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The Ambition to Rule : Alcibiades and the Politics of Imperialism / Steven Forde.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1989Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501745782
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 938/.05/0924 B 19
LOC classification:
  • DF230.A4 F67 1989
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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