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Thucydides A Very Short Introduction

Roberts, Jennifer T.
Heftet / 2024 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780192855824
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
138 gr
Høyde
174 mm
Bredde
110 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
160

Forfatter
Roberts, Jennifer T.

Biografisk notat

Jennifer Roberts is Professor of Classics and History at the City College of New York and the City University of New York Graduate Center. A past president of the Association of Ancient Historians, she specializes in the theory and practice of democracy and in the intellectual and political history of Greece during the classical period. Her publications include Accountability in Athenian Government (1982), Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought (1994), editions of Thucydides' Peloponnesian War (1998) and Herodotus' Histories (2013), both co-authored with Walter Blanco, and The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece (2017).

Thucydides A Very Short Introduction

Roberts, Jennifer T.
Heftet / 2024 / Engelsk
Roberts, Jennifer T.
Heftet / 2024 / Engelsk
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Thucydides delivers a remarkably insightful overview of one of antiquity's most pivotal historians. Roberts provides an engaging and intellectually stimulating gateway into Thucydidean scholarship. An invaluable resource for students and general readers alike.

F. A. Grabowski, Choice

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsula of the Peloponnesus in southwestern Greece declared war on Athens, head of a mighty naval coalition. The war would last until Sparta finally brough Athens to its knees in 404. The Athenian aristocrat Thucydides, suspecting the magnitude of the conflict that was unfolding before his eyes, at once undertook to record its history, exploring the causes and course of the war in the context of his great interest: human nature. An introduction to Thucydides' thought and background, this book examines Thucydides' account of the war in the context both of the international situation in the classical Greek world and of the intellectual traditions of the fifth century BCE, exploring the historian's connection to prose writers like Herodotus as well as poets like Homer and the tragedians, and investigating the complex dynamics of the war that changed the Greek world forever. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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An introduction to the thought and background of the Greek historian Thucydides, this book examines his account of the great war between Athens and Sparta in the context both of the international situation in the classical Greek world and of the intellectual traditions of the fifth century BCE.
Les mer
1: The world of Thucydides 2: The Peloponnesian war 3: Thucydides the historian 4: Epic, tragedy, history 5: Thucydides the narrator 6: Speeches in Thucydides 7: Thucydides the political scientist 8: Thucydides' legacy References Suggested readings Index
Les mer
Jennifer Roberts is Professor of Classics and History at the City College of New York and the City University of New York Graduate Center. A past president of the Association of Ancient Historians, she specializes in the theory and practice of democracy and in the intellectual and political history of Greece during the classical period. Her publications include Accountability in Athenian Government (1982), Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought (1994), editions of Thucydides' Peloponnesian War (1998) and Herodotus' Histories (2013), both co-authored with Walter Blanco, and The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece (2017).
Les mer
Teaches about an extraordinary thinker who provided much of the basis of subsequent historiography Examines Thucydides' account of the war in the context both of the international situation in the classical Greek world and of the intellectual traditions of the fifth century BCE Offers sophisticated interpretations without the necessity for large background knowledge Part of the Very Short Introductions series - over ten million copies sold worldwide
Les mer

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Thucydides delivers a remarkably insightful overview of one of antiquity's most pivotal historians. Roberts provides an engaging and intellectually stimulating gateway into Thucydidean scholarship. An invaluable resource for students and general readers alike.

F. A. Grabowski, Choice

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsula of the Peloponnesus in southwestern Greece declared war on Athens, head of a mighty naval coalition. The war would last until Sparta finally brough Athens to its knees in 404. The Athenian aristocrat Thucydides, suspecting the magnitude of the conflict that was unfolding before his eyes, at once undertook to record its history, exploring the causes and course of the war in the context of his great interest: human nature. An introduction to Thucydides' thought and background, this book examines Thucydides' account of the war in the context both of the international situation in the classical Greek world and of the intellectual traditions of the fifth century BCE, exploring the historian's connection to prose writers like Herodotus as well as poets like Homer and the tragedians, and investigating the complex dynamics of the war that changed the Greek world forever. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Les mer
An introduction to the thought and background of the Greek historian Thucydides, this book examines his account of the great war between Athens and Sparta in the context both of the international situation in the classical Greek world and of the intellectual traditions of the fifth century BCE.
Les mer
1: The world of Thucydides 2: The Peloponnesian war 3: Thucydides the historian 4: Epic, tragedy, history 5: Thucydides the narrator 6: Speeches in Thucydides 7: Thucydides the political scientist 8: Thucydides' legacy References Suggested readings Index
Les mer
Jennifer Roberts is Professor of Classics and History at the City College of New York and the City University of New York Graduate Center. A past president of the Association of Ancient Historians, she specializes in the theory and practice of democracy and in the intellectual and political history of Greece during the classical period. Her publications include Accountability in Athenian Government (1982), Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought (1994), editions of Thucydides' Peloponnesian War (1998) and Herodotus' Histories (2013), both co-authored with Walter Blanco, and The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece (2017).
Les mer
Teaches about an extraordinary thinker who provided much of the basis of subsequent historiography Examines Thucydides' account of the war in the context both of the international situation in the classical Greek world and of the intellectual traditions of the fifth century BCE Offers sophisticated interpretations without the necessity for large background knowledge Part of the Very Short Introductions series - over ten million copies sold worldwide
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780192855824
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
138 gr
Høyde
174 mm
Bredde
110 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
160

Forfatter
Roberts, Jennifer T.

Biografisk notat

Jennifer Roberts is Professor of Classics and History at the City College of New York and the City University of New York Graduate Center. A past president of the Association of Ancient Historians, she specializes in the theory and practice of democracy and in the intellectual and political history of Greece during the classical period. Her publications include Accountability in Athenian Government (1982), Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought (1994), editions of Thucydides' Peloponnesian War (1998) and Herodotus' Histories (2013), both co-authored with Walter Blanco, and The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece (2017).

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