The Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato
This book shows how Plato's Statesman and Thucydides' presentation of the moral collapse in Athenian political discourse reveal many points of agreement between Plato and Thucydides.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland
Lexington Books,
[2020]
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| Series: | Greek studies.
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- A Note on the Use of Ancient Greek
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Stasis in Corcyra Modeling Revolution for Thucydides and Plato
- 2 Pericles: Aspiring Statesman in Thucydides, General and Sophist in Plato
- 3 Athenian Speeches in Book 1: Can the Athenian Empire Aim at Justice?
- 4 Democracy, Demagoguery, and Political Decline in Thucydides and Plato: The Debate between Cleon and Diodotus
- 5 The Melian Dialogue and the End of the Political in the Statesman
- 6 Alcibiades' Desire for Sicily in Thucydides and for Sexual Conquest in Plato
- 7 Harmodius and Aristogeiton and Political Myths
- 8 Euphemus and Alcibiades: The End of the Athenian Logos
- 9 Alcibiades as a Traitor and Grand Version of Meno
- 10 Nicias and the Failure in Sicily
- 11 Revolution in Athens: Why Democracy Failed
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author