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Justice in Thucydides’ Athenian speeches [PDF]

, 1990
Speakers in Thucydides sometimes dismiss considerations of justice as irrelevant to decision-making in questions of international relations. It is argued that this line of argument is a distinctive characteristic of Thucydides’ Athenian speakers; and ...
Heath, M.
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L’impero del mare come egemonia subalterna nel IV secolo (Diodoro, libri XIV-XV)

Historika : Studi di Storia Greca e Romana, 2016
In two passages of book XIV Diodorus emphasizes the recognized hegemony exercised by Sparta both on land and sea after the Peloponnesian War (XIV 10 and 13).
Cinzia Bearzot
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“Phrynichus, Pericles, and Praise” [PDF]

, 1987
Thucydides's unusual praise of the Athenian general Phrynichus in 8.27.5 gives insight into how the historian thought and wrote. The praise seems unwarranted in the immediate instance and in light of Phrynichus's subsequent actions.
Kenneth Mayer
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Le choix de la forme du dialogue : le dialogue des Athéniens et des Méliens (Thucydide. V,85-113)

Dialogues d'Histoire Ancienne, 2007
Agathe Roman, Choosing the dialogue form: the Melian dialogue (Thuc. V.85-113), DHA 33/1, 2007, 9-22. Abstract: The speeches in Thucydides are usually studied in a historical point of view.
Agathe Roman
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Peasantry and the Distribution of Land in Fourth-Century B.C. Athens

Gerión, 2016
The article proposes a study of the Athenian rural economy in the fourth century B.C., assuming that devastations during the Peloponnesian War did not have permanent effects on Attic agriculture, which recovered quickly. In this context, the situation of
Julián Gallego
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Morality, institutions and economic growth: Lessons from ancient Greece [PDF]

We show that the character and the morality of citizens are important ingredients of economic growth because they go hand in hand with the great institutions of private property, democ-racy, and free markets.
Bitros, George, Karayiannis, Anastassios
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Dimensions of hospitality: exploring ancient origins [PDF]

, 2007
Hospitality has an ancient origin and honourable tradition. As more attention is being channelled towards seeking a greater understanding of hospitality, there is an increasing debate between academics working in the field of hospitality management and ...
O'Gorman, Kevin D.
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El diálogo de Melos. Desde la interpretación de Nietzsche hacia la visión trágica de Tucídides

Síntesis. Revista de Filosofía
This work analyses the famous and “terrible” dialogue that Thucydides presents in his History of the Peloponnesian War between the Athenians and the Melians and seeks to highlight elements that would show a tragic vision of history and human affairs on ...
Diego Colomés
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The Peloponnesian War, the Spanish Requirement and the Clash of Civilizations: An Application of Plato's Theaetetus

Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2008
This paper challenges the notion of “civilization” as focal to, and originative of, the problem of suffering in the world, a legacy that continues to betray its heritage in the third millennium of the Common Era. The current global crisis of terrorism is,
Wendy C. Hamblet
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L’Oreste paradigma della produzione euripidea

Annali Online dell'Università di Ferrara. Sezione Lettere, 2016
In the vast production of Euripides’ criticism, now open to new perspectives, there is still not a study that would break away completely from the concept of Euripides’ tragedy as a slow path to decline.
Francesco Carpanelli
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