Category Archives for Thucydides
Thucydides December 2008 Book 1 – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for the Thucydides book 1 call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Thucydides-December2008-Book1 Continue reading
thucydides book 1 thoughts.
Gang,From just the opening emails and thoughts, it’s clear this will be a great group. Really looking forward to the call Monday night. Like others, I have been unable to put it down and I’ve read the speeches back through several times. Thought I… Continue reading
how are you approaching Thucydides?
I am on my first run through…and have been doing about 15 pages a sit down (done about 30 so far)…I only stop because I’ve got some other stuff to attend to; it’s not that I am thinking while I am reading that it is so interesting but I keep think… Continue reading
reading Thucydides, how are others doing?
Thanks to inter-library lending, I now have a copy of the Landmark edition we are reading until mine gets here from Amazon. I read the intro, forward & first 20% or so of Book 1 this weekend. I’m spellbound. It’s like this Hellenic Greek nobleman … Continue reading
Thucydides Book 1 Study Guide Questions
Dear all, First I want to thank you for your interest and support in helping to make this reading group happen. I love telling my students that I am involved in this project and that the classics are important both inside and outside of school. I … Continue reading
Thucydides November 2008 Introduction – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for the Thucydides Introduction call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod.Download Thucydides-November2008-Intro.mp3 Continue reading
What makes reading Thucydides so relevant through the ages?
Dear fellow readers,What makes reading Thucydides so relevant to us and to others before us? Here are my opening thoughts:I have just finished re-reading the Introduction in Strassler’s edition of Thucydides. In it, Victor Davis Hanson says that T… Continue reading
Thucydides and the eclipse
Folks, Member Erin McKean just sent this article from New Scientist about Thucydides and the eclipse. Thanks, Erin! PhilDownload Thucydides_eclipse.pdf Continue reading
Dr. Paul Cartledge call – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for special Dr. Paul Cartledge call in early June. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Dr-Paul-Cartledge-June2008.mp3 Continue reading
Book I
Dear all,I have enjoyed reading all of the responses to reading Thucydides. It is a very inspirational book for Phil and me. I hope that your reading is continuing to be as enjoyable as mine is. I have been thinking much on how Thucydides wraps up… Continue reading →
02. December 2008 by Arrian
Categories: Commentary, Thucydides | Tags: Commentary, Thucydides | 1 comment