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Excerpt from Thucydides, Vol. 3 Twenty years ago I hoped to edit five books of Thucydides. I am glad that I have been able to do so; and now that I have finished, I wish to acknowledge the unfailing courtesy and patience of the publishers. My chief purpose in this volume has been to enable readers to follow the narrative of the four great episodes contained in Book III. Without difficulty. To read the account of them with the aid of a good map and the necessary explanations is an interesting and even exciting experience. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.