Thucydides
Editorial BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Espanya peninsular
- Editorial BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
- ISBN13 9781472523990
- ISBN10 1472523997
- Tipus Llibre
- Pàgines 104
- Col.lecció Ancients in Action #
- Any Edició 2016
- Idioma Anglès
- Encuadernació Paperback
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Estudis Literatura GregaThucydides
Editorial BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Espanya peninsular
Detalls del llibre
Thucydides was labelled the 'greatest historian that ever lived' by Macauley and no study of Classical Greece is complete without encountering his history of the Peloponnesian War, the greatest war of Greeks against Greeks in the late fifth century BCE, which ended in the fall of Athens. This concise introductory guide sets Thucydides in context as a Greek historian writing about the Peloponnesian War; as an intellectual in the era of the 'sophists', who were willing to question a variety of traditional assumptions; and as an upper-class Athenian who lived through and was actively involved in the Peloponnesian War as a general. Including a survey and summary of Thucydides' work, P.
J. Rhodes explores the principles and practices of historiography which Thucydides originated and implemented throughout his History: his narrative insight, an almost scientific judgment and exposition of sources and prejudices, and a strictly defined and authoritative view of what was required in a history of a war. In addition to examining Thucydides' work, the volume provides an overview of the social, political and intellectual contexts Thucydides was writing in, and looks at his impact in antiquity and beyond, from forming modern concepts of impartial history to his effect on popular culture.