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Johanna Hanink (ed.), How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy. Thucydides Speeches from The History of the Peloponnesian War, Princeton y Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2019. Pp. 276. ISBN 9780691190150 [PDF]

Talia dixit, 2019
Review of Johanna Hanink (ed.), How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy. Thucydides Speeches from The History of the Peloponnesian War, Princeton y Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2019. Pp. 276.
Juan Carlos Iglesias-Zoido
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Tucídides frente al espejo: realidad e imagen ideal del historiador ático [PDF]

Talia dixit, 2016
The aim of the present review is to provide a critical analysis of one recent book on the life and work of Thucydides written by Luciano Canfora. The analysis becomes thus a perfect occasion to reflect on approaches and perspectives of contemporary ...
Juan Carlos Iglesias-Zoido
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Die Homologie bei Thukydides: Formular, Funktion und Debatte

Dike
In his account of the ‘Peloponnesian War’, Thucydides also describes many capitulation treaties, most of which are referred to as homologies (ὁμολογίαι).
Philipp Scheibelreiter
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Thucydides, Epic, and Tragedy

, 2017
Despite initially acknowledging the deep gulf between his concern with the truth and the fanciful compositions of the poets, Thucydides is strongly influenced by the examples of Homer and Attic tragedy.
Joho, Tobias, Tobias Joho
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An Account of Roman Surgical Treatments for Ozena: Historical Review. [PDF]

Laryngoscope
This historical study investigates ancient Roman surgical techniques for treating ozena as described by Celsus, with a focus on its historical and etymological context. Independent translation and archaeological evidence contextualize two ancient procedures: closed nasal cauterization using a heated probe and an open approach involving dissection and ...
Hammond P, Benefiel RR, Lam K.
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Ch. 2. Thucydides Homericus and the Episode of Mycalessus (Thuc. 7.29–30): Myth and History, Space and Collective Memory

Histos, 2020
Mycalessus, a city in Boeotia which Thucydides describes as ‘not big’, becomes the stage of one of the most atrocious episodes in the History of the Peloponnesian War. The question, ‘Why does Thucydides pay so much attention to this local incident?’ has
Maria Fragoulaki
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Thomas Hobbes’s Translation of ‘The Plague of Athens’ (Thuc. 2.47.2–54): A First Critical Edition

Histos, 2022
The article provides a sample presentation of the critical edition in progress of Thomas Hobbes’s translation of Thucydides, Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre (London, 1629).
Kinch Hoekstra, Luca Iori
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The Straussian Thucydides

, 2014
This chapter introduces the interpretive approach of Leo Strauss and his followers to Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War. It outlines the philosophical assumptions that underlie Straussian readings, while emphasizing certain similarities with ...
Jaffe S. N., Seth N. Jaffe
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The Spartans in Thucydides [PDF]

, 1999
This study will analyse Thucydides' presentation of the Spartans. Does Thucydides present a consistent portrayal of the Spartans or does he evaluate the Spartans' performance case by case?
Lander, Paul James
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Democrazia, o chi vale cosa (Thuc. II 37, 1)

Erga-Logoi
Democracy, or what everyone is worth (Thuc. II 37, 1) The paper addresses two exegetical problems in a passage from the speech of Pericles (Thuc. II 37, 1).
Nina Almazova
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