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.

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