Thucydides: A Very Short Introduction

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Jennifer T. Roberts (Professor of Classics and History, Professor of Classics and History, City College of New York and City University of New York Graduate Center)

Thucydides

A Very Short Introduction

Jennifer T. Roberts (Professor of Classics and History, Professor of Classics and History, City College of New York and City University of New York Graduate Center)

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Oxford University Press
15 August 2024

History; Historiography; Classical history & classical civilisation; Military history

Series: Very Short Introductions

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.

By: Jennifer T. Roberts (Professor of Classics and History Professor of Classics and History City College of New York and City University of New York Graduate Center)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 174mm, Width: 111mm,
ISBN: 9780192855824
ISBN 10: 0192855824
Series: Very Short Introductions
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 15 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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).