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13 de may. de 2024 · Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War" is a timeless classic that offers not just a historical account of a conflict between two ancient Greek city-states, Athens and Sparta during the 5th century BCE, but also profound insights into humanity, politics, and the nature of war itself.
Hace 4 días · Balance of power and the Thucydides Trap. In The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides assesses the cause of the war, exhibiting his realist thought: “It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this inspired in Sparta that made war inevitable.”
8 de may. de 2024 · Thucydides’ telling of the confrontation between Athens and Melos in The History of the Peloponnesian War is heavy with pathos. The Melian Dialogue occurs before the siege itself when the Athenians are trying to persuade the Melians to submit to their power. The Melians refuse, and the dialogue consists of the back-and-forth arguments made by ...
30 de abr. de 2024 · It is within the framework of this interpretative dipole that Joho invites us to contextualize his monograph on the minutiae of the style Thucydides employs to foreground the impersonal forces which necessitate human behavior and the coexistence of these forces with the elements of unpredictability and contingency.
Hace 2 días · Thucydides, known in Greek as Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), was an influential Athenian historian and general born around 460 BCE and lived until approximately 400 BCE. Although much about his life remains shrouded in mystery, the most reliable details come from his own seminal work, “History of the Peloponnesian War.”.
8 de may. de 2024 · Thucydides survived an attack of the plague and left a vivid account of its impact on Athenian morale. In the meantime (430–429), the Spartans attacked Athenian bases in western Greece but were repulsed. The Spartans also suffered reverses at sea. In 428 they tried to aid the island state of Lesbos, a tributary of Athens that was ...
Hace 4 días · A Timeless Theater of War: Strategic Lessons from Thucydides’s Peloponnesian War and Their Modern Implications. The Peloponnesian War, as chronicled by Thucydides, presents a fascinating study in the art of strategy, revealing timeless principles still relevant in contemporary military and geopolitical contexts.
