Author of illusions : Thucydides' rewriting of the history of the Peloponnesian War /
Pericles, famed general and foremost political leader of Athens during her glory days of the 5th century, brought about the downfall of the Athenian empire almost single-handedly. This truth, obvious to contemporary Greeks, is today not generally understood, and we have Thucydides and his History of...
| Основен автор: | Luginbill, Robert D. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
2011.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=523997 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Author of Illusions : Thucydides' Rewriting of the History of the Peloponnesian War. |
| Резюме: |
Pericles, famed general and foremost political leader of Athens during her glory days of the 5th century, brought about the downfall of the Athenian empire almost single-handedly. This truth, obvious to contemporary Greeks, is today not generally understood, and we have Thucydides and his History of the Peloponnesian War to thank for the confusion. That Thucydides, a fierce partisan of Pericles and a soldier exiled for his own military misadventures, should wish to reinvent the history of tha ... |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 277 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-272) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781443827775 1443827770 1283142295 9781283142298 |