Tritle: New History Peloponnesian War

Cover: 9781405122511 | New History Peloponnesian War | Tritle | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2009

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Beschreibung

This new study by a respected historian provides a unique narrative of the Peloponnesian War, a monumental conflict between Athens and Sparta that raged for 27 years across the Greek world. The conflict's resulting destruction of cities, mass enslavements, and loss of human life - in short, the horrors of war - bears strong resemblance to the violence of modern war from the Western front to Vietnam. Despite these common factors, little attention has been paid to the contemporary nature of the Peloponnesian War, and its impact on the society and culture of the time.

Incorporating an original interpretation of how and why the war developed, and a perceptive analysis of its conduct, Tritle weaves in the contemporary evidence of Aristophanes and other dramatists to illustrate how war affected the average Athenian. He discusses the effect of the violence on both the individual and society, in the light of modern understanding of the impact of the brutality of war. He also describes how, despite the conflict, Athens witnessed a blossoming of culture and intellectual achievement, including the plays of Sophocles and Euripides, and the philosophical questioning of Socrates.

Über den Autor

Lawrence A. Tritle is Professor of History at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. He has previously taught at Loyola University, Chicago and UCLA as visiting Professor of History. He is the author or editor of eight books on Greek history, including Phocion the Good (1988) and From Melos to My Lai (2000), as well as numerous articles on various aspects of the ancient world. He has served on the editorial board of the Ancient History Bulletin (1996 - 2003) and as president of the International Plutarch Society (1997-1999).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations viii

List of maps x

List of abbreviations xi

Chronology xiii

Acknowledgments xix

Preface xxi

Prelude - a band of brothers 1

1 'From this the Corinthians developed their bitter hatred for the Athenians' 4

2 'Give the Greeks their freedom' 25

3 'Our city is an education to Greece' 44

4 'War is a violent teacher' 67

5 'Spindles would be worth a lot' 85

6 'Weeping for joy' 111

7 'The strong do what they have the power to do' 132

8 'What of us then who for our children must weep?' 144

9 'The whole of Greece against Athens' 165

10 'Ships gone . . . don't know what to do' 186

11 'Athens is taken' 205

12 'Here's to the noble Critias!' 223

Epilogue 241

Appendix A: A note on sources 243

Appendix B: Who's who in the Peloponnesian War 248

Appendix C: A Peloponnesian War glossary 258

Bibliography 263

Index 275

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2009
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781405122511
ISBN-10:	140512251X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Tritle
Erstautor:	Tritle, Lawrence A
Hersteller:	Wiley
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Tritle
Erscheinungsdatum:	21.12.2009
Gewicht:	0,457 kg

Artikel-ID: 101518993