The Structure of Thucydides' History

by Hunter R. Rawlings III

Overview

In a new and controversial interpretation of the literary structure of Thucydides history of the Peloponnesian War, Hunter Rawlings contends that Thucydides consciously divided the war into two parallel ten-year conflicts with a period of nominal peace in the middle.

Originally published in 1981.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691642482
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	04/19/2016
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #563
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	7.10(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

• FrontMatter, pg. i
• Contents, pg. vii
• Preface, pg. ix
• Note on References, pg. xi
• Abbreviations, pg. xiii
• Chapter I. The Two Ten-Year Wars, pg. 3
• Chapter II. Books I and VI as Introductions, pg. 58
• Chapter III: Books II and VII : The First Years of the Wars; Leaders and Problems, pg. 126
• Chapter IV: Books III and VIII: Revolt and Revolution, pg. 176
• Chapter V: Books "IX" and "X": Thucydides' Plan, pg. 216
• Chapter Vl: Some Conclusions, pg. 250
• Index, pg. 273