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Song of Wrath
J. E. Lendon
其他書名
The Peloponnesian War Begins
出版Hachette UK, 2010-11-02
主題History / Ancient / Greece
ISBN04650228049780465022809
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nNk4DgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Song of Wrath tells the story of Classical Athens' victorious Ten Years' War (431-421 BC) against grim Sparta -- the first decade of the terrible Peloponnesian War that turned the Golden Age of Greece to lead. Historian J.E. Lendon presents a sweeping tale of pitched battles by land and sea, sieges, sacks, raids, and deeds of cruelty and guile -- along with courageous acts of mercy, surprising charity, austere restraint, and arrogant resistance. Recounting the rise of democratic Athens to great-power status, and the resulting fury of authoritarian Sparta, Greece's traditional leader, Lendon portrays the causes and strategy of the war as a duel over national honor, a series of acts of revenge. A story of new pride challenging old, Song of Wrath is the first work of Ancient Greek history for the post-cold-war generation.