TY - BOOK AU - Forde,Steven TI - The Ambition to Rule: Alcibiades and the Politics of Imperialism SN - 9781501745782 AV - DF230.A4 F67 1989 U1 - 938/.05/0924B 19 PY - 2019///] CY - Ithaca, NY : PB - Cornell University Press, KW - Generals KW - Greece KW - Athens KW - Biography KW - Imperialism KW - Statesmen KW - Ancient History & Classical Studies KW - Philosophy KW - PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: The Problem of Thucydides and the l Problem of Alcibiades --; 1. The Alcibidean Moment --; 2. The Speeches of Alcibiades and Alcibiades' Political Views --; 3. Book Eight of Thucydides' History --; 4. Thucydides' Alcibiades --; Selected Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - This book is a fresh examination of Thucydides' treatment of Alcibiades in his History of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades' significance in the History, and his relation to Thucydides' political themes UR - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501745782 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501745782 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501745782/original ER -