Thucydidean Themes

Zusatztext all libraries in institutions where Thucydides is taught will want a copy of this work, and Thucydidean scholars will profit from owning their own copy ... Aside from the wealth of insight and cogent interpretation that this volume contains, readers will find Hornblower on Thucydides a paragon of clear and elegant prose. Klappentext A collection of seventeen essays by Simon Hornblower on the great fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides; other ancient Greek historians, notably Herodotus, also feature. Although most of the chapters have previously appeared in print, many have been extensively rewritten for this volume and all are provided with new prefaces. Zusammenfassung A collection of seventeen essays by Simon Hornblower on the great fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides; other ancient Greek historians, notably Herodotus, also feature. Although most of the chapters have previously appeared in print, many have been extensively rewritten for this volume and all are provided with new prefaces.

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• Authors: Simon Hornblower, Simon (Professor of Classics and Ancient History Hornblower, Hornblower Simon
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2010
• EAN: 9780199562336
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956233-6
• No. of pages: 450
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, HISTORY / Historiography, Historiography, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory