Thucydides and Internal War
In this book Jonathan Price attempts to demonstrate that Thucydides consciously viewed and presented the Peloponnesian War in terms of a condition of civil strife - stasis, in Greek. Thucydides defines stasis as a set of symptoms indicating an internal disturbance in both individuals and states. This diagnostic method, in contrast to all other approaches in antiquity, allows an observer to identify stasis even when the combatants do not or cannot openly acknowledge the nature of their conflict. The words and actions which Thucydides chooses for his narrative meet his criteria for stasis: the speeches in the History represent the breakdown of…
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- ISBN: 978-0-521-03663-4
- EAN: 9780521036634
- Produktnummer: 2858500
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 424 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.4 cm 648 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 648
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