Thucydides Mythistoricus (Routledge Revivals)

by F. M. Cornford

Overview

First published in 1907 and reissued in 1965, this is a fascinating study of Thucydides’s History. Thucydides set out to write a truthful account of the Pelopennesian war, but his work reflects his Athenian fourth-century B.C. context, which was of a particular interest to Cornford. In this fascinating title, Cornford analyses the causes of the war as shown by Thucydides and other sources, and then goes on to comment on the History.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317687511
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/10/2014
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	254
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Francis Macdonald Cornford

Table of Contents

Preface; Part 1 Thucydides Historicus; Chapter 1 The Causes of the War; Chapter 2 Athenian Part ies Before the War; Chapter 3 The Megarian Decrees; Chapter 4 The Western Policy; Chapter 5 Thucydides’ Conception of History; Part 2 Thucydides Mythicus; Chapter 6 The Luck of Pylos; Chapter 7 The Most Violent of the Citizens; Chapter 8 Mythistoria and the Drama; Chapter 9 Peitho; Chapter 10 The Melian Dialogue; Chapter 11 The Lion’s Whelp; Chapter 12 Eros Tyrannus; Chapter 13 The Tragic Passions; Chapter 14 The Cause of the War;