The Cambridge Companion to Thucydides

Polly Low (University of Durham)

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Cambridge University Press
09 March 2023

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; History; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; History of ideas

Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature

Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is one of the earliest and most influential works in the western historiographical tradition. It provides an unfinished account of the war between Athens and her allies and Sparta and her allies which lasted from 431 to 404 BC, and is a masterpiece of narrative art and of political analysis. The twenty chapters in this Companion offer a wide range of perspectives on different aspects of the text, its interpretation and its significance. The nature of the text is explored in detail, and problems of Thucydides' historical and literary methodology are examined. Other chapters analyse the ways in which Thucydides' work illuminates, or complicates, our understanding of key historical questions for this period, above all those relating to the nature and conduct of war, politics, and empire. Finally, the book also explores the continuing legacy of Thucydides, from antiquity to the present day.

Edited by: Polly Low (University of Durham)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781107514607
ISBN 10: 1107514606
Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 09 March 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Polly Low is a Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. Her publications include Interstate Relations in Classical Greece (Cambridge, 2007) and (as editor) The Athenian Empire (2008).