Thucydides Hardcover – 24 May 2016

A 'must have' book for every student of Thucydides.

Fines padagógicos.

Was not the chapter-by-chapter for college course I had expected, but it has a great of helpful commentary ,about 160+ pages to which I look forward to using. The Greek text of Book II is about 59 pages. I don't thinkyou could go wrong by acquiring this book.

Professor Rusten nearly equals Clyde Pharr in his presentation of Book II. The only advantage which Rusten does not provide is a vocabulary list. Commentary is helpful, if in the form of end notes, and fairly thorough. He presents a useful text for students of Attic Greek and to instructors of Thucydides. Either as an advanced [very] undergraduate Greek course or as part of an introductory graduate one, Rusten's edition is a valuable adjunct to the Loeb or the OCT in conjunction with the Crawley translation or the Landmark volume.

This customer review is long overdue, since my students and I have been using this book since it first came out. I call it a gift to mankind. The introduction is a jewel and the grammatical help it gives on some of the most difficult Greek we have is invaluable. I cannot wait until Rusten's commentary on Thucydides I.