(urth) new history of the Peloponnesian War

Chris rasputin_ at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 8 12:27:48 PDT 2006


I am not familiar with the work, but I would be slightly wary of reading too 
much into Latro's story from a modern book about its historical background. 
This background is, for Wolfe, seen more through the eyes of Herodotus, 
Thucydides or Xenophon.

>The author of this review (Victor Davis Hanson) wrote a chapter about
>the naval battle of Salamis in his book Carnage and Culture.
>Salamis is the name  "translated" by Latro as meaning Peace.
>
>I had read Carnage and Culture shortly before I discovered Wolfe, and
>I was thrilled when I recognized what Latro was writing about.
>
>Another great resource for historical background is the Teaching
>Company's audio lectures on Herodotos.
>
>On Aug 8, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Russell Wodell wrote:
>
> > This might be helpful for those (like me) still struggling to
> > understand the historical background of the Latro series.
> >
> > http://www.claremont.org/writings/crb/summer2006/kopff.html
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