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Reading Thucydides / James V. Morrison.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrison, James V., 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War.
- Thucydides.
- Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C--Historiography.
- Greece.
- History.
- Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 282 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- In dialogue with Thucydides
- The reader's task
- The Corcyrean conflict (1.24-55)
- Punctuated history : the case of Plataea
- Historical lessons in the Melian episode
- The comparison of cities and individuals
- Maxims and assimilation in the Mytilenian debate
- Athens the tyrant-city and the function of political metaphor
- Thucydides' life and work
- Ancient and modern audiences.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-271) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 081421035X
- 0814291120
- OCLC:
- 65165384
- Publisher Number:
- 9780814210352
- 9780814291122
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