TY - BOOK AU - Nichols,Mary P. TI - Thucydides and the pursuit of freedom /Mary P. Nichols SN - 9780801455582 AV - DF229 .T483 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Ithaca, London PB - Cornell University Press KW - Thucydides KW - Thucydides -- KW - Liberty KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=972443&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -