Buch, Englisch, 948 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1565 g
Buch, Englisch, 948 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1565 g
Reihe: Brill's Companions to Classical Studies
ISBN: 978-90-04-23349-2
Verlag: Brill
The contributions cover a wide range of issues, including Thucydides’ life, intellectual milieu and predecessors, Thucydides and the act of writing, his rhetoric, historical method and narrative techniques, narrative unity in the History, the speeches, Thucydides’ reliability as a historian, and his legacy through the centuries. Other topics dealt with include warfare, religion, individuals, democracy and oligarchy, the invention of political science, Thucydides and Athens, Sparta, Macedonia/Thrace, Sicily/South Italy, Persia, and the Argives.
The volume aims to provide a survey of current trends in Thucydidean studies which will be of interest to all students of ancient history.
Brill's Companion to Thucydides was awarded Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2007.
Zielgruppe
All those interested in Ancient History, political philosophy, as well as classical philologists.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte