Past and process in Herodotus and Thucydides / Virginia Hunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunter, Virginia J., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library ; 4943

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Ancient--Historiography.

History, Ancient.

Greece--History--Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C--Historiography.

Greece.

Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C--Historiography.

Greece--Historiography.

Herodotus. History.

Herodotus.

Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War.

Thucydides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 pages)

Edition:

Princeton Legacy Library edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is the first systematic attempt to compare Herodotus and Thucydides as contemporaries, that is, as pre- Socratic thinkers who employed rather similar concepts and intellectual tools and who worked within the same theoretical framework or space. The work also brings to the study of the ancient historians widely accepted and recognizable concepts derived from contemporary historiography and the methodology of the social sciences.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

PART I. The Past: Enquiry and Interpretation

ONE. Mankind's Progress to Civilization in Greece: Thucydides' Archaeology and the Problems of Power

TWO. The Discovery of "Historical Space": Herodotus and the Beginnings of Human History in Egypt

THREE. Herodotus and Thucydides and le temps des hommes

PART II. The Process of History

FOUR. Generalization, Process, and Event: Thucydides' Explanation of Brasidas' Successes in Thrace

FIVE. Cause, Event, and Chronology in Relation to Process: Herodotus' Explanation of Dareios' Retreat from Scythia

Six. Historical Process and its Implications for Herodotus and Thucydides

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER ONE

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER TWO

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER FOUR

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER FIVE

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER SIX

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF REFERENCES TO HERODOTUS AND THUCYDIDES

GENERAL INDEX

Notes:

Bibliography: p. 339-353.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780691629421

0691629420

9780691614526

0691614520

OCLC:

1016599346