Thucydides Mythistoricus (Routledge Revivals) [Paperback]

First published in 1907 and reissued in 1965, this is a fascinating study of Thucydidess 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.

Part I:Thucydides Historicus  1. The Causes of the War  2. Athenian Parties Before the War  3. The Megarian Decrees  4. The Western Policy  5. Thucydides Conception of History;  Part II: Thucydides MythicusIntroductory  6. The Luck of Pylos  7. The Most Violent of the Citizens  8. Mythistoria and the Drama  9. Peitho  10. The Melian Dialogue  11. The Lions Whelp  12. Eros Tyrannus  13. The Tragic Passions  14. The Cause of the War;  Index;  Plates