Thucydides and the pursuit of freedom /Mary P. Nichols.
Material type: TextPublication details: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- 9780801455582
- 9781336284258
- DF229 .T483 2015
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Thucydides as historian -- Periclean Athens and an image of freedom -- Athenian freedom in the balance: Mytilene and Plataea -- Sparta, Brasidas, and the liberation of Hellas -- Sicily, Alcibiades, and the liberation of Eros -- Homecoming and freedom -- Conclusion: Thucydides, an Athenian.
This book argues for the centrality of the idea of freedom in Thucydides's thought. Through a close reading of his 'History of the Peloponnesian War', the book explores the manifestations of this theme.
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