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Thucydides and his audience: What thucydides explains and what he does not

Rhodes, P. (2008) Thucydides and his audience: What thucydides explains and what he does not. Acta Antiqua, 48 (1-2). pp. 83-88. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

This paper considers when and on what subjects Thucydides supplies background information (of geographical and other kinds) to help his readers, and concludes that, although he was inconsistent, he did try to grapple with the problem and to realise that there were some matters with which his readers might not be familiar.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia
Depositing User: xKatalin xBarta
Date Deposited: 12 Jan 2017 11:07
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2017 11:07
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/45178

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