Money and the Corrosion of Power in Thucydides: The Sicilian Expedition and its Aftermath

Lisa Kallet

Published by University of California Press 2001

Money and the Corrosion of Power in Thucydides

The Sicilian Expedition and its Aftermath

Lisa Kallet

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520927421

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
NOTE ON TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PRELUDE. The Demonstration of Power and the Ambiguity of Expense in the Melian Dialogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
CHAPTER ONE. Optical Illusions Wealth and the Display of Power in the Beginning of the Sicilian Narrative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
CHAPTER TWO. Intra- and Intertextual Patterns of Failure Herodotos, Homer, and Thucydides Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
CHAPTER THREE. Money, Disease, and Moral Responsibility The Economic Digression and the Massacre at Mykalessos, 7.27-30 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
CHAPTER FOUR. Periousia Chrematon, Gnome, and Leadership Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
CHAPTER FIVE. The Financing of the Sicilian Expedition and the Economic Nature of the Arche Thucydides and Inscriptions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
CHAPTER SIX. The Problem of Money in the Ionian War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
CONCLUSION. Method, Theme, and the Historical Process " Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
APPENDIX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
GENERAL INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
INDEX LOCORUM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335

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Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Edition: 1 vign. , Reprint 2019
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 366

eBook

Published: December 31, 2001
ISBN: 9780520927421