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The Speeches of Thucydides. With a General Introduction and Introductions for the Main Speeches and the Military Harangues by H. F. Harding

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Content: Anthologies | Pericles’ Funeral Oration | The Debate on Mytilene

Richard Crawley (1840-1893), translator and writer. Crawley was educated at Marlborough College and later at University College, Oxford, where he graduated with first-class honours in classics. Elected a fellow of Worcester College, he published satirical and poetic works, but poor health limited his academic career. In 1879, he gave up writing and spent his later years in Switzerland and London. From 1875, he directed a life insurance company. ODBN

The book is divided into two main parts. The first (pp. 11-220) presents a reprint of Thucydides' speeches translated in Crawley 1874, each accompanied by an introductory note by Harding. The military harangues are grouped together in a distinct section. The second part (pp. 223-347) includes reprints of R. C. Jebb's 1880 essay The Speeches of Thucydides and John Finley's chapter Intellectual Background from his 1942 study Thucydides. This material is supplemented by a brief introduction, discussing especially the problem of translation (pp. 1-7), a chronological table, bibliography, five maps, and an index.

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The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides. Translated into English by Richard Crawley

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The Speeches of Thucydides. With a General Introduction and Introductions for the Main Speeches and the Military Harangues by H. F. Harding

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+ Harold Friend Harding (Commentator)

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