A Commentary on Thucydides: Volume III: Books 5.25-8.109

• The third and final volume of the only commentary in English by a single author on the complete writings of Thucydides, the great fifth-century BC historian of the Peloponnesian War
• Contains many new interpretations of well-known passages and problems, as well as providing full bibliographical orientation in the copious modern literature on Thucydides
• Includes a full thematic introduction discussing a variety of topics
• All Greek is translated, so readers without Greek can appreciate the detail of Thucydides' thought and his subject-matter

Readership: Scholars and students of ancient history, classical studies, and literary studies of Thucydides.

Simon Hornblower, Professor of Classics and Ancient History, All Souls College, Oxford

"Hornblower's erudition is immense and illuminating, he's not afraid to use his imagination, and the political no less than the academic world will be in his debt for generations. That is no small achievement." - Peter Green, Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year 2009

"This wonderful book, beautifully presented by the publisher, with a superb index, sustains its life and energy over more than a thousand pages above all through conversation, in which the reader feels himself (or herself) included." - Malcolm Schofield, Times Literary Supplement

"The effort [Hornblower] has put into explicating Thucydides' text is monumental, and the historian is fortunate to have found a commentator of such devotion." - John Marincola, Classical Review

"This immensely learned tome represents a fine and weighty ... summation of Hornblower's Imagnum opus" - Emily Baragwanath, Exemplaria Classica

Introduction
Commentary
Book 6
Book 7
Book 8