Paula Debnar

Mount Holyoke College | MHC · Department of Classics and Italian

Thucydides (3.61-67) characterizes the Thebans through the rhetorical ineptitude of their speech in the Plataean debate. Theban insensitivity to Spartan distrust of rhetoric, inadvertent denigration of the Spartans' reputation, and clumsy use of paraphrase make them appear worthy both of typical fifth-century Athenian contempt and of their general...

Mindful of the present state of discourse on ancient Greek historiography, this edited volume explores the major themes of pursuing factuality, managing witness/source bias, falling into historical error and creating or confronting propaganda.Even the greatest ancient historians, striving for factuality and truthfulness, must commence from subjecti...

This commentary is aimed at undergraduates at the advanced intermediate level and above, as well as at those in fields outside classics who have studied Greek, but who need guidance through some of Thucydides' knottiest syntax. It is prefaced by a short historical introduction and a list of grammatical constructions appearing with some frequency i...

Justice in Greek Tragedy - Kennedy(R. F.)Athena's Justice. Athena, Athens and the Concept of Justice in Greek Tragedy. (Lang Classical Studies 16.) Pp. xiv + 169, figs. New York: Peter Lang, 2009. Cased, €44.90, US$74.95. ISBN: 978-1-4331-0454-1. - Volume 60 Issue 2 - Paula Debnar

The overarching goal of this book is to "restore the wonder of Thucydides" (1), that is, to show how Thucydides constructs—or in the author's parlance, "founds"—a world so original and compelling that it lures readers of the History into accepting it as their own. The metaphor Shanske borrows to explain the position of Thucydides' readers is Wittge...

Prologue: 431 BCETragedy and HistoryAthens and the SeaAeschylus'Empire and DemocracyAeschylus'War and PeaceSophocles'The Early Years of the Peloponnesian WarEuripides'Pylos and the PeaceEuripides'Recoveries and ReversalsSophocles'and Euripides'Epilogue: 401 and Beyond