Title:
Thucydides : the reinvention of history / Donald Kagan.
Author:
Kagan, Donald.
Publication Information:
New York : Viking, 2009.
Call Number:
DF229 .T6 K28 2009
Abstract:
Reassesses the life and contributions of the ancient revisionist historian to place him in the context of his time, citing the pivotal influence of his refusal to credit the gods or individuals with the societal events documented in "The Peloponnesian War."
ISBN:
9780670021291
Physical Description:
257 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Thucydides the revisionist -- Causes of the war : Corcyra -- Causes of the war : from Corcyra to the Megarian Decree -- The strategy of Pericles -- Was Periclean Athens a democracy? -- Cleon's lucky victory at Pylos -- Thucydides and Cleon at Amphipolis -- The decision for a Sicilian expedition -- Who was responsible for the Sicilian disaster?
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