Redeeming Thucydides' Book VIII: Narrative Artistry in the Account of the Ionian War 9783110533071, 9783110532074

Redeeming Thucydides' Book VIII: Narrative Artistry in the Account of the Ionian War 9783110533071, 9783110532074

Since antiquity, Book 8 of Thucydides’ History has been considered an unpolished draft which lacks revision. Even those

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Redeeming Thucydides' Book VIII: Narrative Artistry in the Account of the Ionian War 3110532077, 9783110532074

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Thucydides' War Narrative: A Structural Study 9780520930971

As a sustained analysis of the connections between narrative structure and meaning in the History of the Peloponnesian W

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Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War (Books VII and VIII) [4] 0674991877, 9780674991873

Thucydides of Athens, one of the greatest of historians, was born about 471 BCE. He saw the rise of Athens to greatness

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The Necessities of War. a Study of Thucydides’ Pessimism 9780231887052

Attempts to reach the mind of the historian and writer Thucydides, with a particular focus on his pessimism as he works

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Political Style: The Artistry of Power 9780226316284

In this book, Robert Hariman demonstrates how matters of style—of diction, manners, sensibility, decor, and charisma—inf

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Kinship in Thucydides: Intercommunal Ties and Historical Narrative 0199697779

This volume explores the relationship between Thucydides and ancient Greek historiography, sociology, and culture. Prese

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The Structure of Thucydides' History [Course Book ed.] 9781400856572

In a new and controversial interpretation of the literary structure of Thucydides history of the Peloponnesian War, Hunt

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Thucydides: Narrative and Explanation 0198152566, 9780198152569

This book analyzes the narrative technique of Thucydides, relating his shifting uses of various techniques to his explan

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Explaining the Cosmos: The Ionian Tradition of Scientific Philosophy [Course Book ed.] 9781400827459

Explaining the Cosmos is a major reinterpretation of Greek scientific thought before Socrates. Focusing on the scientifi

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