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As a sustained analysis of the connections between narrative structure and meaning in the History of the Peloponnesian War, Carolyn Dewald's study revolves around a curious aspect of Thucydides' work: the first ten years of the war's history are formed on principles quite different from those shaping the years that follow. Although aspects of this change in style have been recognized in previous scholarship, Dewald has rigorously analyzed how its various elements are structured, used, and related to each other. Her study argues that these changes in style and organization reflect how Thucydides' own understanding of the war changed over time. Throughout, however, the History's narrative structure bears witness to Thucydides' dialogic efforts to depict the complexities of rational choice and behavior on the part of the war's combatants, as well as his own authorial interest in accuracy of representation. In her introduction and conclusion, Dewald explores some ways in which details of style and narrative structure are central to the larger theoretical issue of history's ability to meaningfully represent the past. She also surveys changes in historiography in the past quarter-century and considers how Thucydidean scholarship has reflected and responded to larger cultural trends.
HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Thucydides. --- Greece --- History --- Historiography. --- Thucydides. -- History of the Peloponnesian War.. --- Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.. --- Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. -- Historiography. --- aegean war. --- alcibiades. --- ancient greece. --- archidamian. --- argos. --- athens. --- brasidas. --- chios. --- classical history. --- classical studies. --- community. --- delos. --- diplomacy. --- heroes. --- historiography. --- history. --- interregnum. --- ionia. --- lacedaemonians. --- locrian. --- melos. --- military history. --- military. --- narrative structure. --- narrative technique. --- narrative theory. --- narrative. --- nonfiction. --- peace. --- peloponnesian war. --- sicily. --- thucydides. --- unit of action. --- war. --- warriors.
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In tracing the emergence of the Macedonian kingdom from its origins as a Balkan backwater to a major European and Asian power, Eugene Borza offers to specialists and lay readers alike a revealing account of a relatively unexplored segment of ancient history. He draws from recent archaeological discoveries and an enhanced understanding of historical geography to form a narrative that provides a material-culture setting for political events. Examining the dynamics of Macedonian relations with the Greek city-states, he suggests that the Macedonians, although they gradually incorporated aspects of Greek culture into their own society, maintained a distinct ethnicity as a Balkan people. "Borza has taken the trouble to know Macedonia: the land, its prehistory, its position in the Balkans, and its turbulent modern history. All contribute ... to our understanding of the emergence of Macedon ... Borza has employed two of the historian's most valuable tools, autopsy and common sense, to produce a well-balanced introduction to the state that altered the course of Greek and Near Eastern history.
Macedonia --- -Macedon --- History --- -Macedonia --- -History --- Makedhonia --- Makedonia --- Makedoniya --- Makedonja --- Macedon --- -Oudheid. --- Macedoniërs. --- Makedonien (Altertum) --- Europe --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Oudheid. --- Aegae. --- Aeschines. --- Alexander I. --- Archelaus. --- Axios R. --- Boeotia. --- Brasidas. --- Caranus. --- Cassander. --- Cersebleptes. --- Diodorus Siculus. --- Epaminondas. --- Eumenes of Cardia. --- Florina. --- Gygaea. --- Hellenistic period. --- Heracles. --- Hesiod. --- Isocrates. --- Kotys (Cotys). --- Lefkadia. --- Makedones. --- Mardonius. --- Naousa. --- Olympia. --- Peloponnesian War. --- Persians. --- Salonica. --- Sitalces. --- Themistocles. --- Thermaic Gulf. --- Thrace. --- Vergina. --- Via Egnatia. --- World War II. --- Xerxes. --- Zeus. --- gold resources. --- inscriptions. --- minerals and mines. --- painting. --- -Makedonien (Altertum) --- Macedoine --- Histoire ancienne
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