Thucydides Mythistoricus

Author : F. M. Cornford
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317687515
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thucydides Mythistoricus (Routledge Revivals) written by F. M. Cornford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1907 and reissued in 1965, this is a fascinating study of Thucydides’s History. Thucydides set out to write a truthful account of the Pelopennesian war, but his work reflects his Athenian fourth-century B.C. context, which was of a particular interest to Cornford. In this fascinating title, Cornford analyses the causes of the war as shown by Thucydides and other sources, and then goes on to comment on the History.

Author : Francis Macdonald Cornford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
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Download or read book Thucydides Mythistoricus written by Francis Macdonald Cornford and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Francis M. Cornford
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 1512821233
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thucydides Mythistoricus written by Francis M. Cornford and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book falls into two parts: Thucydides Historicus and Thucydides Mythicus. In the first, Francis M. Cornford attempts to prove the inadequacy of Thucydides's account of the origins of the Peloponnesian War and develops a very different theory of its causes. In the second part he attempts to answer the question why Thucydides has told us so little about the War that we find accurate, consistent, or relevant.

Author : Francis Macdonald Cornford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780598895035
Total Pages : 284 pages
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Download or read book Thucydides written by Francis Macdonald Cornford and published by . This book was released on with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Francis Macdonald Cornford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330658741
Total Pages : 292 pages
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Download or read book Thucydides Mythistoricus (Classic Reprint) written by Francis Macdonald Cornford and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thucydides Mythistoricus The title of this book needs a word of explanation, if not of apology; for to any one who is accustomed to think of Thucydides as typically prosaic, and nothing if not purely historical, the epithet Mythistoricus may seem to carry a note of challenge, or even of paradox. But the sense in which the expression has here been used is quite consistent with the historian's much-talked-of 'trustworthiness', and, indeed, with the literal truth of every statement of fact in the whole of his work. It is possible, however, even for a writer of history, to be something much better than trustworthy. Xenophon, I suppose, is honest; but his honesty makes it none the easier to read him. To read Thucydides is, although certainly not easy, at any rate pleasant, because - trustworthiness and all - he is a great artist. It is the object of this essay to bring out an essentially artistic aspect of his work, which has escaped notice, partly because the history is so long that it is hard to take it in as a whole, and partly because the execution of the effect is imperfect, having been hindered by the good intentions with which Thucydides set out. The history, as it stands, is the product of two hardly compatible designs. It was originally planned as a textbook of strategy and politics in the form of a journal; and it is commonly taken to be actually nothing more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Robert Ackerman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135371199
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth and Ritual School written by Robert Ackerman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enduring importance of his book The Golden Bough keeps J.G. Frazer's name prominent on the list of the most significant figures in modern religious studies. But by no means was Fraser the sole influence on the Cambridge-based school of thought-- myth-ritualism-- most often associated with him. In this intellectual history of the fellowship of scholars to which Frazer belonged, Robert Ackerman expands our acquaintance with the myth and ritual school to include Jane Harrison, Gilbert Murray, F.M. Cornford, and A.B. Cook, all of whom were instrumental in connecting the lines of thought in myth theory, classics, and anthropology that had begun to converge at the turn of the last century. Ackerman's examination of the chief works of each member of the Cambridge group illuminates their primary interests in Greek myth, ritual, and religion and traces the threads of their arguments through the group's writings on the origins of tragedy, comedy, philosophy, art, and sport. In the book's final chapter Ackerman explores the application of myth-ritualist thought to a variety of post-classical literature.

Author : Francis Macdonald Cornford
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781494133597
Total Pages : 270 pages
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Download or read book Thucydides Mythistoricus written by Francis Macdonald Cornford and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.

Author : John B. Weaver
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110915618
Total Pages : 348 pages
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Download or read book Plots of Epiphany written by John B. Weaver and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-02-06 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Past scholarship on the prison-escapes in the Acts of the Apostles has tended to focus on lexical similarities to Euripides' Bacchae, going so far as to argue for direct literary dependence. Moving beyond such explanations, the present study argues that miraculous prison-escape was a central event in a traditional and culturally significant story about the introduction and foundation of cults - a story discernable in the Bacchae and other ancient texts. When the mythic quality and cultural diffusion of the prison-escape narratives are taken into account, the resemblance of Lukan and Dionysian narrative episodes is seen to depend less on specific literary borrowing, and more on shared familiarity with cultural discourses involving the legitimating portrayal of new cults in the ancient world.

Author : J. E. Lendon
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465022804
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Song of Wrath written by J. E. Lendon and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Song of Wrath tells the story of Classical Athens' victorious Ten Years' War (431-421 BC) against grim Sparta -- the first decade of the terrible Peloponnesian War that turned the Golden Age of Greece to lead. Historian J.E. Lendon presents a sweeping tale of pitched battles by land and sea, sieges, sacks, raids, and deeds of cruelty and guile -- along with courageous acts of mercy, surprising charity, austere restraint, and arrogant resistance. Recounting the rise of democratic Athens to great-power status, and the resulting fury of authoritarian Sparta, Greece's traditional leader, Lendon portrays the causes and strategy of the war as a duel over national honor, a series of acts of revenge. A story of new pride challenging old, Song of Wrath is the first work of Ancient Greek history for the post-cold-war generation.

Author : Francis MacDonald 1874-1943 Cornford
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781363941452
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THUCYDIDES MYTHISTORICUS written by Francis MacDonald 1874-1943 Cornford and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.