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History of the Peloponnesian War. By Thucydides. Translated by Sigurjón Björnsson.
The historian Thucydides describes the fierce battles fought by the Athenians, Spartans, and others during the war in the fifth century BC. Thucydides himself was an Athenian and participated in the early years of the conflict. Yet he allows the reader to draw his own conclusions about the events described. Thus, later historians have been able to imitate him. It is also not surprising that Thucydides' writings have long been required reading in various university departments around the world. At the end of the book, the reader is much wiser, and these words of the translator in the introduction to the work testify to this: "Although almost half a third of a millennium has passed since the events described therein took place, human nature has changed little since their story was written. The lust for power, the arrogance of power, greed, aggression, and recklessness are still the same among those who believe they have the power to wield it. The author of the story seems, in his wisdom, to have realized this."
The historian Thucydides describes the fierce battles fought by the Athenians, Spartans, and others during the war in the fifth century BC. Thucydides himself was an Athenian and participated in the early years of the conflict. Yet he allows the reader to draw his own conclusions about the events described. Thus, later historians have been able to imitate him. It is also not surprising that Thucydides' writings have long been required reading in various university departments around the world. At the end of the book, the reader is much wiser, and these words of the translator in the introduction to the work testify to this: "Although almost half a third of a millennium has passed since the events described therein took place, human nature has changed little since their story was written. The lust for power, the arrogance of power, greed, aggression, and recklessness are still the same among those who believe they have the power to wield it. The author of the story seems, in his wisdom, to have realized this."