Martin Hammond taught Classics at St Paul's School and Harrow
School before being appointed Head of Classics at Eton in 1974, and
subsequently Master in College. He was Headmaster of the City of
London School from 1984-90, and Tonbridge School from 1990-2005. He
has published translations of the Iliad (Penguin, 1987), the
Odyssey (Duckworth, 2000), and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
(Penguin, 2006). P. J. Rhodes retired as Professor
of Ancient History at Durham University in 2005. He is the author
of numerous books and articles, including Athenian Democracy (OUP,
2004), A History of the Classical Greek World, 478-323 BC
(Blackwell, 2006), and editions of
Thucydides, II, III, and IV.1-V.24 (Aris & Phillips).
The most accurate and readable translation we now have... the only
choice for a serious reading of Thucydides.
*Steven J. Willet, Arion*
This book deserves to be the standard translation of Thucydides
that everyone will use and enjoy.
*Greece and RomeAutumn 2010*
The book is excellent value for money and the obvious choice for
any reader of Thucydides.
*John Taylor, The Anglo-Hellenic Review*
H.'s new translation of Thucydides is a triumph. Fluent yet
sinewy...It is both accurate and lucid.
*James Morwood, Journal of Classical Teaching*
Totally indispensable....it is stimulating as well as
informative.
*James Morwood, Journal of Classical Teaching*
An excellent new translation, with superb notes and introduction.
This will become the standard translation for this important
author
*Timothy Duff, Reading University*
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