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INTRODUCTION. THUCYDIDES’ OWN EXPERIENCE OF THE WAR
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Peter R. Pouncey
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- CONTENTS VII
- PREFACE IX
- INTRODUCTION. THUCYDIDES’ OWN EXPERIENCE OF THE WAR 1
- 1. ACCURACY (AKRIBEIA) AND THE PATTERN OF EVENTS METHODOLOGY AND POINT OF VIEW 9
- 2. THE PROGRESS OF PESSIMISM IN THUCYDIDES THE SKETCH OF AN ARGUMENT 31
- 3. THE ARCHAEOLOGY (1.1–23) 45
- 4. COLLECTIVE ACTION TO THE POINT OF WAR 55
- 5. PERICLES 69
- 6. MELOS 83
- 7. ALCIBIADES: A PATRIOT FOR HIMSELF 105
- 8. INDIVIDUALS IN THE TOILS OF WAR: NICIAS AND PHRYNICHUS 117
- 9. HUMAN NATURE AT WAR IN THUCYDIDES 139
- APPENDIX. HUMAN NATURE IN HOBBES 151
- NOTES 159
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 187
- INDEX 191
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- CONTENTS VII
- PREFACE IX
- INTRODUCTION. THUCYDIDES’ OWN EXPERIENCE OF THE WAR 1
- 1. ACCURACY (AKRIBEIA) AND THE PATTERN OF EVENTS METHODOLOGY AND POINT OF VIEW 9
- 2. THE PROGRESS OF PESSIMISM IN THUCYDIDES THE SKETCH OF AN ARGUMENT 31
- 3. THE ARCHAEOLOGY (1.1–23) 45
- 4. COLLECTIVE ACTION TO THE POINT OF WAR 55
- 5. PERICLES 69
- 6. MELOS 83
- 7. ALCIBIADES: A PATRIOT FOR HIMSELF 105
- 8. INDIVIDUALS IN THE TOILS OF WAR: NICIAS AND PHRYNICHUS 117
- 9. HUMAN NATURE AT WAR IN THUCYDIDES 139
- APPENDIX. HUMAN NATURE IN HOBBES 151
- NOTES 159
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 187
- INDEX 191