Thucydides and the pursuit of freedom /Mary P. Nichols.

By:

Nichols, Mary P [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780801455582
9781336284258

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

DF229 .T483 2015

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	DF229.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1000438102

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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