A Handbook to the Reception of Thucydides

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

Nyckelord: Thucydides; Thucydides' ancient reputation; Thucydides' speeches; Thucydides analysis; translating Thucydides; Thucydides and his contemporaries; Thucydides throughout history; historical perspectives on Thucydides; Thucydides as political theorist; Thucydides and citizenship; Thucydides and democracy; Thucydides and Just War theory; Thucydides and military education; Thucydides and the plague; Thucydides' Archaeology; Thucydidean Concepts; Thucydides and science; Thucydides in the Western Tradition; Greek Historiography; Classical Reception; Reception of Thucydides, Reception of the Ancient World, Reception of the Ancient World