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Thucydides translated into English with introduction, marginal analysis, and index, by B. Jowett. Edited, with a preface to American ed., by A. P. Peabody

Typology: Translation | Language: English | Place of publication: Boston | Publisher: D. Lothrop and co. | Year: 1883

Greek Text: yes

Content: Complete Work

Andrew Preston Peabody (1811-1893), clergyman and classical scholar. A precocious student, Peabody entered Harvard College at the age of twelve and graduated in 1826, being one of the youngest graduates in Harvard's history. In 1833 he became assistant pastor of the South Parish (Unitarian) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and shortly thereafter succeeded as senior pastor, a position he held until 1860. In 1860 Peabody was appointed preacher at Harvard University and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, a chair he held until 1881; he then became Professor Emeritus.

Two volumes. Translation by Jowett 1881 edited by Peabody.

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