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A wide-ranging introduction to one of the earliest and most influential works in the western historical tradition.
List of contents
1. Introduction Polly Low; Part I. Context and Methods: 2. Establishing a new genre: Thucydides and non-historiographic memory Jonas Grethlein; 3. Thucydidean self-presentation Thomas Beasley; 4. Thucydides' use of evidence and sources P. J. Rhodes; 5. Rhetorical history: speeches in Thucydides Emily Greenwood; 6. Prolegomena to the Peloponnesian War: Thucydides Book 1 Jeffrey Rusten; 7. Time and foresight in Thucydides Rosaria Vignolo Munson; 8. Labouring for truth in Thucydides Elizabeth Irwin; Part II. Themes and Content: 9. Thucydides and war Jason Crowley; 10. Thucydides on empire and imperialism Polly Low; 11. Ethnicity in Thucydides Maria Fragoulaki; 12. Thucydides and leadership Sarah Brown Ferrario; 13. Thucydides on democracy and the others Ryan Balot; 14. Justice and morality in Thucydides Paul Woodruff; Part III. After Thucydides: 15. Thucydides in Greek and Roman historiography Luke Pitcher; 16. Thucydides in Byzantium Scott Kennedy and Anthony Kaldellis; 17. Thucydides in the Renaissance and Reformation Kinch Hoekstra; 18. Narrative of Thucydides and the nineteenth-century discipline of ancient history Alexandra Lianeri; 19. 'What really happened': varieties of realism in Thucydides' History Joel Alden Schloesser; 20. Translating Thucydides Jeremy Mynott.
About the author
Polly Low is a Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. Her publications include Interstate Relations in Classical Greece (Cambridge, 2007) and (as editor) The Athenian Empire (2008).
Summary
A wide-ranging and accessible introduction to one of the earliest and most influential works in the western historical tradition. Essential reading for students in Classics and Ancient History, and also of interest to those working on political theory, international theory and historiography.
