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Book The History of the Peloponnesian War

Download or read book The History of the Peloponnesian War written by Thucydides and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Landmark Thucydides

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  • Author : Thucydides
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2008-04
  • ISBN : 1416590870
  • Pages : 760 pages

Download or read book The Landmark Thucydides written by Thucydides and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles two decades of war between Athens and Sparta.

Book The Mind of Thucydides

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  • Author : Jacqueline de Romilly
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2017-12-15
  • ISBN : 1501719734
  • Pages : 175 pages

Download or read book The Mind of Thucydides written by Jacqueline de Romilly and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication of Jacqueline de Romilly’s Histoire et raison chez Thucydide in 1956 virtually transformed scholarship on Thucydides. Rather than mining The Peloponnesian War to speculate on its layers of composition or second-guess its accuracy, it treated it as a work of art deserving rhetorical and aesthetic analysis. Ahead of its time in its sophisticated focus upon the verbal texture of narrative, it proved that a literary approach offered the most productive and nuanced way to study Thucydides. Still in print in the original French, the book has influenced numerous Classicists and historians, and is now available in English for the first time in a careful translation by Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings. The Cornell edition includes an introduction by Hunter R. Rawlings III and Jeffrey Rusten tracing the context of this book’s original publication and its continuing influence on the study of Thucydides. Romilly shows that Thucydides constructs his account of the Peloponnesian War as a profoundly intellectual experience for readers who want to discern the patterns underlying historical events. Employing a commanding logic that exercises total control over the data of history, Thucydides uses rigorous principles of selection, suggestive juxtapositions, and artfully opposed speeches to reveal systematic relationships between plans and outcomes, impose meaning on the smallest events, and insist on the constant battle between intellect and chance. Thucydides’ mind found in unity and coherence its ideal of historical truth.

Book On Justice  Power   Human Nature

Download or read book On Justice Power Human Nature written by Thucydides and published by Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1993 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language and culture, this collection of extracts from The History of the Peloponnesian War includes those passages that shed most light on Thucydides' political theory--famous as well as important but lesser-known pieces frequently overlooked by nonspecialists. Newly translated into spare, vigorous English, and situated within a connective narrative framework, Woodruff's selections will be of special interest to instructors in political theory and Greek civilization. Includes maps, notes, glossary.

Book The English Works

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  • Author : Tucidides
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1966
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 472 pages

Download or read book The English Works written by Tucidides and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of Thucydides

Download or read book The History of Thucydides written by Thucydides and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Thucydides Book 1

Download or read book Thucydides Book 1 written by H. Don Cameron and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a better way to read Thucydides through the explanation of grammar and a glimpse into the history of classical scholarship

Book Thucydides

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  • Author : Thucydides
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2013-03-28
  • ISBN : 0521847745
  • Pages : 761 pages

Download or read book Thucydides written by Thucydides and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new translation of Thucydides, a foundational text in the history of Western political thought, with extensive student reference material.

Book The Peloponnesian War

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  • Author : Thucydides
  • Publisher : Hackett Publishing
  • Release : 1998-03-13
  • ISBN : 9780872203945
  • Pages : 548 pages

Download or read book The Peloponnesian War written by Thucydides and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 1998-03-13 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an English translation of the Greek text which provides an account of the people and events involved in the long, fifth-century conflict between Athens and Sparta, and includes notes, a glossary, and other resources.

Book A Historical Commentary on Thucydides

Download or read book A Historical Commentary on Thucydides written by David Cartwright and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential guide for students

Book Thucydides

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  • Author : Thucydides
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1881
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 732 pages

Download or read book Thucydides written by Thucydides and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Peloponnesian War

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  • Author : Thucydides
  • Publisher : OUP Oxford
  • Release : 2009-06-11
  • ISBN : 019160500X
  • Pages : 784 pages

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.

Book The History of Thucydides

Download or read book The History of Thucydides written by Thucydides and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Thucydides

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  • Author : Donald Kagan
  • Publisher : Viking Adult
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 282 pages

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.

Book THUCYDIDES

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  • Author : Thucydides
  • Publisher : Wentworth Press
  • Release : 2016-08-24
  • ISBN : 9781360041186
  • Pages : 732 pages

Download or read book THUCYDIDES written by Thucydides and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Thucydides   s Trap

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.