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Θουκυδίδης: Ο ιστορικός και το έργο του
Στόχος του βιβλίου αυτού είναι να εντάξει το Θουκυδίδη στο πνευματικό του περιβάλλον. Υπάρχουν πολυάριθμα βιβλία γενικού περιεχομένου για τον Θουκυδίδη και τον Πελοποννησιακό Πόλεμο, καθώς επίσης και πολλά άλλα που προσεγγίζουν το Θουκυδίδη υπό το πρίσμα μιας συγκεκριμένης ερμηνευτικής άποψης. Δεν υπάρχει όμως κανένα που να προσπαθεί να τον εντάξει στο πνευματικό περιβάλλον του 5ου αιώνα π.Χ. σε όλη την έκταση της πληρότητας και τα ποικιλίας του. Η διεισδυτική ματιά του Θουκυδίδη και η εξαιρετικά συμπυκνωμένη σαφήνεια της γραφής του αποκαλύπτονται σε όλες τους τις διαστάσεις στον τρόπο με τον οποίο ο αθηναίος ιστορικός αναζητεί τα πρόδηλα, αλλά συνάμα και τα απόκρυφα, κίνητρα των γεγονότων. Το βιβλίο αυτό με όλη την εμβρίθεια που το χαρακτηρίζει, αποτελεί τερπνό έναυσμα για περαιτέρω ενασχόληση με τον μέγιστο ιστορικό του αρχαίου κόσμου. Ο συγγραφέας εκπορεύεται από γνήσια διάθεση κατανόησης των μεθόδων και των στόχων του Αθηναίου ιστορικού. Εξάλλου, και μόνο η ερευνητική ενασχόληση με τον Πελοποννησιακό Πόλεμο ενός μελετητή του κύρους και της ευρυμάθειας του S. Hornblower, είναι αδιαφιλονίκητη απόδειξη ότι το έργο του Θουκυδίδη αποτελεί πράγματα κτήμα ες αιεί.
- GenresHistoryClassical Studies
310 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
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About the author
Simon Hornblower
38 books22 followersSimon Hornblower is Professor of Classics and Grote Professor of Ancient History at University College London.
Born in 1949, he was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he took a DPhil in 1978.
In 1971 he was elected to a Prize Fellowship of All Souls College, which he held until 1977. From 1978 until 1997, he was University Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Oriel College, Oxford, including one year, 1994/95, in which he was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He moved to University College London in September 1997, where he was Senior Lecturer before being appointed Professor of Classics, then Professor of Ancient History in 2006.
He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2004.
His current focus is classical Greek historiography (especially Herodotus and Thucydides) and the relation between historical texts as literature and as history. He has published two volumes of a historical and literary commentary on Thucydides (Oxford University Press, 1991 and 1996) and the third and final volume will be published in late 2008. His latest book is Thucydides and Pindar: Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry (2004). He is also co-editor, with Professor Cathy Morgan of King's College London, Pindar's Poetry, Patrons, and Festivals: From Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire (Oxford University Press, 2007).
Since 1979 he has been involved with the ongoing project Lexicon of Greek Personal Names and in 2000 co-edited a book called Greek Personal Names: their Value as Evidence (Oxford University Press for the British Academy).
He co-edited the new (3rd edn, 1996) Oxford Classical Dictionary.
Born in 1949, he was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he took a DPhil in 1978.
In 1971 he was elected to a Prize Fellowship of All Souls College, which he held until 1977. From 1978 until 1997, he was University Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Oxford and Fellow and Tutor in Classics at Oriel College, Oxford, including one year, 1994/95, in which he was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He moved to University College London in September 1997, where he was Senior Lecturer before being appointed Professor of Classics, then Professor of Ancient History in 2006.
He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2004.
His current focus is classical Greek historiography (especially Herodotus and Thucydides) and the relation between historical texts as literature and as history. He has published two volumes of a historical and literary commentary on Thucydides (Oxford University Press, 1991 and 1996) and the third and final volume will be published in late 2008. His latest book is Thucydides and Pindar: Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry (2004). He is also co-editor, with Professor Cathy Morgan of King's College London, Pindar's Poetry, Patrons, and Festivals: From Archaic Greece to the Roman Empire (Oxford University Press, 2007).
Since 1979 he has been involved with the ongoing project Lexicon of Greek Personal Names and in 2000 co-edited a book called Greek Personal Names: their Value as Evidence (Oxford University Press for the British Academy).
He co-edited the new (3rd edn, 1996) Oxford Classical Dictionary.
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October 13, 2014
Pretty good overview of issues in Thucydides scholarship.
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