Isbn: 9789004136830 - Brill's Companion to Thucydides (brill's Companions in Classical Studies) (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Many notes and underlining in ink. Spine sunned. Fair to Good.; Brill's Companions in Classical Studies; 9.5 x 2.25 x 6.75 Inches; 947 pages; This volume on Thucydides, the most important historian of the ancient world, comprises articles by thirty leading international scholars. The contributions cover a wide range of issues, including Thucydides' life, intellectual milieu and predecessors, Thucydides and the act of writing, his rhetoric, historical method and narrative techniques, narrative unity in the History, the speeches, Thucydides' reliability as a historian, and his legacy through the centuries. Other topics dealt with include warfare, religion, individuals, democracy and oligarchy, the invention of political science, Thucydides and Athens, Sparta, Macedonia/Thrace, Sicily/South Italy, Persia, and the Argives. The volume aims to provide a survey of current trends in Thucydidean studies which will be of interest to all students of ancient history.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth, no dj. Minor shelf wear. Sunning to spine and edges of boards. Else fine. A sound copy with bright, clean internals.

Hardcover. Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorAntonios Rengakos is Professor of Greek Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has published on Homer, Greek Historiography, and Hellenistic Poetry, including Form und Wandel des Machtdenk.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This volume on Thucydides, the most important historian of the ancient world, comprises articles by thirty leading international scholars. The contributions cover a wide range of issues, including Thucydides' life, intellectual milieu and predecessors, Thucydides and the act of writing, his rhetoric, historical method and narrative techniques, narrative unity in the History, the speeches, Thucydides' reliability as a historian, and his legacy through the centuries. Other topics dealt with include warfare, religion, individuals, democracy and oligarchy, the invention of political science, Thucydides and Athens, Sparta, Macedonia/Thrace, Sicily/South Italy, Persia, and the Argives.The volume aims to provide a survey of current trends in Thucydidean studies which will be of interest to all students of ancient history.Brill's Companion to Thucydides was awarded Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2007.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 947 pages. 9.50x6.75x2.25 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.