Category Archives for Thucydides
Next call – Book 2
Folks, Our next call on Book 2 of Thucydides is planned for: – Saturday, April 1 – 12 noon – 1-800-615-2900/ 11215 Meanwhile, take a look at this recent DNA analysis performed by Dr. Manolis Papagrigorakis, Assistant Prof Univ of Athens School of … Continue reading
Book 1 call themes and recording
Folks, We had a great call yesterday discussing Thucydides Book 1. Key themes that emerged for us included: – Origins of the Athenian Empire (and some background that Thucydides did not include about the Delian League) – People, place and identity… Continue reading
Book One – questions for 1.1 – 1.23
As you read the early sections of Book One – especially 1.1 to 1.23 – consider Thucydides’ philosophy and biases. Keep in mind that Thucydides was a precise writer and that every word, every section serves a purpose. Ask yourself “why is he writin… Continue reading
Thucydides kickoff recording
Folks, The recording of our kickoff call on Thucydides is now available: Download Thucydides02-25-06-kickoff.m4a Continue reading
Thucydides kickoff call
Thank you for the great call today to kickoff Thucydides. We touched on key themes concerning Herodotus and Thucydides, Thucydides historic method/bias/style, the relevance of Thucydides to America today, Iraq war, WW1, the Cold War, and the power… Continue reading
Peloponnesian War book review
Folks, Here’s an interesting review from the New York Times on a recently published book that retells the history of the Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta (the history which we’ll be reading in January when we start Thucydides). http://t… Continue reading
Notes from first half of Book 2
We had a good call last Saturday with: – Jean Bolgatz – Kelly Magill (our newest member) – Rob Schmults – Andre Stipanovic – Pat Wictor Unfortunately, the conference call service erred and never made the recording (frustrating – we even hung up an… Continue reading →
04. April 2006 by Arrian
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