Project | Global Thucydides
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Entry | Tūkyudīdēsu Senshi / トゥキュディデス戦史

Tūkyudīdēsu Senshi / トゥキュディデス戦史

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Masaaki Kubo (1930-), classical scholar, Emeritus Professor of the University of Tokyo and former President of the Japan Academy. After graduating from Harvard University, Kubo taught for many years at the University of Tokyo, later serving as President of the Tōhoku University of Art and Design. He translated into Japanese several classical authors, among them Thucydides, Aeschylus and Sophocles. Kubo was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, for his contributions to classical scholarship.

Three volumes. The translation was reprinted in 2013 with a new introduction by Mariko Sakurai – see Kubo 2013.

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