10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THUCYDIDES»
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Thucydides in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Thucydides and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Landmark
Thucydides
Chronicles two decades of war between Athens and Sparta.
Thucydides, Robert B. Strassler, 2008
A collection of essays on the first great work of political history - Thucydides' account of the war between Athens and Sparta.
Moving beyond other studies by its focus on the reader's role in giving meaning to the text, it reveals Thucydides' use of objectivity not so much as a standard for the proper presentation of his subject matter as a method for communicating ...
Walter Robert Connor, 2013
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Thucydides and Internal War
In this 2001 book Jonathan Price attempts to demonstrate that Thucydides consciously viewed and presented the Peloponnesian War in terms of a condition of civil strife - stasis, in Greek.
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Individuals in
Thucydides
In its interpretation of Thucydides this is a book of genuine originality. Professor Westlake propounds his thesis lucidly and with conviction.
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Apologies to
Thucydides: Understanding History as Culture ...
Characteristic of most histories ever written, this alternation between the agency of "Great Men" and collective entities leads Sahlins to a series of incisive analyses ranging in subject matter from Bobby Thomson's "shot heard round the ...
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Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity: The Limits of ...
"Thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity" includes a thought-provoking discussion questioning currently held ideas of political realism and its limits.
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Thucydides: Ancient Greek Historian
Learn about the life of this famous early historian.
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Thucydides and Herodotus
Thucydides and Herodotus is an edited collection which looks at two of the most important ancient Greek historians living in the 5th Century BCE.
Edith Foster, Donald Lateiner, 2012
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Thucydides, Pericles, and Periclean Imperialism
Edith Foster compares Thucydides' narrative explanations and descriptions of the Peloponnesian War in Books One and Two of the History with the arguments about warfare and war materials offered by the Athenian statesman Pericles in those ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THUCYDIDES»
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Thucydides is used in the context of the following news items.
What Would Thucydides Say About the Crisis in Greece?
In his magnificent history of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides recreates, or perhaps created, the encounter in 416 B.C. between the commanders of an ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
The Ghost of Thucydides: Is War in Asia Inevitable?
Another history that keeps popping up is Thucydides' account of the Peloponnesian war 2,500 years ago, the conflict between Athens and Sparta. «The National Interest Online, Jun 15»
Soccer, International Criminal Law, and Thucydides
soccer ball world cup As everyone now knows, DOJ has indicted a number of soccer officials for taking bribes over several years. This is particularly surprising ... «Above the Law, May 15»
Is Thucydides Helpful in Explaining Sino-US Relations?
He then goes on to cite Thucydides' assessment that the rise of Athens instilled fear in the dominant Spartans, which pushed them to war. But this account is in ... «The Diplomat, May 15»
The Real Thucydides' Trap
Professor Graham Allison of the Harvard Kennedy School has popularized the phrase “Thucydides' trap,” to explain the likelihood of conflict between a rising ... «The Diplomat, May 15»
Greece: Debt, Defiance and Thucydides
Greece's domestic turmoil is well documented, but Greek foreign policy over the past three months has been equally fraught with turbulence, frustration and ... «The National Interest Online, Apr 15»
Freedom and its Discontents
We owe our account of this speech to Thucydides, in whose work, Professor Mary Nichols of Baylor University argues, freedom is the central, animating force. «Washington Free Beacon, Apr 15»
How Thucydides helps explain Greece's problems with Germany
The 'Melian Dialogue' in Thucydides's history of the war between the Athenians and the Peloponnesians (431-404 BCE) is one of the great set-pieces of power ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»
China Debates: Is War with US Inevitable?
Moreover, Allison supplied disturbing evidence of the frequency of war between a rising and established power, as observed by Thucydides in the History of the ... «The National Interest Online, Mar 15»
Fighting Ebola? Read Thucydides
Mainly because of Thucydides. Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War isn't just a (partly) eyewitness account of a bloodletting from antiquity; it's the Good ... «The Diplomat, Nov 14»
