The Ambition to Rule: Alcibiades and the Politics of Imperialism in Thucydides

228 Pages·1989·4.73 MB·English

by  Steven Forde

THE AMBITIOTNO RULE

THE AMBITION
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Contents
Acknwoledgments VII
IntroductTihoenP :r obloefm Thucydainddthe es I
Probleomf A lcibdieas
1 TheA licibdeaMno ment 12
ThAet henCihaanr aacntdeArt hIemnpiearina 1l7i sm
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ThPea rtionftg hW eay As:l cibaiadensAd t henian
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2 TheS peechoefAs l cidbeisaa ndAl cibaidePso' litical 68
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AlcibiFaidersSstp' e 7e5c h
AlcibSieadecosSn'pd e e9c6h
3 Book Eihgto fT hucydiHdiesst'o ry 116
AlcibaitSade psa rt1a2 1
AlcibainaPddeh sry ni1c3h0u s
ThRee giomfte hF eo uHru ndarnetddh Ien teDrneaycalo f
thCei ty 140
ThRee tuofrnA lcibi1a5de6s
CONTENTS
4 ThucydiAldceisb'i ades 176
Alcibiades antdh Reu lofeH onor 183
ThUen iversaoflA islmci biade1s8 8
ThUen iversalofisA mlci biades antdh Iem perialoftis mh e
City1 95
ThHeon or antdh Heu bris ofA lcibiades 199
SelecBtiebidlo graphy 211
Index 215
Acknowledgments
MY worko nt hisb ookh asb eenfa ciiltatbeyds uppofrrto m a num­
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THE AMBITIOTNO RULE