TY - BOOK AU - Morrison,James V. ED - Project Muse. TI - Reading Thucydides SN - 9780814272442 AV - DF229.T6 M67 2006 U1 - 938/.05072 22 PB - Ohio State University Press KW - Thucydides. KW - Greece KW - History KW - Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C KW - Historiography KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-271) and indexes; In dialogue with Thucydides -- The reader's task -- The Corcyrean conflict (1.24-55) -- Punctuated history : the case of Plataea -- Historical lessons in the Melian episode -- The comparison of cities and individuals -- Maxims and assimilation in the Mytilenian debate -- Athens the tyrant-city and the function of political metaphor -- Thucydides' life and work -- Ancient and modern audiences; Open Access UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/28059/ ER -