Thucydides and the pursuit of freedom /
Mary P. Nichols.
- 1 online resource (207 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Thucydides as historian -- Periclean Athens and an image of freedom -- Athenian freedom in the balance: Mytilene and Plataea -- Sparta, Brasidas, and the liberation of Hellas -- Sicily, Alcibiades, and the liberation of Eros -- Homecoming and freedom -- Conclusion: Thucydides, an Athenian.
9780801455582 (e-book)
Thucydides--Political and social views. Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War.