Category Archives for Thucydides
Thucydides February 2009 Book 3 – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for the Thucydides book 3 call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod.Download Thucydides_february2009_book3 Continue reading
Strategy? Victory?
Thucydidites,From the very beginning of this conflict I listed the strengths of each Sparta and Athens. I was trying to figure out what overarching strategy could be deployed to each side’s advantage, and I was wondering how each side would try to… Continue reading
Thucydides Book 3 Study Questions
Hi folks,Here are our next set of discussion questions for Book 3. I hope that the minimal notes will also help us keep the larger perspective of Thucydides’ direction in mind. I will get a more detailed outline of Book 3 to you next week.Reading … Continue reading
Thucydides January 2009 Book 2 – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for the Thucydides book 2 call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod.Download Thucydides-January2009-Book2 Continue reading
Pericles Speech
I had a really great time on the call today folks. I’m really enjoying everyone’s perspectives and insights.I mentioned that I broke Pericles’ speech into its basic elements and I know somebody else mentioned they did the same thing so I thought I… Continue reading
Some random thoughts.
It is sometimes interesting to go outside after these calls and look to the sky (“The same sky they saw.” as Andre pointed out to us a while back) and try to imagine what Pericles actually did think about before he gave that 2nd speech in Book II…. Continue reading
Thucydides Book 2 Outline
Dear fellow readers,I want to wish you a warm holiday season in this extremely cold weather (yes, it is even cold here in Texas!). I am looking forward to our next call on Monday Jan 5th. Till then enjoy the reading. I have included an outline of … Continue reading
Thucydides Study questions Book 2
Dear fellow readers, What a great conversation we had on Book 1. I appreciate the input you all gave on that call. I was impressed with the questions you all raised and how many different approaches came up. We will have to bring up Thucydides’ ph… Continue reading
Thucydides in the Movies?
Hello everyone,It was fun to rent a movie during my Herodotus reading when someone mentioned that his book was part of the movie, “The English Patient.” I was wondering if you know of any movies that contain Thucydides?I believe I ran across one b… Continue reading
Headlines from the Peloponnesian War – Book 3
Dear fellow Thucydides readers,Here are my notes in outline form for Book 3. Feel free to use them to organize your thoughts as you move through your reading. Thucydides does not jump around too much in this book from theater to theater. My outlin… Continue reading →
20. January 2009 by Arrian
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