Boek
Understanding the history of Athens in the all important years of the secondhalf of the fifth century B.C. is largely dependent on the work of thehistorian Thucydides. Previous scholarship has tended to view Thucydidesaccount as infallible. This book challenges that received wisdom advancingoriginal and controversial views of Thucydides account of the PeloponnesianWar his misrepresentation of Alcibiades and Demosthenes his relationship withPericles and his views on the Athenian Empire. Cawkwells comprehensiveanalysis of Thucydides and his historical writings is persuasive erudite andan immensely valuable addition to the scholarship and criticism of a rich andpopular period of Greek history. «
Boeklezers.nl is een netwerk voor sociaal lezen. Wij helpen lezers nieuwe boeken en schrijvers ontdekken, en brengen lezers met elkaar en schrijvers in contact. Meer lezen »
Er zijn nog geen recensies voor dit boek.