<P>First published in 1907 and reissued in 1965, this is a fascinating study of Thucydides's <I>History</I>. Thucydides set out to write a truthful account of the Pelopennesian war, but his work reflects his Athenian fourth-century B.C. context, which was of a particular interest to Cornford. In this fascinating title, Cornford analyses the causes of the war as shown by Thucydides and other sources, and then goes on to comment on the <I>History</I>.</P>