history in any language. . . .… More
Storie dello storico Tucidide: Edizione, traduzione e commento delle Vite
- Picirilli, Luigi. Storie dello storico Tucidide: Edizione, traduzione e commento delle Vite. Genova: il melangelo, 1985.Thucydide après l’exil et la composition de son histoire
- Pouilloux, J. and F. Salviat. Thucydide après l'exil et la composition de son histoire (13-20.) RevdePhil 59, 1985.Lacédémonien, archonte à Thasos, et le livre viii de Thucydide
- Pouilloux, J. and F. Salviat. Lichas, Lacédémonien, archonte à Thasos, et le livre viii de Thucydide (376-403.) CRAI, 1983.Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata
- Hude, Karl, ed. Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata. Teubner: Leipzig. 1927. Reprint. New York: Arno Press, 1973.Thucydide : La Guerre du Péloponnèse, 6 Vols
- De Romilly, Jacqueline, Raymond Weil, and Louis Bodin. Thucydide : La Guerre du Péloponnèse. 6 Vols. A textual edition and a translation (the "Budé"). Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1958-1972.Overview: En composant La Guerre du Péloponnèse, l’historien athénien Thucydide n’entendait pas seulement faire le récit du conflit qui, de 431 à 404 avant notre ère, avait opposé les deux plus puissantes cités grecques, Athènes et… More
Thucydides Historiae
- Hude, Karl, ed. Thucydides Historiae. 2 Vols. 2d ed. Leipzig: Teubner. 1913-25. Books 1-2 revised by Otto Luschnat, 1960 (2d ed.).Multimedia
Allison Levy on ‘Thucydides and the Mendacity of Hope’
- Allison Levy,"Thucydides on the Mendacity of Hope," Michigan State University, November 4, 2021.Allison Levy lectures on Thucydides’ treatment of Periclean rhetoric and hope in his History of the Peloponnesian War.
Vast Personal Forces: Thucydides, Populism, and the Freedom of the Ancients
- Seth N. Jaffe, "Thucydides, Populism, and the Freedom of the Ancients," Yeshiva University, February 17, 2021.Seth Jaffe, author of Thucydides on the Outbreak of War, addresses Yeshiva University students about what Thucydides can teach us about populism.
Ancient Athens in Crisis: Thucydides on the Plague
- Ancient Athens in Crisis, Arizona State University, Spring 2020.A Covid-19 era “Webinar” on Thucydides and the plague featuring Clifford Orwin, Paul Carrese, and Catherine Zuckert.
Why Teach Thucydides?
- W. Robert. Connor and Clifford Orwin, et. al. "The 9th Annual Platsis Symposium on the Greek Legacy: Why Teach Thucydides?" University of Michigan, Dec 20, 2010. Time: 2:53:04The symposium addressed ways in which Thucydides matters in liberal arts education today. It featured two distinguished scholars of Thucydides who have also played significant public roles: W. Robert. Connor, who besides his scholarly work on Thucydides and… More
The Peloponnesian War, Part I
- Donald Kagan. Introduction to Ancient Greek History. YaleCourses. November, 2008.In this lecture, Professor Kagan describes the events that lead up the Peloponnesian War. He argues that the rise of Athenian power and the concomitant challenge to Spartan dominance pointed to potential conflict. However, Professor Kagan also points out that… More
The Peloponnesian War, Part II
- Donald Kagan. Introduction to Ancient Greek History. YaleCourses. November, 2008 In this lecture, Professor Kagan focuses on the causes of the Peloponnesian War and the possible motivations for Thucydides’ book, The History of the Peloponnesian War. Concerning the first point, Professor Kagan parts ways with Thucydides and argues… More