Past and Process in Herodotus and Thucydides / / Virginia J. Hunter.

• VerfasserIn: Hunter, Virginia J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5090
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; ABBREVIATIONS --; INTRODUCTION --; PART I. The Past: Enquiry and Interpretation --; ONE. Mankind's Progress to Civilization in Greece: Thucydides' Archaeology and the Problems of Power --; TWO. The Discovery of “Historical Space”: Herodotus and the Beginnings of Human History in Egypt --; THREE. Herodotus and Thucydides and le temps des hommes --; PART II. The Process of History --; FOUR. Generalization, Process, and Event: Thucydides' Explanation of Brasidas' Successes in Thrace --; FIVE. Cause, Event, and Chronology in Relation to Process: Herodotus' Explanation of Dareios' Retreat from Scythia --; Six. Historical Process and its Implications for Herodotus and Thucydides --; APPENDIXES --; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER ONE --; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER TWO --; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER FOUR --; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER FIVE --; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER SIX --; GLOSSARY --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX OF REFERENCES TO HERODOTUS AND THUCYDIDES --; GENERAL INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400886289
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400886289
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Virginia J. Hunter.

This is the first systematic attempt to compare Herodotus and Thucydides as contemporaries, that is, as pre- Socratic thinkers who employed rather similar concepts and intellectual tools and who worked within the same theoretical framework or space. The work also brings to the study of the ancient historians widely accepted and recognizable concepts derived from contemporary historiography and the methodology of the social sciences.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.