{"product_id":"thucydidean-themes-9780199562336","title":"Thucydidean Themes","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Simon Hornblower\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient - Greece\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThucydidean Themes\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of seventeen essays by Simon Hornblower on the great fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides; but other ancient Greek historians, notably Herodotus, also feature. The chapters are arranged thematically, in three main parts (general; discussions of particular sections of the \u003cem\u003eHistory\u003c\/em\u003e; Thucydides' reception). Although most have previously appeared in print, many have been extensively rewritten for this volume. All are provided with prefatory material which reviews recent work on the topic. \u003cem\u003eThucydidean Themes\u003c\/em\u003e is intended both as a companion volume to the author's recently completed three-volume Commentary on Thucydides, and as a freestanding contribution to the study of Thucydides. Like the Commentary, the present volume exploits every available approach - historical, literary, rhetorical, onomastic, epigraphic, religious, philosophical, textual, and archaeological - while the specially written Introduction seeks to identify what is\u003cbr\u003edistinctively admirable about Thucydides' \u003cem\u003eHistory\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47891355697303,"sku":"9780199562336","price":15008.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199562336.webp?v=1781183361","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/thucydidean-themes-9780199562336","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}