The Greco–Persian Wars - Hardcover

Green, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520205731 ISBN 13: 9780520205734

Publisher: University of California Press, 1996

Synopsis

Green's accounts of both Persian and Greek strategies are clear and persuasive; equally convincing are his everyday details regarding the lives of soldiers, statesmen, and ordinary citizens. He has first-hand knowledge of the land and sea he describes, as well as full command of original sources and modern scholarship. With a new foreword, "The Greco-Persian Wars" is a book that lovers of fine historical writing will greet with pleasure.

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Review:

"Good acquaintance with the terrain and an acute understanding of ancient tactics have enabled Green to make a number of clever suggestions as to how certain battle scenes in Herodotus ought to be interpreted, and in this respect he has made a contribution to the literature about the War."--Frank J. Frost, "Classical Philology

About the Author:

Historian, critic, essayist, translator, and novelist, Peter Green is Dougherty Centennial Professor Emeritus in Classics at the University of Texas and Visiting Professor of History at the University of Iowa. His other books available from California include Alexander to Actium: The Historical Evolution of the Hellenistic Age (1990), Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography (1991), The Laughter of Aphrodite: A Novel about Sappho of Lesbos (1993), Hellenistic History and Culture (1995, editor), Classical Bearings: Interpreting Ancient History and Culture(1998), and a translation of Apollonius Rhodius's The Argonautica.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0520205731
• ISBN 13: 9780520205734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 374