Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato

This book shows how Plato's Statesman and Thucydides' presentation of the moral collapse in Athenian political discourse reveal many points of agreement between Plato and Thucydides.

List of contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Stasis in Corcyra Modelling Revolution for Thucydides and Plato

Chapter 2: Pericles: Aspiring Statesman in Thucydides, General and Sophist in Plato

Chapter 3: Athenian Speeches in Book 1: Can the Athenian Empire Aim at Justice?

Chapter 4: Democracy, Demagoguery, and Political Decline in Thucydides and Plato: The Debate between Cleon and Diodotus

Chapter 5: The Melian Dialogue & the End of the Political in the Statesman

Chapter 6: Alcibiades' Desire for Sicily in Thucydides and for Sexual Conquest in Plato

Chapter 7: Harmodius and Aristogeiton and Political Myths

Chapter 8: Euphemus and Alcibiades: The End of the Athenian Logos

Chapter 9: Alcibiades as a Traitor and Grand Version of Meno

Chapter 10: Nicias and the Failure in Sicily

Chapter 11: Revolution in Athens: Why Democracy Failed

Conclusion

Bibliography

About the Author

About the author

John T. Hogan has a Ph. D. in Classical Languages and Literatures from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Summary

This book shows how Plato's Statesman and Thucydides' presentation of the moral collapse in Athenian political discourse reveal many points of agreement between Plato and Thucydides.

Product details

• Authors: John T. Hogan
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781498596329
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9632-9
• No. of pages: 374
• Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Political science & theory, Ancient History, Political science and theory, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500