Title: Thucydidean themes
Description: This is a collection of seventeen chapters on the great fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides; but other ancient Greek historians, notably Herodotus, also feature. The chapters are arranged thematically, in three main parts (general; discussions of particular sections of the History; Thucydides' reception). Although most have previously appeared in print, many have been rewritten for this book.
Subjects: Historiography, History, Thucydides, Herodotus, Greece, history, peloponnesian war, 431-404 b.c.
Places: Greece
People: Herodotus, Thucydides
Time periods: Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.