Thucydides' war narrative : a structural study

275 Pages·2005·1.028 MB·English

by  Dewald, Carolyn, Thucydides

The Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature
In honor of beloved Virgil—
“O degli altri poeti onore e lume . . .”
—Dante,Inferno

THUCYDIDES’ WAR NARRATIVE

Carolyn J.
Dewald · THUCYDIDES’
WAR NARRATIVE
A Structural Study
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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dewald, Carolyn.
Thucydides’ war narrative : a structural study /
Carolyn J. Dewald.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 0–520–24127–4 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Thucydides. History ofthe Peloponnesian War.
2. Greece—History—Peloponnesian War, 431–
404 b.c.—Historiography I. Title.
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CONTENTS
List of Tables ix
Preface xi
Introduction 1
part one
1. An Overview of the Archidamian
Narrative Structure (ii.1–v.24) 25
2. Introductory Sentences (ii.1–v.24) 35
2.1 Subjects in Introductory Sentences 37
2.2 Verbs in Introductory Sentences 39
2.3 Settings in Introductory Sentences 41
2.4 Time in Introductory Sentences 43
3. Internal Structure of the Unit of Action
(ii.1–v.24) 48
3.1 Simple Picture Units 50
3.2 Developed Picture Units 53
3.3 List Units 65
3.4 Extended Narrative Units 69
3.5 Complex Units 77