Thucydide. Histoire de la guerre du Péloponnèse (Extrait: Oraison funèbre de Périclès, Livre II, 34–47)

Raymond Weil (1923-1995), classical philologist. Weil taught Greek at various institutions, including the Sorbonne, the University of Montpellier, and the University of Dijon, before becoming Professor and later director of the Faculty of Letters at Paris-Nanterre. From 1973 to 1988, he was Professor and director of the Department of Greek at the Sorbonne. He was a member and president of the Association pour l'encouragement des études grecques, and of the Association Guillaume-Budé. He was a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, recipient of the Médaille des évadés, a Commandeur of the Palmes académiques, and an Officier of the Order of Honour of Greece. CTHS