The Humanity of Thucydides / / Clifford Orwin.
Thucydides has long been celebrated for the unflinching realism of his presentation of political life. And yet, as some scholars have asserted, his work also displays a profound humanity. In the first thorough exploration of the relation between these two traits, Clifford Orwin argues that Thucydide...
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Orwin, Clifford, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Humanity of Thucydides / Clifford Orwin. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021] ©1994 1 online resource (249 p.) : 2 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Notes -- A Note on Narrative Style -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 Prologue: The Athenian Empire as Freely Chosen Project: Pericles' Funeral Oration -- CHAPTER 2 The Outbreak of the War and the Problem of Blame -- CHAPTER 3 Justice as Usual -- CHAPTER 4 Piety and Necessity -- CHAPTER 5 The Melian Dialogue and the Fate of Melos -- CHAPTER 6 Melos and Syracuse -- CHAPTER 7 The Athenian Thesis Reconsidered: Diodotus and Hermocrates -- CHAPTER 8 Domestic Politics -- CHAPTER 9 Recapitulation and Conclusion: The Humanity of Thucydides -- APPENDIX 1 Thucydides 1.22.1-3 -- APPENDIX 2 Thucydides' Use of Prophasis at 1.23.5-6 -- APPENDIX 3 Thucydides' Presentation of the Demand for the Repeal of the Megarian Decree -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Thucydides has long been celebrated for the unflinching realism of his presentation of political life. And yet, as some scholars have asserted, his work also displays a profound humanity. In the first thorough exploration of the relation between these two traits, Clifford Orwin argues that Thucydides' humanity is not a reflection of the author's temperament but an aspect of his thought, above all of his articulation of the central problem of political life, the tension between right and compulsion. This book provides the most complete treatment to date of Thucydides' handling of the problem of injustice, as well as the most extensive interpretations yet of the speeches in which it comes to light. Thucydides does not merely display the weakness of justice in the world, but joins his characters in exploring the implications of this weakness for our understanding of what justice is. Orwin pursues this question through Thucydides' work and relates it to the historian's other leading concerns, such as the contrast between the Athenian way and the Spartan way, the role of piety in political life, the interaction of foreign and domestic politics, and the role of statesmanship in a world dominated by frenzies of hope, fear, and indignation. Above all, Orwin demonstrates the richness, complexity, and daring of Thucydides' articulation of these issues. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Human behavior. HISTORY / Ancient / Greece. bisacsh Aeolians. Alcibiades. Attica. Boeotia, Boeotians. Brasidas. Cleon. Cogan, Marc. Corinth, Corinthians. Delphic Oracle. Diodotus. Dorian Greeks. Edmunds, Lowell. Epidamnus. Farrar, Cynthia. Forde, Steven. Gomme, A. W. Grote, George. Heath, Malcolm. Hermocrates. Herodotus. Kagan, Donald. Lincoln, Abraham. Macleod, Colin. Melos, Melians. Nicias. Nietzsche, Friedrich. Ostwald, Martin. Pearson, Lionel. Peisander. Pericles. Poteidaea. Romilly, Jacqueline de. Sicilian expedition. Sthenelaidas. Thrace, Thracians. Trojan War. Walzer, Michael. Xenophanes. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691219400?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691219400 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691219400.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Notes -- A Note on Narrative Style -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 Prologue: The Athenian Empire as Freely Chosen Project: Pericles' Funeral Oration -- CHAPTER 2 The Outbreak of the War and the Problem of Blame -- CHAPTER 3 Justice as Usual -- CHAPTER 4 Piety and Necessity -- CHAPTER 5 The Melian Dialogue and the Fate of Melos -- CHAPTER 6 Melos and Syracuse -- CHAPTER 7 The Athenian Thesis Reconsidered: Diodotus and Hermocrates -- CHAPTER 8 Domestic Politics -- CHAPTER 9 Recapitulation and Conclusion: The Humanity of Thucydides -- APPENDIX 1 Thucydides 1.22.1-3 -- APPENDIX 2 Thucydides' Use of Prophasis at 1.23.5-6 -- APPENDIX 3 Thucydides' Presentation of the Demand for the Repeal of the Megarian Decree -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Notes -- A Note on Narrative Style -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 Prologue: The Athenian Empire as Freely Chosen Project: Pericles' Funeral Oration -- CHAPTER 2 The Outbreak of the War and the Problem of Blame -- CHAPTER 3 Justice as Usual -- CHAPTER 4 Piety and Necessity -- CHAPTER 5 The Melian Dialogue and the Fate of Melos -- CHAPTER 6 Melos and Syracuse -- CHAPTER 7 The Athenian Thesis Reconsidered: Diodotus and Hermocrates -- CHAPTER 8 Domestic Politics -- CHAPTER 9 Recapitulation and Conclusion: The Humanity of Thucydides -- APPENDIX 1 Thucydides 1.22.1-3 -- APPENDIX 2 Thucydides' Use of Prophasis at 1.23.5-6 -- APPENDIX 3 Thucydides' Presentation of the Demand for the Repeal of the Megarian Decree -- Bibliography -- Index |
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