{"product_id":"the-peloponnesian-war-9780226801063","title":"The Peloponnesian War","description":"\"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. . . . For every reason, the current availability of this great work is a boon.\"-Joseph Cropsey, University of Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrene, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDavid Grene (1913 2002) taught classics for many years at the University of Chicago. He was a founding member of the Committee on Social Thought and coedited the University of Chicago Press s prestigious series \"The Complete Greek Tragedies\".\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThucydides:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eThucydides\u003c\/b\u003e (c. 460-c. 400 BC) was an Athenian general and historian. His \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Peloponnesian War\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens. In the first sentence of the book, he describes himself: \"Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the war of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians as they warred against each other, beginning to write as soon as the war was on foot, with expectation it should prove a great one and most worthy the relation of all that had been before it.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844138668306,"sku":"9780226801063","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_756356e5-42d8-4bfd-a668-5ca13d18b0db.jpg?v=1737312392","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-peloponnesian-war-9780226801063","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}