Thucydides Between History and Literature / / ed. by Antonis Tsakmakis, Melina Tamiolaki.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN)
• MitwirkendeR: Allan, Rutger J.,; Allison, June,; Bakker, Mathieu de,; Christodoulou, Panos,; Debnar, Paula,; Demont, Paul,; Ferrario, Sarah Brown,; Grethlein, Jonas,; Lamari, Anna A.,; Miltsios, Nikos,; Nicolai, Roberto,; Pavlou, Maria,; Pontier, Pierre,; Pothou, Vassiliki,; Price, Jonathan J.,; Raaflaub, Kurt A.,; Rood, Tim,; Saïd, Suzanne,; Stahl, Hans-Peter,; Tamiolaki, Melina,; Themistokleous, Charalambos,; Tompkins, Daniel P.,; Tsakmakis, Antonis,; Węcowski, Marek,
• HerausgeberIn: Tamiolaki, Melina,; Tsakmakis, Antonis,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes , 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (532 p.) :; 6 Abb./ill.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; I. Ideas of History --; Ktēma es aiei: Thucydides’ Concept of “Learning through History” and Its Realization in His Work --; Character Judgements in the Histories: their Function and Distribution --; Ascribing Motivation in Thucydides. Between Historical Research and Literary Representation --; The Causes of the Athenian Plague and Thucydides --; II. Representations of Time and Space --; The Presence of the Past in Thucydides --; The Cylon Conspiracy: Thucydides and the Uses of the Past --; Κατ᾽ ἔϑνη καὶ κατὰ πόλεις. From Catalogues to Archaeology --; In the Shadow of Pericles: Athens’ Samian Victory and the Organisation of the Pentekontaetia in Thucydides --; Transformation of Landscapes in Thucydides --; III. Thucydides and Politics --; “Reading” Athens: Foreign Perceptions of the Political Roles of Athenian Leaders in Thucydides --; Thucydides and the Masses --; Thucydides’ Pericles. Between Historical Reality and Literary Representation --; IV. Aspects of the Narrative --; The Balance of Power and Compositional Balance: Thucydides Book 1 --; Blurring the Boundaries of Speech: Thucydides and Indirect Discourse --; Making Meaning: Cross-references and their Interpretation in Thucydides’ Sicilian Narrative --; The Dot on the ‘i’: Thucydidean Epilogues --; The Narrative Legacy of Thucydides: Polybius, Book I --; V. The Language of Thucydides --; The litotes of Thucydides --; History as Presence. Time, Tense and Narrative Modes in Thucydides --; Textual Structure and Modality in Thucydides’ Military Exhortations --; Attributive Discourse in the Speeches in Thucydides --; Difficult Statements in Thucydides --; The Language of Pericles --; List of Contributors --; Bibliography --; Index nominum et rerum --; Index locorum
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110297751; 9783110621099; 9783110238570; 9783110636178; 9783110317350; 9783110317107; 9783110317091
• ISSN: 1868-4785
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110297751
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Antonis Tsakmakis, Melina Tamiolaki.

This volume brings together scholars from various areas (history, philology, linguistics, history of political ideas) and attempts a fresh survey of current trends in the analysis of Thucydides' historical narrative. Individual contributions range from a general outlook of Thucydides' historical and historiographical concepts to detailed analysis of narrative strategies, linguistic features and stylistic devices. Special attention is given to questions such as the representation of character, the role of individuals, the interaction between leaders and masses in Athenian democracy, the construction of speeches in Thucydides' work, etc. The analysis of language, style and narrative properties is related to the construction of meaning according to current standards of textual analysis and interpreation.