The Ambition to Rule: Alcibiades and the Politics of Imperialism

Cornell University Press (2019)
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This book is a fresh examination of Thucydides' treatment of Alcibiades in his History of the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades' significance in the History, and his relation to Thucydides' political themes.

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9781501745782   1501745786

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10.7591/9781501745782

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Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Problem of Thucydides and the l Problem of Alcibiades

1. The Alcibidean Moment

2. The Speeches of Alcibiades and Alcibiades' Political Views

3. Book Eight of Thucydides' History

4. Thucydides' Alcibiades

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