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The Structure of Thucydides' History /

In a new and controversial interpretation of the literary structure of Thucydides history of the Peloponnesian War, Hunter Rawlings contends that Thucydides consciously divided the war into two parallel ten-year conflicts with a period of nominal peace in the middle. Originally published in 1981. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rawlings, Hunter R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1981]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Note on References
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter I. The Two Ten-Year Wars
  • Chapter II. Books I and VI as Introductions
  • Chapter III: Books II and VII : The First Years of the Wars; Leaders and Problems
  • Chapter IV: Books III and VIII: Revolt and Revolution
  • Chapter V: Books "IX" and "X": Thucydides' Plan
  • Chapter Vl: Some Conclusions
  • Index