Chapters in this book

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