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King Agis of Sparta and his Campaign in Arkadia in 418 B.C.: a Chapter in the History of the Art of War Among the Greeks. By W. J. Woodhouse

Typology: Translation | Language: English | Place of publication: Oxford | Publisher: The Clarendon press | Year: 1933

Greek Text: no

Content: Book 5

William John Woodhouse (1866-1937), classical scholar, Professor of Greek at the University of Sydney. Woodhouse was educated at Sedbergh School and at Queen's College, Oxford (B.A. 1889; M.A. 1895). He was appointed a Newton Student at the British School at Athens and travelled in Greece in 1890, directing excavations at Megalopolis. Later, as a Craven Fellow, he returned to Greece and worked particularly on explorations in Aetolia. Woodhouse was appointed Professor of Greek at the University of Sydney in 1901, a chair he held until his death. He also served as honorary curator of the Nicholson Museum of Antiquities, expanding its collection. Besides Thucydides, he translated Tacitus.

Volume on King Agis of Sparta and his campaign in Arkadia (418 BCE), which includes a translation of Thuc. 5.61-75 (King Agis' Campaign in Arkadia).

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