Individuals in Thucydides

by: Westlake, H.D.

 Professor Westlake studies the intellectual and moral qualities of twelve of the most important figures in Thucydides' History, six Athenian and six Spartan. He aims to extend our understanding of the motives and actions of the individuals in question. Professor Westlake propounds his thesis lucidly and with conviction.

A study of the intellectual and moral qualities of twelve of the most important figures in Thucydides' History, six Athenian and six Spartan. Professor Westlake has a double purpose: he aims to extend our understanding of the motives and actions of the individuals in question; and he uses the passages on character study in the History to illustrate Thucydides' own intellectual development and his deepening understanding of the art of the historian. In its interpretation of Thucydides this is a book of genuine originality. Professor Westlake propounds his thesis lucidly and with conviction.

Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Explicit judgements on ability and character; Part I. First Half (I. 1–5. 24); Section 1. Athenians: 3. Paricles; 4. Phormio; 5. Cleon; 6. Nicias; 7. Demosthenes; Section 2. Spartans: 8. Archidamus; 9. Cnemus and Alcidas; 10. Brasidas; Part II. Second Half (5. 25–8. 109); Section 3. Athenians: 11. Nicias (cont.); 12. Alcibiades; 13. Demosthenes (cont.); Section 4. Spartans: 14. Gylippus; 15. Astyochus; 16. Conclusion; Index.

Reprinted in 2010. Originally published: London : Cambridge University Press, 1968

Subjects:
431-404 B.C
Characters and characteristics in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Greece
Greece Historiography
Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. Historiography
Greek prose literature
Greek prose literature History and criticism
Grèce Histoire 431-404 av. J.-C. (Guerre du Péloponnèse) Historiographie
Historiography
History
History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
Prose grecque Histoire et critique
Thucydides

x, 324 pages ; 22 cm

Individuals in Thucydides

by: Westlake, H.D.

• ISBN-13: 9780521147538 / 978-0-521-14753-8
• ISBN-03: 0521147530 / 0-521-14753-0
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010