The nineteenth century was a period of dramatic change in Europe for the idea of history.
While from antiquity through to the eighteenth century, historiography had broadly been …

Little research has yet explored the impact of (re) translation on narrative characterization,
that is, on the process through which the various actors depicted in a narrative are attributed …

Connor was not the first to tackle “narrative discourse” in Thucydides, nor have historians
such as Kagan ceased to build their accounts of the Peloponnesian War on his work, but, by …

Recent studies have revealed the complexity of Thucydides' work, especially the author's
ability to incorporate in a single narrative history, a multiplicity of narrative techniques. 1 This …

A Handbook to the Reception of Thucydides offers an invaluable guide to the reception of
Thucydides, with a strong emphasis on comparing and contrasting different traditions of …

Thucydides says that he expected the war between Athens and Sparta to be l] cam te ja·!
niokoc~ tatom (1.1. 1)–significant and most worthy of logos, that is,“worthy of an account” or …

Ancient historical writers mention their sources of information more or less frequently and in
various ways. 1 Named sources feature frequently in Herodotus, for instance, but rarely in …

In a few passages in his own name (1.1, 1.20–23, 2.48, 5.20, 5.26, 6.54–60), Thucydides
self-consciously reveals his aims and methods, and his intended audience. In doing so, he …

Motivation ancient and modern The study of motivation in the ancient writers has been met
with enthusiasm by modern scholarship; 1 yet this investigation entails to some inevitable …

ABSTRACT Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is a key text in the classical
Greek canon and an important source of insights into the structures and tensions at the heart …