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Writing and Reading about Thucydides in Early 20th Century and Today [Review]
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SYSNO ASEP 0568356 Document Type R - Review R&D Document Type O - Ostatní Title Writing and Reading about Thucydides in Early 20th Century and Today [Review] Author(s) Nývlt, Pavel (FLU-F) RID, ORCID, SAI Source Title Eirene. - : Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 0046-1628
Roč. 58, 1/2 (2022), s. 467-480Number of pages 14 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords Thucydides ; classical reception studies ; history of classics ; intellectual history Subject RIV AB - History OECD category History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings) Method of publishing Metadata only Institutional support FLU-F - RVO:67985955 UT WOS 000988593200018 Annotation The first part of the review essay summarises B. Earley’s chapters on the influence of Thucydides on F. M. Cornford, A. E. Zimmern, G. F. Abbott, A. J. Toynbee, and J. E. Powell. Earley believes that there was a profound change in the scholarly understanding of Thucydides because of the First World War. Even if true, this was not universal by way of an example, I adduce the unchanging picture of Thucydides in the writings of G. Murray. I also critically discuss several of Earley’s points in the Epilogue, which deals with American reception of Thucydides. Overall, the book is valuable in pointing to numerous writings influenced by Thucydides, but it contains far too many factual errors to be a reliable guide to the reception of Thucydides in the first half of the 20th century in the United Kingdom. Workplace Institute of Philosophy Contact Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360 Year of Publishing 2023
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