Thucydides, Pericles, and the Idea of Athens in the Peloponnesian War

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ID19907007
AuthorsMartha L Taylor (0009-0001-8002-3506, Loyola University Maryland, corresponding author), Martha Taylor
Year2009
Publication date2009-10-26
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueThucydides, Pericles, and the Idea of Athens in the Peloponnesian War (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511642326
OpenAlexW4298435656
ISBN9780511642326
Open LibraryOL23203171M
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Thucydides, Pericles, and the Idea of Athens in the Peloponnesian War is the first comprehensive study of Thucydides' presentation of Pericles' radical redefinition of the city of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Martha Taylor argues that Thucydides subtly critiques Pericles' vision of Athens as a city divorced from the territory of Attica and focused, instead, on the sea and the empire. Thucydides shows that Pericles' reconceputalization of the city led the Athenians both to Melos and to Sicily. Toward the end of his work, Thucydides demonstrates that flexible thinking about the city exacerbated the Athenians' civil war. Providing a thorough critique and analysis of Thucydides' neglected book 8, Taylor shows that Thucydides praises political compromise centered around the traditional city in Attica. In doing so, he implicitly censures both Pericles and the Athenian imperial project itself

Ancient history · Archaeology · Compromise · Empire · Political science · Politics · Presentation (obstetrics) · Spanish Civil War · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law · Medicine · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · 431-404 B.C · Athens (greece) · Cities and towns · Greece · Peloponnesian War · Pericles, approximately 495 b.c.-429 b.c · politics and government · Thucydides

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