The History of Greece - Volume 2
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
ISBN-10
1108011055
ISBN-13
9781108011051
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 31st, 2010
Print length
566 Pages
Weight
890 grams
Dimensions
24.40 x 17.00 x 2.90 cms
Product Classification:
Classical history / classical civilisationAncient history
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This is the second volume (first published in 1790) of William Mitford's History of Greece, covering the period from the end of the first Peloponnesian War in 445 BCE, to the final conclusion of the great conflict in 404 BCE and the end of Greece's 'golden age'.
This vast study, first published between 1784 and 1818, and written on an unprecedentedly large historical scale, was begun at the urging of the author's friend Edward Gibbon. William Mitford (1744–1827), a scholar of private means, a magistrate and an MP, was concerned for the preservation of national and military stability, and he in part used his work to draw parallels between the rise of Athenian democracy and the contemporary status of the British constitution. This stance drew some criticism initially, but Mitford's approach was later praised in the wake of the French Revolution. The History, therefore, offers fascinating insights into its own time as well as a study of ancient Greece. The four volumes reissued here are from the uniform edition of 1808. The second volume takes the story of events in Greece from the Thirty Years' Truce to 404 BCE and the end of the Peloponnesian War.
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