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Thucydides and internal war

Author: Jonathan J Price
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"In this book Jonathan Price demonstrates that Thucydides consciously viewed and presented the Peloponnesian War in terms of a condition of civil strife - or stasis, in Greek. Thucydides defines stasis as a set of symptoms indicating as 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  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Sources
Named Person: Thucydides.; Thucydide; Thucydide.; Thucydides.; Thucydide (0460?-0395? av. J.-C.).
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jonathan J Price
ISBN: 0521780187 9780521780186
OCLC Number: 44876938
Description: xi, 410 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: pt. I. The Model of Stasis. 1. Beyond Corcyra --
pt. II. Logoi. 2. The transvaluation of words. 3. Hellenic states redefine the community of Hellas. 4. The failure of communication --
pt. III. Erga. 5. The "greatest Kinesis" 6. The Peloponnesian War and stasis --
pt. IV. Thucydides And Hellas. 7. The Archaeology, the Pentekontaetia and the Persians.
Responsibility: Jonathan J. Price.
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This 2001 book explains in detail Thucydides' abstract model of internal war.  Read more...

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'... valuable insights on virtually every aspect of Thucydides' work.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

 
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