Thucydides And The Shaping Of History

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Thucydides and the Shaping of History

Author : Emily Greenwood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472502442
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Thucydides and the Shaping of History written by Emily Greenwood and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thucydides' work was one of the most exciting creations in the cultural history of Greece in the fifth century BC - one of only two monumental prose works to have survived - and it still poses fresh and challenging questions about the writing of history. In the twenty-first century, it still challenges the reader: there is a marked tension in Thucydides' History between his aim to write about contemporary events and his desire that his work should outlast the period in which he composed it. Thucydides and the Shaping of History addresses two important issues: how contemporary was the History when it was written in the fifth century, and how 'contemporary' is it now? This book approaches the shaping of history from three different angles: the way in which Thucydides shaped history and how his narrative shapes our experience as readers of the History; the relationship between Thucydides' work and contemporary institutions, such as the theatre; and the role that ancient readers and modern scholars have played in shaping how we perceive the History. This book combines a close analysis of Thucydides' narrative with a discussion of its intellectual motivation; it examines how the historian attempted to determine the way in which readers would respond to his conception of the events of the Atheno-Peloponnesian War, and to ensure the continuing influence of his ideas.

The History of the Peloponnesian War

Author : Thucydides
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The History of the Peloponnesian War written by Thucydides and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also happened to serve as an Athenian general during the war. His account of the conflict is widely considered to be a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history. The History is divided into eight books.

Stories from Thucydides

Author : Thucydides
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Stories from Thucydides written by Thucydides and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Stories from Thucydides" by Thucydides. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Thucydides

Author : Donald Kagan
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Thucydides written by Donald Kagan and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 2009 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kagan, one of the foremost classics scholars, illuminates the historian Thucydides and his greatest work, "The Peloponnesian War," both by examining him in the context of his time and by considering him as a revisionist historian.

The Peloponnesian War

Author : Thucydides
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780191539794
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (397 download)

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Download or read book The Peloponnesian War written by Thucydides and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-06-11 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The greatest historian that ever lived' Such was Macaulay's verdict on Thucydides (c. 460-400 BC) and his history of the Peloponnesian War, the momentous struggle between Athens and Sparta as rival powers and political systems that lasted for twenty-seven years from 431 to 404 BC, involved virtually the whole of the Greek world, and ended in the fall of Athens. Thucydides himself was a participant in the war; to his history he brings an awesome intellect, brilliant narrative, and penetrating analysis of the nature of power, as it affects both states and individuals. Of his own work Thucydides wrote: 'I shall be content if [my history] is judged useful by those who will want to have a clear understanding of what happened - and, such is the human condition, will happen again ... It was composed as a permanent legacy, not a showpiece for a single hearing.' So it has proved. Of the prose writers of Greece and Rome Thucydides has had more lasting influence on western thought than all but Plato and Aristotle. This new edition combines a masterly translation with comprehensive supporting material. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Thucydides' War Narrative

Author : Carolyn Dewald
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520930975
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Thucydides' War Narrative written by Carolyn Dewald and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-02-12 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a sustained analysis of the connections between narrative structure and meaning in the History of the Peloponnesian War, Carolyn Dewald's study revolves around a curious aspect of Thucydides' work: the first ten years of the war's history are formed on principles quite different from those shaping the years that follow. Although aspects of this change in style have been recognized in previous scholarship, Dewald has rigorously analyzed how its various elements are structured, used, and related to each other. Her study argues that these changes in style and organization reflect how Thucydides' own understanding of the war changed over time. Throughout, however, the History's narrative structure bears witness to Thucydides' dialogic efforts to depict the complexities of rational choice and behavior on the part of the war's combatants, as well as his own authorial interest in accuracy of representation. In her introduction and conclusion, Dewald explores some ways in which details of style and narrative structure are central to the larger theoretical issue of history's ability to meaningfully represent the past. She also surveys changes in historiography in the past quarter-century and considers how Thucydidean scholarship has reflected and responded to larger cultural trends.

Thucydides and the Pursuit of Freedom

Author : Mary P. Nichols
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801455588
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Thucydides and the Pursuit of Freedom written by Mary P. Nichols and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Thucydides and the Pursuit of Freedom, Mary P. Nichols argues for the centrality of the idea of freedom in Thucydides' thought. Through her close reading of his History of the Peloponnesian War, she explores the manifestations of this theme. Cities and individuals in Thucydides' history take freedom as their goal, whether they claim to possess it and want to maintain it or whether they desire to attain it for themselves or others. Freedom is the goal of both antagonists in the Peloponnesian War, Sparta and Athens, although in different ways. One of the fullest expressions of freedom can be seen in the rhetoric of Thucydides’ Pericles, especially in his famous funeral oration. More than simply documenting the struggle for freedom, however, Thucydides himself is taking freedom as his cause. On the one hand, he demonstrates that freedom makes possible human excellence, including courage, self-restraint, deliberation, and judgment, which support freedom in turn. On the other hand, the pursuit of freedom, in one’s own regime and in the world at large, clashes with interests and material necessity, and indeed the very passions required for its support. Thucydides’ work, which he himself considered a possession for all time, therefore speaks very much to our time, encouraging the defense of freedom while warning of the limits and dangers in doing so. The powerful must defend freedom, Thucydides teaches, but beware that the cost not become freedom itself.

Thucydides and the History of His Age

Author : George Beardoe Grundy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thucydides and the History of His Age written by George Beardoe Grundy and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Thucydides

Author : Thucydides
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Thucydides written by Thucydides and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Thucydides and the Science of History

Author : Charles Norris Cochrane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Thucydides and the Science of History written by Charles Norris Cochrane and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Thucydides’s Trap?

Author : Steve Chan
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472131702
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Thucydides’s Trap? written by Steve Chan and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE) ostensibly arose because of the fear that a rising Athens would threaten Sparta’s power in the Mediterranean. The idea of Thucydides’ Trap warns that all rising powers threaten established powers. As China increases its power relative to the United States, the theory argues, the two nations are inevitably set on a collision course toward war. How enlightening is an analogy based on the ancient Greek world of 2,500 years ago for understanding contemporary international relations? How accurate is the depiction of the history of other large armed conflicts, such as the two world wars, as a challenge mounted by a rising power to displace an incumbent hegemon?Thucydides’s Trap?: Historical Interpretation, Logic of Inquiry, and the Future of Sino-American Relations offers a critique of the claims of Thucydides’s Trap and power-transition theory. It examines past instances of peaceful accommodation to uncover lessons that can ease the frictions in ongoing Sino-American relations.

Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War Books I and II

Author : Thucydides
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War Books I and II written by Thucydides and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Thucydides

Author : George Frederick Abbott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Thucydides written by George Frederick Abbott and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Handbook of Thucydides

Author : Ryan Balot
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190647744
Total Pages : 773 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Thucydides written by Ryan Balot and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Thucydides contains newly commissioned essays on Thucydides as an historian, thinker, and writer. It also features chapters on Thucydides' intellectual context and ancient reception. The creative juxtaposition of historical, literary, philosophical, and reception studies allows for a better grasp of Thucydides' complex project and its intellectual context, while at the same time providing a comprehensive introduction to the author's ideas. The volume is organized into four sections of papers: History, Historiography, Political Theory, and Context and Reception. It therefore bridges traditionally divided disciplines. The authors engaged to write the forty chapters for this volume include both well-known scholars and less well-known innovators, who bring fresh ideas and new points of view. Articles avoid technical jargon and long footnotes, and are written in an accessible style. Finally, the volume includes a thorough introduction prefacing each paper, as well as several maps and an up-to-date bibliography that will enable further study. The Oxford Handbook of Thucydides offers a comprehensive introduction to a thinker and writer whose simultaneous depth and innovativeness have been the focus of intense literary and philosophical study since ancient times.

Thucydides : Narrative and Explanation

Author : Tim Rood
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191588881
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Thucydides : Narrative and Explanation written by Tim Rood and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2004-08-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `War is a harsh teache' wrote Thucydides in the fifth-century BC. Rood analyses the techniques through which Thucydides' narrative explains the origin and course of the Peloponnesian War and exposes harsh truths about how individuals and states behave. Rood concentrates on how the use of techniques, such as selectivity, interaction of speech and narrative, and manipulation of time and perspective, points at one level to general human constraints, at another to the self-destructiveness of Athens' imperial power. The book explores some techniques that have received little attention and offers new ways of reading others; it gives new insight into Thucydides' sophistication and the way he relates to his predecessors. It is also important for its attempts to refute views that Thucydides' History is made up of different compositional strata or inspired by pro-Athenian bias. And it addresses directly the way modern historians use Thucydides, contributes to the contemporary debate over narrative history, and shows the value of applying some of the concepts of recent narrative theory to historical texts.

Thucydides and the Modern World

Author : Katherine Harloe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139510770
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Thucydides and the Modern World written by Katherine Harloe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Greek historian Thucydides has had an enormous impact on modern historiography, political theory, international relations and strategic studies, but this influence has never been properly studied. This book brings together leading scholars from a range of disciplines to explore the different facets of Thucydides' modern reception and influence, from the birth of political theory in Renaissance Europe to the rise of scientific history in nineteenth-century Germany and the triumph of 'realism' in twentieth-century international relations theory. Its chapters consider the different national and disciplinary traditions of reading and citing Thucydides, but also highlight common themes and questions; in particular, the variety of images of the historian produced by his modern readers: the scientific historian or the artful rhetorician, the brilliant analyst of society and politics or the great narrator of political and military events, the man of experience and affairs or the man of contemplation and reflection.

Thucydides Between History and Literature

Author : Antonis Tsakmakis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110297752
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Thucydides Between History and Literature written by Antonis Tsakmakis and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together scholars from various areas (history, philology, linguistics, history of political ideas) and attempts a fresh survey of current trends in the analysis of Thucydides' historical narrative. Individual contributions range from a general outlook of Thucydides' historical and historiographical concepts to detailed analysis of narrative strategies, linguistic features and stylistic devices. Special attention is given to questions such as the representation of character, the role of individuals, the interaction between leaders and masses in Athenian democracy, the construction of speeches in Thucydides' work, etc. The analysis of language, style and narrative properties is related to the construction of meaning according to current standards of textual analysis and interpreation.