Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11975
THUCYDIDES: HISTORY, SCIENCE, AND POWER
In: The review of politics, Band 37, Heft 3, S. 377-397
ISSN: 0034-6705
HERODOTUS WAS GREEK HISTORIAN WHOSE SUBJECT WAS THE RECENT PAST. PRIMARILY, HIS ACCOUNTS DEALT WITH THE REPULSION OF THE PERSIAN EMPEROR BY HIS INTENDED VICTIMS. THUCYDIDES SOUGHT TO PRESENT MORE THAN AN ACCOUNT OF THE WAR AND SAW THE EVENTS AND SPEECHES IN TERMS OF WAR IN GENERAL AND OF RECURRING HUMAN BEHAVIOR.