Hornblower Simon (Ed.). A Commentary on Thucydides. Volume III: Books 5.25-8.109

Oxford: University Press, 2008 – XIX, 1107 p. – ISBN 978-0-19-927648-6.Contents: List of Figures. List of Maps. Abbreviations. General Introduction: The dates and stages of composition of 5. 25-8. The Sicilian (and South Italian) expedition of 415-413 in context: before and after. Sicilian culture and theatricality. The Athens/Syracuse parallel in Th. 6 and 7. Thucydides and the Athenian Boule (Council of Five Hundred). Possible recitation units in 5.25-8. 109. Direct and indirect speech in 5. 25-8. 109. ‘Stylistic enactment’. Commentary: Book 5.25-116. Book 6. Book 7. Book 8. Appendix 1. Books 1-5. 24 revisited. Appendix 2. Athenian troop and fleet numbers and casualties in Sicily, 415-413. Index.