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245 04 a| The Cambridge companion to Thucydidesh| [electronic resource] /c| edited by Polly Low, University of Durham.;

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520 a| "Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is one of the earliest and most influential works in the western historiographical tradition. It provides an unfinished account of the war between Athens and her allies and Sparta and her allies which lasted from 431 to 404 BC, and is a masterpiece of narrative art and of political analysis. The twenty chapters in this Companion offer a wide range of perspectives on different aspects of the text, its interpretation and its significance. The nature of the text is explored in detail, and problems of Thucydides' historical and literary methodology are examined. Other chapters analyse the ways in which Thucydides' work illuminates, or complicates, our understanding of key historical questions for this period, above all those relating to the nature and conduct of war, politics, and empire. Finally, the book also explores the continuing legacy of Thucydides, from antiquity to the present day"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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The Cambridge companion to Thucydides / edited by Polly Low, University of Durham.

Other author	Low, Polly.
Other author	Cambridge University Press.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Description	pages cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Cambridge Companions
Subjects	Thucydides. Thucydides--Themes, motives. Thucydides--Influence. Greece--History. --Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. --Historiography.

Series	Cambridge companions to literature Cambridge companions to literature. ^A326514
Contents	Introduction / Polly A. Low -- Part I. Context and methods. Establishing a new genre : Thucydides and non-historiographic memory / Jonas Grethlein -- Thucydidean self-presentation / Tom Beasley -- Thucydides' use of evidence and sources / P.J. Rhodes -- Rhetorical history : speeches in Thucydides / Emily Greenwood -- Prolegomena to the Peloponnesian War : Thucydides Book 1 / Jeffrey S. Rusten -- Time and foresight in Thucydides / Rosaria Vignolo Munson -- Labouring for truth in Thucydides / Elizabeth K. Irwin -- Part II. Themes and content. Thucydides and war / Jason Crowley -- Thucydides on empire and imperialism / Polly A. Low -- Ethnicity in Thucydides / Maria Fragoulaki -- Thucydides and leadership / Sarah Brown Ferrario -- Thucydides on democracy and the others / Ryan K. Balot -- Justice and morality in Thucydides / Paul Woodruff -- Part III. After Thucydides. Thucydides in Greek and Roman historiography / Luke V. Pitcher -- Thucydides in Byzantium / Scott Kennedy, Anthony Kaldellis -- Thucydides in the Renaissance and Reformation / Kinch Hoekstra -- Narrative of Thucydides and the nineteenth-century discipline of (ancient) history / Alexandra Lianeri -- 'What really happened' : varieties of realism in Thucydides' history / Joel Alden Schlosser -- Translating Thucydides / Jeremy Mynott.
Abstract	"Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is one of the earliest and most influential works in the western historiographical tradition. It provides an unfinished account of the war between Athens and her allies and Sparta and her allies which lasted from 431 to 404 BC, and is a masterpiece of narrative art and of political analysis. The twenty chapters in this Companion offer a wide range of perspectives on different aspects of the text, its interpretation and its significance. The nature of the text is explored in detail, and problems of Thucydides' historical and literary methodology are examined. Other chapters analyse the ways in which Thucydides' work illuminates, or complicates, our understanding of key historical questions for this period, above all those relating to the nature and conduct of war, politics, and empire. Finally, the book also explores the continuing legacy of Thucydides, from antiquity to the present day"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2022030709
ISBN	9781107107052 (hardback)
ISBN	9781107514607 (paperback)
ISBN	(epub)

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