Προσθήκη στα αγαπημένα
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.
1. Introduction Polly Low
Part I. Context and Methods:
2. Establishing a new genre: Thucydides and non-historiographic memory Jonas Grethlein
3. Thucydidean self-presentation Thomas Beasley
4. Thucydides' use of evidence and sources P. J. Rhodes
5. Rhetorical history: speeches in Thucydides Emily Greenwood
6. Prolegomena to the Peloponnesian War: Thucydides Book 1 Jeffrey Rusten
7. Time and foresight in Thucydides Rosaria Vignolo Munson
8. Labouring for truth in Thucydides Elizabeth Irwin
Part II. Themes and Content:
9. Thucydides and war Jason Crowley
10. Thucydides on empire and imperialism Polly Low
11. Ethnicity in Thucydides Maria Fragoulaki
12. Thucydides and leadership Sarah Brown Ferrario
13. Thucydides on democracy and the others Ryan Balot
14. Justice and morality in Thucydides Paul Woodruff
Part III. After Thucydides:
15. Thucydides in Greek and Roman historiography Luke Pitcher
16. Thucydides in Byzantium Scott Kennedy and Anthony Kaldellis
17. Thucydides in the Renaissance and Reformation Kinch Hoekstra
18. Narrative of Thucydides and the nineteenth-century discipline of ancient history Alexandra Lianeri
19. 'What really happened': varieties of realism in Thucydides' History Joel Alden Schloesser
20. Translating Thucydides Jeremy Mynott.
Περιγραφή
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.
