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Entry | Thucydides' Peloponnesian War. Book 2. Literally translated by Henry Owgan

Thucydides' Peloponnesian War. Book 2. Literally translated by Henry Owgan

Typology: Translation | Language: English | Place of publication: London | Publisher: J. Cornish and sons | Year: 1885

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Content: Book 2

Henry Owgan (1819-1885), translator and writer. Owgan studied at Trinity College, Dublin, from 1832 to 1838. He later served as headmaster of the Royal Grammar School in Banagher. A prolific translator of classical texts – among them he translated Thucydides, Demosthenes, Cicero, Sallust, Virgil, Livy, and Tacitus – he also authored three works of fiction.

Translation of Book 2.

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