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Reading Thucydides James V. Morrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrison, James V., 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C--Historiography.
- Greece.
- Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 282 p.)
- 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:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-271) and indexes.
- OCLC:
- 1229137948
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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