Excerpt from The Sicilian Expedition: Being Books Vi. And VII. Of Thucydides; With Notes The expedition against Sicily undertaken by the Athenians in the closing years of the Pe10ponnesian war, forms one of the most striking episodes of Ancient History. It is described by the great His torian with matchless power. At the close of the narrative Thucydides may well have thought that his purpose was accomplished, his goal won, that in truth a xn'ipa 39 (id pillow 5 a'y???va is 76 whpaxpfipa a'xmicw lay before him. But the ...
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Excerpt from The Sicilian Expedition: Being Books Vi. And VII. Of Thucydides; With Notes The expedition against Sicily undertaken by the Athenians in the closing years of the Pe10ponnesian war, forms one of the most striking episodes of Ancient History. It is described by the great His torian with matchless power. At the close of the narrative Thucydides may well have thought that his purpose was accomplished, his goal won, that in truth a xn'ipa 39 (id pillow 5 a'y???va is 76 whpaxpfipa a'xmicw lay before him. But the events themselves of the expedition were of unusual importance, and vast results were staked on the issue. It was a drama of tragic interest: the curtain rose on schemes of con quests and visions of an empire beyond the seas: it fell on a city weakened and crushed beyond recovery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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