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A Handbook to the Reception of Thucydides

ISBN: 978-1-405-19691-8

November 2014

Wiley-Blackwell

624 pages

Description

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 reading and interpretation.

• Presents an in-depth, comprehensive overview of the reception of the Greek historian Thucydides

• Features personal reflections by eminent scholars on the significance and perennial importance of Thucydides’ work

• Features an internationally renowned cast of contributors, including established academics as well as new voices in the field

About the Author

Christine Lee is a tutor at St. John’s College, Annapolis Maryland.

Neville Morley is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol. He is the author of Antiquity and Modernity (Wiley Blackwell, 2009), The Roman Empire: Roots of Imperialism (2010), and Thucydides and the Idea of History (2014), and co‑editor of Thucydides and the Modern World (with Katherine Harloe, 2012).