Thucydides : the reinvention of history / Donald Kagan.

Author/creator Kagan, Donald
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Viking, 2009.
Description257 pages : map ; 24 cm
Subjects
Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War.
Greece--History. --Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. --Historiography.
Greece--Intellectual life. --To 146 B.C.
Greece--Historiography.

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?
Abstract 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-245) and index.
LCCN 2009008368
ISBN9780670021291
ISBN0670021296

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks DF229.T6 .K28 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold