Translation and the Truth of History: Thucydides Between Valla and Hobbes

Author/Contributor(s):	Perez Fernandez, Jose Maria
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	06/26/2026
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Using samples taken from translations of Thucydides' influential History of the Peloponnesian War, the book argues that in intellectual history, the format in which the contents are produced--such as the size of the texts and the editorial design--determine the reception of the ideas they materialize.