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The complete writings of Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War (Modern library of the world's best books) by Thucydides, 1951 The History of the Peloponnesian War: By Thucydides: Illustrated by Maps, Taken Entirely from Actual Surveys; with Notes Chiefly Historical and Geographical by Thucydides, 2010-02-16 Thucydides and the Shaping of History (Classical Literature and Society) by Emily Greenwood, 2006-01-30 Thucydides on Strategy: Athenian and Spartan Grand Strategies in the Peloponesian War and Their Relevance Today (Columbia/Hurst) by Constantinos Koliopoulos, Athanassioss G Platias, 2009-11-01 Thucydides: Book II (Bristol Greek Texts Series) (Bristol Greek Texts Series) by E. Marchant, 2006-02-15 A Commentary on Thucydides: Volume I: Books I - III by Simon Hornblower, 1997-05-08 Thucydides, Pericles, and the Idea of Athens in the Peloponnesian War by Martha Taylor, 2009-10-26 The Peloponnesian War. With Introductory Essays. (A Bantam classic) by Thucydides, 1960 Thucydides Mythistoricus by Francis Macdonald Cornford, 2010-08-27 The Humanity of Thucydides by Clifford Orwin, 1997-08-29 Greek political theory: The image of man in Thucydides and Plato by David Grene, 1967 A Historical Commentary on Thucydides: A Companion to Rex Warner's Penguin Translation by David Cartwright, 1997-08-15 An Historical Commentary on Thucydides Volume 4. Books V(25)-VII by A. W. Gomme, 1970-06-15 A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century (Vintage) by John Burrow, 2009-04-07

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41. Thucydides - History For Kids!
    H4K Crafts and Projects. Greek Literature thucydides. thucydides was an Athenian from a rich family. thucydides also became a general in the army.  
    http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/literature/thucydides.htm
    
    Extractions: Thucydides Thucydides was an Athenian from a rich family . He was related to the Athenian general Miltiades, who led the Athenians against the Persians at Marathon . Thucydides also became a general in the army. He led troops in the Peloponnesian war with Sparta in the late 400's BC , but when he lost a battle the democratic government exiled him for the rest of the war. Thucydides left Athens and spent the rest of the war writing a book about how the war started and what happened during the war, and why the Spartans finally won. Most of what we know about the Peloponnesian War comes from Thucydides' book. He died shortly after the end of the war.

42. Thucydides And His Predecessors
    thucydides and his Predecessors. Tim Rood (The Queen s College, Oxford). 4 And this Hellenic event . . . thucydides 7. 87. 56.  
    http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/1998/rood.html
    
    Extractions: Thucydides' response to his literary predecessors has been explored with some frequency in recent years. Several articles have appeared even since Simon Hornblower recently wrote that 'two areas needing more work are Thucydides' detailed intertextual relation to Homer and to Herodotus'. In these discussions, Thucydides tends to be seen as inheriting a wide range of specific narrative techniques from Homer, and as alluding to particular passages in epic through the use of epic terms and through the broader structuring of his story. It has also been stressed that Thucydides' relationship with Homer should be studied in the light of the pervasive Homeric charge found in the work of Herodotus, the greatest historian before Thucydides. Nor is Thucydides' debt to Herodotus merely a matter of his taking over Herodotus' Homeric features: it is seen, for instance, in his modelling of his Sicilian narrative after Herodotus' account of the Persian Wars, and in his assuming knowledge of events described by Herodotus.

43. Thucydides On Logographoi: A Modern Parallel?
    thucydides on logographoi a modern parallel? TP Wiseman (University of Exeter). Thuc. 1.21.1 as the prose writers have put together  
    http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/1997/wiseman.html
    
    Extractions: Thuc. 1.21.1: as the prose writers have put together for the purpose of enticement to the audience rather than the truth, things that cannot be checked and the majority of them having won over owing to time untrustworthily into the mythical. How exactly did the logographers' material 'win over into the mythical'? Tacitus seems to be referring to a similar phenomenon at Annals 3.19.2 on the avenging of Germanicus: adeo maxima quaeque ambigua sunt, dum alii quoquo modo audita pro compertis habent, alii uera in contrarium uertunt, et gliscit utrumque posteritate. The opposite of uerum is fabula , as is clear from 4.11.2-3 and 11.27, where Tacitus warns his readers against irresponsible versions created for the sake of sensation and eagerly accepted. But who did it, and how? What was the machinery for the creation of instant myth? A somewhat similar complaint emerges from the Journals of the novelist Anthony Powell, who as one of the few surviving witnesses is much in demand as a first-hand authority on the literary history of the nineteen-twenties and thirties. In 1983 he was being interviewed about George Orwell: 'not easy to describe to someone of a

44. Thucydides And The Ancient Simplicity: The Limits Of Political Realism
    thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity. The Limits of Political Realism. Gregory Crane. thucydides and the Ancient Simplicity The Limits of Political Realism.  
    http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft767nb497/

45. Money, Expense, And Naval Power In Thucydides' History 1-5.24
    Buy This Book. Money, Expense, and Naval Power in thucydides History 15.24. Lisa Kallet. Money, Expense, and Naval Power in thucydides History 1-5.24.  
    http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft3s2005h6/
    
    Extractions: Kallet-Marx, Lisa.  Money, Expense, and Naval Power in Thucydides' History 1-5.24.  Berkeley:  University of California Press,  1993. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft3s2005h6/ Preface Introduction Chapter One  Financial Resources in Archaeology Chapter Two  Financial Resources in the Pentekontaetia ...

46. The Melian Dialogue
    431 BC HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR by thucydides. CHAPTER XVII. Sixteenth Year of the War The Melian Conference - Fate of Melos.  
    http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/melian.htm
    
    Extractions: Athenians . Since the negotiations are not to go on before the people, in order that we may not be able to speak straight on without interruption, and deceive the ears of the multitude by seductive arguments which would pass without refutation (for we know that this is the meaning of our being brought before the few), what if you who sit there were to pursue a method more cautious still? Make no set speech yourselves, but take us up at whatever you do not like, and settle that before going any farther. And first tell us if this proposition of ours suits you. Melians . To the fairness of quietly instructing each other as you propose there is nothing to object; but your military preparations are too far advanced to agree with what you say, as we see you are come to be judges in your own cause, and that all we can reasonably expect from this negotiation is war, if we prove to have right on our side and refuse to submit, and in the contrary case, slavery.

47. The History Of The Peloponnesian War By Thucydides, Pericles' Funeral Oration
    The History of the Peloponnesian War By thucydides. Book II, Pericles Funeral Oration. In the same winter the Athenians gave a funeral  
    http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pericles.htm
    
    Extractions: The History of the Peloponnesian War By Thucydides Book II, Pericles' Funeral Oration In the same winter the Athenians gave a funeral at the public cost to those who had first fallen in this war. It was a custom of their ancestors, and the manner of it is as follows. Three days before the ceremony, the bones of the dead are laid out in a tent which has been erected; and their friends bring to their relatives such offerings as they please. In the funeral procession cypress coffins are borne in cars, one for each tribe; the bones of the deceased being placed in the coffin of their tribe. Among these is carried one empty bier decked for the missing, that is, for those whose bodies could not be recovered. Any citizen or stranger who pleases, joins in the procession: and the female relatives are there to wail at the burial. The dead are laid in the public sepulchre in the Beautiful suburb of the city, in which those who fall in war are always buried; with the exception of those slain at Marathon, who for their singular and extraordinary valour were interred on the spot where they fell. After the bodies have

48. It Usually Begins With Thucydides By Gary North
    It Usually Begins With thucydides. Originally published as Man in His Pride A Study in the Political Philosophy of thucydides and Plato.  
    http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north197.html
    
    Extractions: by Gary North The favorite neoconservative text on foreign affairs, thanks to professors Leo Strauss of Chicago and Donald Kagan of Yale, is Thucydides on the Peloponnesian War. ~ Irving Kristol Because the indoctrination of American college students in my day (not long after the Peloponnesian war) usually began with Thucydides' history of the war, it might help to review that event for the benefit of a younger generation that is not required to take a year-long course in Western civilization, a course that was near and dear to academic cheerleaders for the messianic State. I say this as a man who was a teaching assistant in Western civ as a grad student. (For an indication of my success in transmitting the ideals of Western civilization to my students, click here for information regarding my most famous student THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS OF ITS DAY Thucydides' book is most famous for his account of Pericles' funeral oration of 430 B.C.

49. The San Antonio College LitWeb Thucydides Page
    The thucydides Page. ( c. 460 400 BC ). Major Work History of the Peloponnesian War On Line Robert B. Strassler, Editor. The thucydides to start with.  
    http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/thucydid.htm

50. Www.stoa.org/dio-bin/diobib?Thucydides
    Context thucydidesContext for the Evidence thucydides. Christopher W. Blackwell, edition of April 8, 2003. · thucydides · Read about the evidence thucydides (Thuc.).  
    http://www.stoa.org/dio-bin/diobib?Thucydides

51. Arts - Literature: Thucydides
    thucydides (circa 450400 BC). BIOGRAPHY thucydides was an Athenian who lived during the mid-to-late-fifth century BC. As a historian  
    http://www.archaeonia.com/arts/literature/thucydides.htm
    
    Extractions: THUCYDIDES (circa 450-400 B.C.) Biography Contribution to Historiography BIOGRAPHY: Thucydides was an Athenian who lived during the mid-to-late-fifth century BC. As a historian, Thucydides is famous for writing about the history of the Peloponnesian War , which took place during his lifetime. Our knowledge about the life of Thucydides is incomplete and controversial . The general belief is that he was born around 450 B.C. and died at the end of the fifth century (around 400 B.C.). Thucydides' father was named Oloros , a name which indicates that Thucydides' relatives were royal Thracians . There is also evidence of a Thracian connection in Book 4, chapter 105 of Thucydides' History , which mentions he had mining concessions in Thrace . The name Thucydides itself was not Thracian, and he was a citizen of Athens . This all suggests that Thucydides was an Athenian aristocrat (part of the upper class). In 431 B.C., when the Peloponnesian War began, Thucydides began to write. Thucydides was not only a spectator and observer of the war, he also

52. Short Bibliography On Thucydides
    Short Bibliography on thucydides by Lowell Edmunds has moved to http//wwwrci.rutgers.edu/~edmunds/thuc.html.  
    http://classics.rutgers.edu/thuc.html

53. Thucydides, Greece, Ancient History
    thucydides (c.460400 BC). thucydides is considered one of the greatest historians of the ancient world together with Herodotus.  
    http://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/history/ancient/thucydides.htm
    
    Extractions: (c.460-400 BC) Thucydides is considered one of the greatest historians of the ancient world together with Herodotus. He tried to be as neutral as he possible could and he stated that what he wrote was something that belonged to the future. Some people like to call him a journalist, which perhaps is not too far from the truth, since he based his texts on witness reports and interviews. He was born near Athens, the son of an aristocrat, and when he was old enough he joined the army. He became commander of the Athenian fleet, but failed at Amphipolis against the Spartan army and its general Brasidas, and was exiled from Athens for 20 years. This is what made him sit down and start writing about his time. Webmistress V.E.K. Sandels Home

54. Thucydides: Biography Of Thucydides
    Index Biography of thucydides. thucydides. Greek historian. Born at Athens about 471 BC Is said to have been descended from Olorus, King of Thrace.  
    http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/T/Thucydides.html
    
    Extractions: Index Thucydides. Greek historian. Born at Athens about 471 B.C. Is said to have been descended from Olorus, King of Thrace. At the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides received a command, but failed to relieve Amphipolis when besieged by Brasidas, and was banished (423 B.C.). After 20 years of exile, during which he is supposed to have written his "History of the Peloponnesian War," Thucydides returned to Athens about 403. Died about 400 B.C. Web Searches

55. Herodotus & Thucydides
    A Brief Textual and Stylistic Analysis of Herodotus and thucydides. Art Madsen, M.Ed. Transnational Research Associates. The writings  
    http://membres.tripod.fr/transnational/thucy.htm
    
    Extractions: A Brief Textual and Stylistic Analysis of Herodotus and Thucydides Art Madsen, M.Ed. Transnational Research Associates A generation later, Thucydides, an Athenian by birth, unlike Herodotus who was born of Greek parentage on the Ionian Coast, seemed to emulate Herodotus in some respects, but surpassed him in other ways.

56. MSN Encarta - Thucydides
    Already a subscriber? Sign in above. thucydides. , The History of the Peloponnesian War Internet Classics Archive. , Perseus Encyclopedia thucydides. 2 items.  
    http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553155/Thucydides.html
    
    Extractions: Subscription Article MSN Encarta Premium: Get this article, plus 60,000 other articles, an interactive atlas, dictionaries, thesaurus, articles from 100 leading magazines, homework tools, daily math help and more for $4.95/month or $29.95/year (plus applicable taxes.) Learn more. This article is exclusively available for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers. Already a subscriber? Sign in above. Thucydides Thucydides (circa 460-c. 400 bc ), Greek historian known for his History of the Peloponnesian War, a conflict in which he himself had been an important... Related Items excerpt from History of the Peloponnesian War application to modern international relations 16 items Multimedia Selected Web Links The History of the Peloponnesian War [Internet Classics Archive] Perseus Encyclopedia: Thucydides 2 items Sidebars GREAT WORKS OF LITERATURE

57. Thucydides: Study Tools
    thucydides of Athens. thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War (English text) MIT, Tech Classics Archive; Perseus materials concerning thucydides.  
    http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/thuchelp.html
    
    Extractions: A particularly good English language edition of Thucydides is the revised Richard Crowley translation, edited by Robert B. Strassler, The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War (New York: The Free Press 1996) [DF229 .T55C7 1996]. It contains extensive appendices on various aspects of Athens and Sparta, written by Alan Boegehold, Paul Cartledge, Robert B. Strassler, Victor Davis Hanson, Nicolle Hirschfeld, William F. Wyatt, Gregory Crane, and Thomas R. Martin. There are numerous maps throughout the text. For Pericles' Funeral Oration [Thucydides, Book II, 35-46], the best analysis is probably Nicole Loraux

58. Thucydides, Books VI-VIII: Reading Guide
    thucydides, Books VIVIII Reading Guide. In V.25-6 thucydides explains that the peace of Nicias was only an interval in what was really one war.  
    http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/y67s01.html
    
    Extractions: POL167: Introduction to Political Theory R.J. Kilcullen In V.25-6 Thucydides explains that the peace of Nicias was only an interval in what was really one war. Athens and Sparta drifted back into war (although it was almost seven years before Athenians and Spartans directly fought one another; V.25, VII.18). In book VI Thucydides describes the next major Athenian action, an attack on Syracuse, a democratic city in Sicily, not allied with Sparta. Ostensibly the Athenians went there to aid certain allies, and to cut off possible help for Sparta from the cities of the western Mediterranean. Thucydides suggests that their real aim was to extend their empire (contrary to Pericles' advice not to try to add to the empire during the war, II.65). Read VI.8-18 Compare Nicias and Alcibiades on the rationality of taking risks in extending the empire. Which is right? Just before the departure of the Sicilian expedition Alcibiades was accused of impiety (certain statues had been desecrated), and was later recalled from Sicily to face the charge. Instead he went to Sparta and offered his services. Read VI.89-92

59. Thucydides,
    Macquarie University POL167 Introduction to Political Theory. Tape 2 thucydides, The Peloponnesian War. thucydides, The Peloponnesian War.  
    http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/y6701.html
    
    Extractions: POL167: Introduction to Political Theory R.J. Kilcullen This is the second cassette in POL167. Open the first volume of Readings at p. 1. We get from the ancient Greeks many of the terms and concepts of political thought democracy, monarchy, etc. and many of the arguments and theories. So for the next few weeks we will read extracts from ancient Greek writers on politics Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato and Aristotle. Herodotus and Thucydides are historians. This week we will read just one page of Herodotus and more extensively from Thucydides. Next week we will see how Plato criticised the politics and politicians Thucydides admired. Herodotus' book is a history of the war between the king of Persia and the Greeks. The Greeks did not have a single state; they had many cities or towns, each with its bit of countryside, but no national political authority like New Guinea before it was taken over by European governments. In fact ancient Greece was rather like New Guinea or Melanesia villages separated by mountains and other land barriers, communicating by sea. The main business of Greek political life was war the various towns fought one another continually. The word "Polis" meant a city or town; politics was city business. Politics was carried on like war. It was an extremely competitive contest, in which men struggled to dominate one another, mainly for glory a bit like our Parliamentary politics, really.

60. POLS270: Tour Of Athens/Greece
    thucydides Pericles Sophocles Socrates Plato. Gallery of Leaders Tour Home/Athenian Empire.  
    http://ball.tcnj.edu/pols270/plato/tour/thucydides.htm

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