'… assembles engaging and valuable essays from an impressive list of contributors in the fields of classics, ancient history, and political theory … this volume is an excellent, accessible place to start in understanding the richness of Thucydides's work … Recommended.' J. D. Lyons, Choice
1. Introduction Polly Low; Part I. Context and Methods: 2. Establishing a new genre: Thucydides and non-historiographic memory Jonas Grethlein; 3. Thucydidean self-presentation Thomas Beasley; 4. Thucydides' use of evidence and sources P. J. Rhodes; 5. Rhetorical history: speeches in Thucydides Emily Greenwood; 6. Prolegomena to the Peloponnesian War: Thucydides Book 1 Jeffrey Rusten; 7. Time and foresight in Thucydides Rosaria Vignolo Munson; 8. Labouring for truth in Thucydides Elizabeth Irwin; Part II. Themes and Content: 9. Thucydides and war Jason Crowley; 10. Thucydides on empire and imperialism Polly Low; 11. Ethnicity in Thucydides Maria Fragoulaki; 12. Thucydides and leadership Sarah Brown Ferrario; 13. Thucydides on democracy and the others Ryan Balot; 14. Justice and morality in Thucydides Paul Woodruff; Part III. After Thucydides: 15. Thucydides in Greek and Roman historiography Luke Pitcher; 16. Thucydides in Byzantium Scott Kennedy and Anthony Kaldellis; 17. Thucydides in the Renaissance and Reformation Kinch Hoekstra; 18. Narrative of Thucydides and the nineteenth-century discipline of ancient history Alexandra Lianeri; 19. 'What really happened': varieties of realism in Thucydides' History Joel Alden Schloesser; 20. Translating Thucydides Jeremy Mynott.