Thucydides : narrative and explanation / Tim Rood.
Thucydides : narrative and explanation / Tim Rood.
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Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, c1998.
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N938.05092/T532.1/1
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English
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xi, 339 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Interpreting Thucydides. 1. Introduction: History and Literature. 2. The Analysis of Narrative: Pylos -- Pt. II. Time, Perceptions, Knowledge. 3. Perceptions: Towards Peace. 4. Misreadings: Book V. 5. Temporal Manipulation -- Pt. III. Explaining Defeat. 6. Selectivity and Omission: Athenian P...
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Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, c1998.
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England
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
In this book Tim Rood analyses the techniques through which Thucydides' narrative explains the origin and course of the Peloponnesian War and tells a broader story of the political and psychological behaviour of states and individuals. The book concentrates on how the use of techniques, such as selectivity, interaction of speech and narrative, and...
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Thucydides : narrative and explanation / Tim Rood.
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Oxford classical monographs.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-311) and indexes.
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c1998.
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N938.05092/T532.1/1
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0199275858 (pbk.)
9780198152569
0198152566
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9780199275854 (pbk.)
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938.05092
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991011492369702626
