Money, Expense, and Naval Power in Thucydides' History 1-5. 24 / Lisa Kallet-Marx.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kallet, Lisa, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War.

Thucydides.

Taxation--Greece--Athens.

Taxation.

Finance, Public--Greece--Athens.

Finance, Public.

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

Greece.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1993]

Summary:

Thucydides has been found guilty of indifference toward financial matters without a consideration of all the evidence. Lisa Kallet-Marx redirects the approach to Thucydides' treatment of financial resources by studying his comments on finance in the context of the whole work and scrutinizes other, chiefly epigraphic, evidence as well. Her comprehensive inspection of the Archaeology, Pentekontaetia, and history of the Archidamian War demonstrates that the role of financial resources is central to Thucydides' ideas about naval power and figures prominently in his speeches and narrative. The accumulation of chremata, or money, and its relationship to nautikon, or the fleet, provide a key for analysis. Kallet-Marx's research reveals an important stage in the historical development of thought about state power, wealth, and imperialism. Her book will greatly interest classicists as well as scholars of ancient economics. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Financial Resources in the Archaeology

Appendix: Financial Terminology in the Archaeology

2. Financial Resources in the Pentekontaetia

3. Financial Resources on the Eve of the Peloponnesian War

4. The Early Years of the War, 431-427 (2.19-3.50)

Appendix: On 3.17

5. From the Kerkyraian Revolt to the Peace of Nikias (3.70-5.24)

6. Athens' Financial Resources in the Archidamian War

Abbreviations

Bibliography

General Index

Index of Passages in Thucydides.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-520-37811-3

OCLC:

1439603490