A Strategist in Exile
Xenophon and the Death of Thucydides
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2023
Pen & Sword Military (Verlag)
978-1-3990-7720-0 (ISBN)
Pen & Sword Military (Verlag)
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Uses a method of bringing the work to life which has been used since antiquity meshing together historical fact, plausible constructions and fictional recollections. This makes the work come alive for both the general reader and the established ancient historian.
Thucydides was the chronicler of the almost 30-year long Peloponnesian war, which came to a close with Sparta's victory over Athens in 404 BC. His famous historical work was preserved, but ends abruptly many ears before the end of the war. It was continued decades later by Xenophon, with his "Greek history", Hellenica.
Following Athens defeat by Sparta, an Athenian court judged Thucydides to be responsible for the defeat, forcing him to flee his hometown and live on the northern coast of the Aegean Sea until the end of the Peloponnesian War. After his return from exile, he meets with the young Xenophon, but disappears without a trace shortly after. This book covers Xenophons search for Thucydides, the "failed strategist", in order to protect his friend from the Thirty Tyrants regime of terror, as well as save some important historical documents which he had placed in Thucydides safe keeping. The narrative is based on the linking of historical reports of the operations, plausible constructions and imagined recollections in order to create a coherent narrative, allowing us a first-hand insight into the operations based on fact, not fiction.
Thucydides was the chronicler of the almost 30-year long Peloponnesian war, which came to a close with Sparta's victory over Athens in 404 BC. His famous historical work was preserved, but ends abruptly many ears before the end of the war. It was continued decades later by Xenophon, with his "Greek history", Hellenica.
Following Athens defeat by Sparta, an Athenian court judged Thucydides to be responsible for the defeat, forcing him to flee his hometown and live on the northern coast of the Aegean Sea until the end of the Peloponnesian War. After his return from exile, he meets with the young Xenophon, but disappears without a trace shortly after. This book covers Xenophons search for Thucydides, the "failed strategist", in order to protect his friend from the Thirty Tyrants regime of terror, as well as save some important historical documents which he had placed in Thucydides safe keeping. The narrative is based on the linking of historical reports of the operations, plausible constructions and imagined recollections in order to create a coherent narrative, allowing us a first-hand insight into the operations based on fact, not fiction.
Dr. Rainer Nickel an established German author and a classicist, writing for the series "Tusculum". He is also the editor of the magazine "The classical language teaching". He is one of the leading educationists in the teaching of classics in Germany.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.1.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | South Yorkshire |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3990-7720-1 / 1399077201 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3990-7720-0 / 9781399077200 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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