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First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25", is bound in black cloth, with stamped silver lettering to spine. Book is like new, with faint trace of removal of label on rear cover. x/254 pages."The Peloponnesian War, which destroyed imperial Athens and ultimately Sparta as well, continues to fascinate students of history, politics, and human nature. Thucydides' account of the twenty-seven-year conflict charts the opposition between the two great powers of the classical Greek world and the ways of life they represented. Paula Debnar explores the collapse of these powers from a new perspective, examining the ways discourse changed under the strain of a long and costly war."Speaking the Same Language" seeks to recover the role played by the audiences within the "History." By restoring the internal audiences to a more prominent place, Debnar emphasizes the perspective of the participants in the war and heightens the dramatic immediacy of the debates. She thoroughly analyzes twelve…
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- Title Speaking the Same Language: Speech and Audience in Thucydides' Spartan Debates
- Author Paula Debnar
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 264
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor:
- Date January 2, 2002
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780472112364 / 0472112368
- Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 9.34 x 6.4 x 1.09 in (23.72 x 16.26 x 2.77 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Library of Congress subjects Rhetoric, Ancient, Thucydides
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002277904
- Dewey Decimal Code 883.01
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