LEADER 03963oam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910777922603321 005 20231019204729.0 010 $a1-282-08691-X 010 $a9786612086915 010 $a1-4008-2679-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400826797 035 $a(CKB)1000000000773408 035 $a(EBL)445578 035 $a(OCoLC)519479461 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000343714 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11243046 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343714 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10292419 035 $a(PQKB)11342010 035 $a(OCoLC)701229168 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36199 035 $a(DE-B1597)446488 035 $a(OCoLC)979741720 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400826797 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL445578 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10284102 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208691 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445578 035 $a(PPN)187309922 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000773408 100 $a20080910d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aThucydides $ean introduction for the common reader /$fPerez Zagorin 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ ;$aWoodstock :$cPrinceton University Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 190 pages) 300 $aOriginally published: 2005. 311 0 $a0-691-12351-9 311 0 $a0-691-13880-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. Thucydides' History and Its Background --$tChapter 2. The Subject, Method, and Structure of Thucydides' History --$tChapter 3. Thucydides on the Causes of the War --$tChapter 4. Thucydides and Pericles --$tChapter 5. Scenes from the Archidamian War --$tChapter 6. Dialogue at Melos, the Sicilian Expedition --$tChapter 7. Endings --$tChapter 8. Thucydides as a Philosophic Historian --$tNotes --$tFurther Reading --$tIndex 330 $aThis book is a concise, readable introduction to the Greek author Thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of all time. Why does Thucydides continue to matter today? Perez Zagorin answers this question by examining Thucydides' landmark History of the Peloponnesian War, one of the great classics of Western civilization. This history, Zagorin explains, is far more than a mere chronicle of the conflict between Athens and Sparta, the two superpowers of Greece in the fifth century BCE. It is also a remarkable story of politics, decision-making, the uses of power, and the human and communal experience of war. Zagorin maintains that the work remains of permanent interest because of the exceptional intellect that Thucydides brought to the writing of history, and to the originality, penetration, and the breadth and intensity of vision that inform his narrative. The first half of Zagorin's book discusses the intellectual and historical background to Thucydides' work and its method, structure, and view of the causes of the war. The following chapters deal with Thucydides' portrayal of the Athenian leader Pericles and his account of some of the main episodes of the war, such as the revolution in Corcyra and the Athenian invasion of Sicily. The book concludes with an insightful discussion of Thucydides as a thinker and philosophic historian. Designed to introduce both students and general readers to a work that is an essential part of a liberal education, this book seeks to encourage readers to explore Thucydides--one of the world's greatest historians--for themselves. 607 $aGreece$xHistory$yPeloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C$xHistoriography 676 $a938/.05/072 700 $aZagorin$b Perez$0317554 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777922603321 996 $aThucydides$91026408 997 $aUNINA