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The Ambition to Rule : Alcibiades and the Politics of Imperialism / Steven Forde.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forde, Steven, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alcibiades.
- Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War.
- Thucydides.
- Generals--Greece--Athens--Biography.
- Generals.
- Statesmen--Greece--Athens--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Ancient History & Classical Studies.
- Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C--Historiography.
- Greece.
- Local Subjects:
- Ancient History & Classical Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This book is a fresh examination of Thucydides' treatment of Alcibiades in his History of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades' significance in the History, and his relation to Thucydides' political themes.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Problem of Thucydides and the l Problem of Alcibiades
- 1. The Alcibidean Moment
- 2. The Speeches of Alcibiades and Alcibiades' Political Views
- 3. Book Eight of Thucydides' History
- 4. Thucydides' Alcibiades
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781501745782
- 1501745786
- OCLC:
- 1129213818
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