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ERIC Number: EJ387920
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Thucydides'"History" as Political Theory.
Palmer, Michael
Teaching Political Science, v15 n3 p108-14 Spr 1988
Surveys Thucydidean scholarship attempting to determine how the "Tragedy of Athens" should be interpreted. Highlights views of Thucydides as dramatic poet and as scientific historian, comparing his work to that of Aristotle and Plato. Concludes that Thucydides was a political theorist and that his narrative of the Peloponnesian War is political theory. (GEA)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Historiography, History, Instructional Improvement, Political Science, Primary Sources
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Greece (Ancient); Political History; Political Theories; Thucydides; Tragedy of Athens
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