Thucydides between history and literature /
Papers in this volume explore Thucydides methods of research and representation (also contrasting the notions of an objective historian and an artful narrator), provide insights into the historian s narrative techniques and style, examine the use of the past in Thucydidean historiography, analyse Th...
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De Gruyter,
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Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
Publication Dates: | [2013] |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Trends in classics - supplementary volumes;
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Summary: |
Papers in this volume explore Thucydides methods of research and representation (also contrasting the notions of an objective historian and an artful narrator), provide insights into the historian s narrative techniques and style, examine the use of the past in Thucydidean historiography, analyse Thucydides political ideas in the context of 5th century history and classical political thought, and investigate Thucydides relationship to earlier historical accounts, especially Herodotus. |
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1 online resource(xvi,532pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
Bibliography: | 6 Abb./ill. |
ISBN: | 9783110297751(electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | DF229 |
CLC: | K125 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Kt ma es aiei: Thucydides Concept of "Learning through History" and Its Realization in His Work / Character Judgements in the Histories: their Function and Distribution / Ascribing Motivation in Thucydides. Between Historical Research and Literary Representation / The Causes of the Athenian Plague and Thucydides / The Presence of the Past in Thucydides / The Cylon Conspiracy: Thucydides and the Uses of the Past / . From Catalogues to Archaeology / In the Shadow of Pericles: Athens Samian Victory and the Organisation of the Pentekontaetia in Thucydides / Transformation of Landscapes in Thucydides / "Reading" Athens: Foreign Perceptions of the Political Roles of Athenian Leaders in Thucydides / Thucydides and the Masses / Thucydides Pericles. Between Historical Reality and Literary Representation / The Balance of Power and Compositional Balance: Thucydides Book 1 / Blurring the Boundaries of Speech: Thucydides and Indirect Discourse / Making Meaning: Cross-references and their Interpretation in Thucydides Sicilian Narrative / The Dot on the i : Thucydidean Epilogues / The Narrative Legacy of Thucydides: Polybius, Book I / The litotes of Thucydides / History as Presence. Time, Tense and Narrative Modes in Thucydides / Textual Structure and Modality in Thucydides Military Exhortations / Attributive Discourse in the Speeches in Thucydides / Difficult Statements in Thucydides / The Language of Pericles / List of Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index nominum et rerum -- Index locorum. |