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Money and the Corrosion of Power in Thucydides - The Sicilian Expedition and Its Aftermath (Hardcover)
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Money and the Corrosion of Power in Thucydides - The Sicilian Expedition and Its Aftermath (Hardcover)
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Wealth and power are themes that preoccupy much of Greek literature
from Homer on, and this book unravels the significance of these
subjects in one of the most famous pieces of narrative writing from
classical antiquity. Lisa Kallet brilliantly reshapes our literary
and historical understanding of Thucydides' account of the
disastrous Sicilian expedition of 415-413 b.c., a pivotal event in
the Peloponnesian War. She shows that the second half of
Thucydides' "History" contains a damning critique of Athens and its
leaders for becoming corrupted by money and for failing to
appropriately use their financial strength on military power.
Focusing especially on the narrative techniques Thucydides used to
build his argument, Kallet gives a close examination of the
subjects of wealth and power in this account of naval war and its
aftermath and locates Thucydides' writings on these themes within a
broad intellectual context.
Among other topics, Kallet discusses Thucydides' use of metaphor,
his numerous intertextual references to Herodotus and Homer, and
thematic links he makes among the topics of money, emotion, and
sight. Overall, she shows that the subject of money constitutes a
continuous thematic thread in books six through eight of the
"History." In addition, this book takes a fresh look at familiar
epigraphic evidence. Kallet's ability to combine sophisticated
literary analysis with a firm grasp of Attic inscriptions sheds new
light on an important work of antiquity and provides a model
example of how to unravel a dense historical text to reveal its
underlying literary principles of construction.
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