{"product_id":"a-history-of-my-times-xenophon-1966-penguin-classics-paperback","title":"A History of My Times - Xenophon - 1966 Penguin Classics Paperback","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCondition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:\u003cbr\u003e• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover\u003cbr\u003e• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name\/notes inside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCover art: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBlurb: “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTRANSLATED BY REX WARNER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA History of My Times, which opens with the final defeat of Athens at the hands of Lysander, takes up the story of the Peloponnesian War at the point at which Thucydides broke off. Xenophon, an exile, was neither such a perfect historian nor such a stalwart Athenian as Thucydides, and his strangely sentimental and uncritical regard for Sparta seemed to blind him to the subsequent recovery made by Athens. Nevertheless his simple, soldierly record of the Spartan and Theban hegemonies, culminating in the indecisive battle of Mantinea (362 B.C.), does underline the profound effects of the tragic Peloponnesian War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe cover shows a detail of the Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii, in the Museo Nationale, Naples (Snark International)”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48689272848626,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/files\/C18AC263-42DC-4401-AB6E-AD3F9C31B34F.jpg?v=1769378082","url":"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/products\/a-history-of-my-times-xenophon-1966-penguin-classics-paperback","provider":"Postmarked from the Stars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}