 | 1920 - 854 pages
...the solution of problems in the present. ' If he who desires (he says) to have before his eyes the true picture of the events which have happened, and...written to be useful, then I shall be satisfied.' The historian believed, that is to say, if not that ' history repeats itself,' at least that the march... | |
 | Thucydides - Greece - 1881 - 742 pages
...very likeljrj the strictly historical character of my narrative may be disappointing to the ear. But if he who desires to have before his eyes a true picture...satisfied. My history is an everlasting possession, a prize composition which is heard and forgotten. The greatest achievement of former times was the... | |
 | Thucydides - Greece - 1883 - 732 pages
...very likely the strictly historical character of my narrative may be disappointing to the ear. But if he who desires to have before his eyes a true picture...possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten. The greatest achievement of former times was the 23. Persian War ; yet even this was speedily... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - Greek literature - 1884 - 350 pages
...very likely the strictly historical character of my narrative may be disappointing to the ear. But if he who desires to have before his eyes a true picture...possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten. ••. The statement of the causes, or rather the occasions, that led to the Peloponnesian... | |
 | John Stuart Verschoyle - Civilization, Ancient - 1889 - 324 pages
...very likely the strictly historical character of my narrative may be disappointing to the ear. But if he who desires to have before his eyes a true picture...possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten" (Thucyd., i. 22). Thucydides is also a master of stern pathos, seen throughout his history,... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - Greek literature - 1890 - 938 pages
...very likely the strictly historical character of my narrative may be disappointing to the ear. But if he who desires to have before his eyes a true picture...I shall be satisfied. My history is an everlasting procession, not a prize composition, which is heard and forgotten." This explicit statement, with its... | |
 | Frank Byron Jevons - Greek literature - 1892 - 528 pages
...very likely the strictly historical character of my narrative may be disappointing to the ear. But if he who desires to have before his eyes a true picture...possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten." * The object of Thucydides, then, was to give a strict and faithful account of facts. He... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - Greek literature - 1892 - 334 pages
...very likely the strictly historical character of my narrative may be disappointing to the ear. But if he who desires to have before his eyes a true picture...possession, not a prize composition which is heard and forgotten. Themistocles once more. In retrospectively telling us of him, Thucydides, without expressly... | |
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And very likely the strictly historical character of my narrative may be disappointing to the ear. But if he who desires to have before his eyes a true picture of the events which have happened, and of the like events which may be expected to happen hereafter... 
