A Note on Narrative Style

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on the Notes xi
5. A Note on Narrative Style xiii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. CHAPTER 1 Prologue: The Athenian Empire as Freely Chosen Project: Pericles' Funeral Oration 15
8. CHAPTER 2 The Outbreak of the War and the Problem of Blame 30
9. CHAPTER 3 Justice as Usual 64
10. CHAPTER 4 Piety and Necessity 87
11. CHAPTER 5 The Melian Dialogue and the Fate of Melos 97
12. CHAPTER 6 Melos and Syracuse 118
13. CHAPTER 7 The Athenian Thesis Reconsidered: Diodotus and Hermocrates 142
14. CHAPTER 8 Domestic Politics 172
15. CHAPTER 9 Recapitulation and Conclusion: The Humanity of Thucydides 193
16. APPENDIX 1 Thucydides 1.22.1-3 207
17. APPENDIX 2 Thucydides' Use of Prophasis at 1.23.5—6 213
18. APPENDIX 3 Thucydides' Presentation of the Demand for the Repeal of the Megarian Decree 215
19. Bibliography 217
20. Index 229