Hellanikos, Thukydides and the Era of Kimon

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Hellanikos, Thukydides and the Era of KimonThe first historian to record the period from the Persian Wars to 431 BC was Hellanikos, the author of a now lost History of Athens from its mythical origins through the fifth century BC. According to Hellanikos, there was one war between Athens and Sparta from 431 to 421 and another from 412 to 404, and the first of these two wars was the outcome of events which took place in the 430s. Thukydides, writing a monograph on a war he sought to establish

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In the introduction Mr Martin considers Terence in the context of Roman comedy generally and discusses the background of the Adelphoe

In this deeply personal book

first published by CUP in 1952

Heroides XVI-XXI constitute an artfully constructed triptych: Hero and Leander's tragedy of high romance and fleeting happiness framed by two ironic comedies

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he includes economic and social affairs

ideal for students from pre-GCSE to A Level

seeks to make the play accessible to a much wider range of readers

The Lyceum in Athens

Pelias' nephew

Theseus is confronted with a challenge which at first he declines to take up

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