John T. Hogan

Tragedy of the Athenian Ideal in Thucydides and Plato

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows how Plato's Statesman and Thucydides' presentation of the moral collapse in Athenian political discourse reveal many points of agreement between Plato and Thucydides.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9781498596329
• ISBN-10: 1498596320
• Artikelnr.: 62481280

Autorenporträt

John T. Hogan has a Ph. D. in Classical Languages and Literatures from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Stasis in Corcyra Modelling Revolution for Thucydides and Plato
Chapter 2: Pericles: Aspiring Statesman in Thucydides, General and Sophist
in Plato
Chapter 3: Athenian Speeches in Book 1: Can the Athenian Empire Aim at
Justice?
Chapter 4: Democracy, Demagoguery, and Political Decline in Thucydides and
Plato: The Debate between Cleon and Diodotus
Chapter 5: The Melian Dialogue & the End of the Political in the Statesman
Chapter 6: Alcibiades' Desire for Sicily in Thucydides and for Sexual
Conquest in Plato
Chapter 7: Harmodius and Aristogeiton and Political Myths
Chapter 8: Euphemus and Alcibiades: The End of the Athenian Logos
Chapter 9: Alcibiades as a Traitor and Grand Version of Meno
Chapter 10: Nicias and the Failure in Sicily
Chapter 11: Revolution in Athens: Why Democracy Failed
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author