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Thucydides, Pericles, and the Idea of Athens in the Peloponnesian War is the first comprehensive study of Thucydides' presentation of Pericles' radical redefinition of the city of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Martha Taylor argues that Thucydides subtly critiques Pericles' vision of Athens as a city divorced from the territory of Attica and focused, instead, on the sea and the empire. Thucydides shows that Pericles' reconceputalization of the city led the Athenians both to Melos and to Sicily. Toward the end of his work, Thucydides demonstrates that flexible thinking about the city exacerbated the Athenians' civil war. Providing a thorough critique and analysis of Thucydides' neglected book 8, Taylor shows that Thucydides praises political compromise centered around the traditional city in Attica. In doing so, he implicitly censures both Pericles and the Athenian imperial project itself.

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  • Title Thucydides, Pericles, and the Idea of Athens in the Peloponnesian War
  • Author Martha Taylor
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 324
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Publication date 2009-10-26
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780521765930 / 0521765935
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Greece
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Greece - History - Peloponnesian War,, Pericles
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009014507
  • Dewey Decimal Code 938.05

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  • Choice, 10/01/2010, Page 0
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/20/2009, Page 20
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