Joseph’s Reviews > The Peloponnesian War > Status Update

The Hobbes translation is a delightful read—but given my lack of familiarity with 17th century English prose, it proved taxing to my philistine understanding. After book I I switched to Rex Warner's translation, which was easier to read for the purposes of study. One of these days I'll go back and savor every one of Hobbes' 6- and 7-comma sentences.