Reading Thucydides [electronic resource] / James V. Morrison.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morrison, James V., 1956-
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2006.
Subjects:
Thucydides. > History of the Peloponnesian War.
Greece > History > Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. > Historiography.
Online Access:
Project Muse Open Access ebooks: 2006 (Project MUSE @ John Hopkins University)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • In dialogue with Thucydides
  • The reader's task
  • The Corcyrean conflict (1.24-55)
  • Punctuated history : the case of Plataea
  • Historical lessons in the Melian episode
  • The comparison of cities and individuals
  • Maxims and assimilation in the Mytilenian debate
  • Athens the tyrant-city and the function of political metaphor
  • Thucydides' life and work
  • Ancient and modern audiences.