Thucydides : the reinvention of history / Donald Kagan.
2009
DF229.T6 K28 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Thucydides : the reinvention of history / Donald Kagan.
Author
Kagan, Donald.
ISBN
9780670021291 (pbk.)
0670021296 (pbk.)
0670021296 (pbk.)
Imprint
New York : Viking, 2009.
Language
English
Description
257 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Call Number
DF229.T6 K28 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
938/.05
Summary
Reassesses the life and contributions of the ancient revisionist historian to place him in the context of his time, citing the pivotal influence of his refusal to credit the gods or individuals with the societal events documented in "The Peloponnesian War."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Thucydides the revisionist
Causes of the war : Corcyra
Causes of the war : from Corcyra to the Megarian Decree
The strategy of Pericles
Was Periclean Athens a democracy?
Cleon's lucky victory at Pylos
Thucydides and Cleon at Amphipolis
The decision for a Sicilian expedition
Who was responsible for the Sicilian disaster?
Causes of the war : Corcyra
Causes of the war : from Corcyra to the Megarian Decree
The strategy of Pericles
Was Periclean Athens a democracy?
Cleon's lucky victory at Pylos
Thucydides and Cleon at Amphipolis
The decision for a Sicilian expedition
Who was responsible for the Sicilian disaster?