Details

Subject(s)

• Thucydides—History of the Peloponnesian War [Browse]
• Greece—History—Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. [Browse]

Series

• Routledge revivals. [More in this series]
• Routledge Revivals

Summary note

<P>First published in 1907 and reissued in 1965, this is a fascinating study of Thucydides's <I>History</I>. Thucydides set out to write a truthful account of the Pelopennesian war, but his work reflects his Athenian fourth-century B.C. context, which was of a particular interest to Cornford. In this fascinating title, Cornford analyses the causes of the war as shown by Thucydides and other sources, and then goes on to comment on the <I>History</I>.</P>

Notes

First published in 1907 by Edward Arnold. Reissued 1965 by Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Table of Contents; Part I. Thucydides Historicus; I. The Causes of the War; II. Athenian Parties before the War; III. The Megarian Decrees; IV. The Western Policy; V. Thucydides'' Conception of History; Part II. Thucydides Mythicus; Introductory; VI. The Luck of Pylos; VII. The Most Violent of the Citizens; VIII. Mythistoria and the Drama; IX. Peitho; X. The Melian Dialogue; XI. The Lion''s Whelp; Plates; Design from Apulian Vase (Darius); Relief in Naples Museum (Peitho)
• XII. Eros TyrannusXIII. The Tragic Passions; XIV. The Cause of the War; Index

ISBN

• 1-138-02486-4
• 1-315-77546-8
• 1-317-68752-3

OCLC

893684843

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315775463

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