Thucydides and the pursuit of freedom
By: Mary P. Nichols
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Ithaca; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780801453168
Subjects: History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides); Liberty; Political and social views
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-189) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Thucydides as historian; title: Periclean Athens and an image of freedom; title: Athenian freedom in the balance: Mytilene and Plataea; title: Sparta, Brasidas, and the liberation of Hellas; title: Sicily, Alcibiades, and the liberation of Eros; title: Homecoming and freedom; title: Conclusion: Thucydides, an Athenian.