Commentary

• Man in His Pride

  - Grene, David, Man in His Pride, Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 1950.

• Thucydides

  - Finley, John H, Jr. Thucydides. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1963.

• Thucydides: Man’s Place in History

  - Sahl, H. P. Thucydides: Man's Place in History. Swansea: Classical Press of Wales.  Trans. and 2nd ed. of Thukydides, 1966.
  From the publisher: Stahl’s classic book on Thucydides is one of the most profound and widely respected modern studies of the Athenian historian. Published in German in 1966 as Thukydides: Die Stellung des Menschen im geschichtlichen Prozess, it has,… More

• “Thukydides und Machiavelli.”

  - Reinhardt, Karl. "Thukydides und Machiavelli." In Reinhardt, Vermächtnis der Antike: Gesammelte Essays zur Philosophie und Geschichtsschreibung. Gottingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 1966.

• Histoire et raison chez Thucydide

  - De Romilly, Jacqueline. Histoire et raison chez Thucydide. 2d ed. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1967.    
  Overview: La lecture de l’œuvre de Thucydide révèle immédiatement des particularités de forme assez remarquables. Non seulement les discours, avec leur entrelacs de formules et leur brève densité, mais le récit lui-même, avec sa fermeté… More

• Three Essays on Thucydides

  - Finley, J. H. Three Essays on Thucydides. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1967.
  From the Preface: These articles concern what, thirty years ago, seemed two chief uncertainties surrounding Thucydides’ History. The first, which appeared rather from comments of scholars than from formal discussion of the subject, has to do with the… More

• Das Geschichtswerk des Thukydides

  - Schwartz, Eduard. [1919] 1969. Das Geschichtswerk des Thukydides. Hildesheim: Georg Olms.

• Die Geschichtsschreibung des Thukydides: ein Versuch

  - Schadewaldt, Wolfgang. Die Geschichtsschreibung des Thukydides: ein Versuch. Weidmann: Berlin, 1971.

• Thoucudidou sungraphe

  - Krüger, Karl Wilhelm. Thoucudidou sungraphe. Berlin: K. W. Krüger's Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1858-61. Books 1-2³. Books 3-8². Reprint. Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1972.

• Thucydides the Artful Reporter

  - Hunter, Virginia. Thucydides the Artful Reporter. Toronto: Hakkert, 1973.

• “Pathology of Power and the Speeches of Thucydides”

  - Immerwahr, Henry R.  "Pathology of Power and the Speeches of Thucydides." In The Speeches in Thucydides, Philip A Stadtler, ed. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1973.

• Thucydides. Greece and Rome

  - Dover, K. J. Thucydides. Greece and Rome : New Surveys, 7. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973.

• The Speeches in Thucydides

  - Stadter, P. A., ed. The Speeches in Thucydides. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1973.
  From the Publisher: In this collection of nine essays, a group of internationally known classicists examine from a variety of viewpoints the speeches that Thucydides inserted into the history of the Peloponnesian War. The essayists include: William C. West… More

• Thucydides and his History

  - Adcock, F. E. Thucydides and his History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963. Repr. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1973.

• Chance and Intelligence in Thucydides

  - Edmunds, Lowell. Chance and Intelligence in Thucydides. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1975.

• The City and Man by Leo Strauss

  - Strauss, Leo. “On Thucydides' War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians.” In The City and Man, 50–85. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978. Originally published 1964 by the University Press of Virginia.
  From the publisher: The City and Man consists of provocative essays by the late Leo Strauss on Aristotle’s Politics, Plato’s Republic, and Thucydides’ Peloponnesian Wars. Together, the essays constitute a brilliant attempt to use… More

• In Defense of Thucydides

  - Tasolambros, Frixos L. In Defense of Thucydides. Athens: Grigoris Publications, 1979.

• The Necessities of War: A Study of Thucydides’ Pessimism

  - Pouncey, Peter R.  The Necessities of War: A Study of Thucydides' Pessimism. New York: Columbia University Press, 1980.
  From the publisher: Peter Pouncey presents for us and for the gods the mind of Thucydides as an historian and writer. Pouncey gives us an amazing reading of Thucydides’ amazing reading of the confused experience of wartime events. He nails down for us… More

• Logos and Ergon in Thucydides

  - Parry, Adam. Logos and Ergon in Thucydides. With a new introduction by Donald Kagan. Salem, NH: Ayer, 1981.

• The Structure of Thucydides’ History

  - Rawlings, Hunter R., III. The Structure of Thucydides' History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981.

• The Human Thing: The Speeches and Principles of Thucydides’ History

  - Cogan, Marc.  The Human Thing: The Speeches and Principles of Thucydides' History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981.
  Introduces speeches of Thucydides’ History, including Pericles Funeral Oration.

• Past and Process in Herodotus and Thucydides

  - Hunter, Virginia. Past and Process in Herodotus and Thucydides. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982.

• Die Anfänge der Geschichtsschreibung bei den Griechen: Herodot, Thukydides

  - Schadewaldt, Wolfgang.  Die Anfänge der Geschichtsschreibung bei den Griechen: Herodot, Thukydides, ed. Ingeborg Schudoma. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1982.

• Tucidide Continuato

  - Canfora, Luciano. Tucidide Continuato. Padua: Antenore, 1970.

• Thucydides

  - Connor, W. Robert. Thucydides. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984.
  From the Publisher: This full-scale sequential reading of Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War will be invaluable to the specialist and also to those in search of an introduction and companion to the “Histories.” Moving beyond other… More

• “Form und Wandel des Machtdenkens der Athener bei Thukydides.”

  - Rengakos, Antonios. "Form und Wandel des Machtdenkens der Athener bei Thukydides." In Hermes Einzelschrift Heft 48. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 1984.

• Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy

  - Strauss, Leo, “Preliminary Observations on the Gods in Thucydides’ Work,” Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 1985.
  One of the outstanding thinkers of our time offers in this book his final words to posterity. Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy was well underway at the time of Leo Strauss’s death in 1973. Having chosen the title for the book, he selected the… More

• “Thucydides and Hellanicus”

  - Smart, J. D. "Thucydides and Hellanicus." In Past Perspectives: Studies in Greek and Roman Historical Writing, ed. id., I. S. Moxon, and A. J. Woodman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1986.
  Overview: The ten papers that make up this volume were originally presented at a conference on ‘The Greek and Roman Historians’, held at the University of Leeds in 1983. Some of the articles investigate in detail the assumptions, prejudices and… More

• Thucydides

  - Hornblower, Simon. Thucydides. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987.

• Thucydides

  - David Bolotin, "Thucydides" in History of Political Philosophy, Eds. Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1987.
  Excerpt: “Thucydides is the author of a single book, The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians. He is not generally thought of as a political philosopher, and for obvious and weighty reasons. Not only does he never use the term “political… More

• Anagke in Thucydides

  - Ostwald, Martin. Anagke in Thucydides. American Classical Studies, 18. Atlanta, GA: Scholar's Press, 1988.

• Power and Preparedness in Thucydides

  - Allison, J. W. Power and Preparedness in Thucydides. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989.

• The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism

  - Strauss, Leo, “The Meaning of Political History,” The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism, ed. T. Pangle Chicago: U. of Chicago Press, 1989.
  Review: This concise and accessible introduction to Strauss’s thought provides, for wider audience, a bridge to his more complex theoretical work. Editor Pangle has gathered five of Strauss’s previously unpublished lectures and five hard-to-find… More

• “Thucydides’ Contest: Thucydidean “Methodology in Context”

  - Orwin, Clifford, “Thucydides’ Contest: Thucydidean “Methodology in Context”, The Review of Politics, vol. 51, no. 3, 345-364, 1989.

• The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (A New History of the Peloponnesian War)

  - Kagan, Donald. The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (A New History of the Peloponnesian War) Ithaca: Cornell U. Press, 1989.
  From the publisher: The first volume of Donald Kagan’s acclaimed four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War offers a new evaluation of the origins and causes of the conflict, based on evidence produced by modern scholarship and on a careful… More

• “Contemporary International Relations Theory and the Peloponnesian War.”

  - Kauppi, Mark V.  "Contemporary International Relations Theory and the Peloponnesian War," In Richard Ned Lebow and Barry S. Strauss, eds., Hegemonic Rivalry: From Thucydides to the Nuclear Age, pp. 101-124. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1991.  
  Strategists and international relations theorists, both of whom trace their lineage to Thucydides, meet classicists in an engaging debate over reinterpreting him and the relevance of his commentary on Athens and Sparta to present-day Soviet-American… More

• The Fall of the Athenian Empire (A New History of the Peloponnesian War)

  - Kagan, Donald. The Fall of the Athenian Empire, A New History of the Peloponnesian War, Ithaca: Cornell U. Press, 1991.
  Overview: In the fourth and final volume of his magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the period from the destruction of Athens’ Sicilian expedition in September of 413 B.C. to the Athenian surrender to Sparta in the spring… More

• “Varieties of Realism: Thucydides and Machiavelli”

  - Forde, Stephen, “Varieties of Realism: Thucydides and Machiavelli,” Journal of Politics, vol. 54, no. 02, , 372-393, 1992.
  Review: Realists have dominated the postwar study of international politics, but they have not always taken seriously the problems of realism as a moral theory. One such problem is the difficulty of reconciling realism with devotion to ethics in any sphere,… More

• “The Realists and Saint Augustine: Skepticism, Psychology, and Moral Action in International Relations Thought.”

  - Loriaux, Michael.  "The Realists and Saint Augustine: Skepticism, Psychology, and Moral Action in International Relations Thought," International Studies Quarterly 36, pp. 401-420, 1992.
  Overview: In this article from International Studies Quarterly, scholar Michael Loriaux argues that Augustinian realism is more radical than those who would appropriate him in the contemporary political sphere realize. Though Augustinian realism shares with… More

• Thucydides, Hobbes, and the Interpretation of Realism

  - Johnson, Laurie. Thucydides, Hobbes, and the Interpretation of Realism, DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 1993.
  Table of Contents: List of Abbreviations Introduction Ch. 1 Human Nature 3 Hobbes 4 Thucydides 27 A Comparison of Hobbes and Thucydides on Human Nature 63 Ch. 2 Justice 72 Hobbes 73 Thucydides 98 A Comparison of Hobbes and Thucydides on Justice 140 Ch. 3… More

• The Humanity of Thucydides by Clifford Orwin

  - Orwin, Clifford. The Humanity of Thucydides. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.
  From the Publisher: Thucydides has long been celebrated for the unflinching realism of his presentation of political life. And yet, as some scholars have asserted, his work also displays a profound humanity. In the first thorough exploration of the relation… More

• “International Realism and the Science of Politics, Thucydides, Machiavelli and Neo-Realism”

  - Forde, Stephen, “International Realism and the Science of Politics, Thucydides, Machiavelli and Neo-Realism,” International Studies Quarterly 39, 141-160, 1995.

• The Blinded Eye: Thucydides and the New Written Word

  - Crane, Gregory. The Blinded Eye: Thucydides and the New Written Word, Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1996.
  Overview: Thucydides, the patron saint of Realpolitik, continues to be read in many fields outside of classics. Why did his History succeed in setting the pattern for future scholars where Hereodotus’s earlier Histories failed? In this fascinating study… More

• Narrative and Explanation

  - Rood, Tim.  Thucydides:  Narrative and Explanation,  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
  From the publisher: `War is a harsh teacher’ wrote Thucydides in the fifth-century BC. Rood analyses the techniques through which Thucydides’ narrative explains the origin and course of the Peloponnesian War and exposes harsh truths about how… More

• Thucydides and Internal War

  - Price, Jonathan J.  Thucydides and Internal War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
  From the Publisher: This book explains in detail Thucydides’ abstract model of internal war, and then shows how, by the terms of the model itself, Thucydides perceived and narrated the Peloponnesian War not as a conventional war but as an internal… More

• The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan

  - Kagan, Donald. The Peloponnesian War. New York: Penguin Books, 2004.
  From the Publisher: For three decades in the fifth century B.C. the ancient world was torn apart by a conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the world wars of the twentieth century: the Peloponnesian War. Donald Kagan, one of the… More

• Thucydides’ War Narrative: A Structural Study

  - Dewald, Carolyn.  Thucydides’ War Narrative: A Structural Study.  Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 2005.
  Overview: As a sustained analysis of the connections between narrative structure and meaning in the “History of the Peloponnesian War, “Carolyn Dewald’s study revolves around a curious aspect of Thucydides’ work: the first ten years of… More

• Thucydides and the Shaping of History

  - Greenwodd, Emily.  Thucydides and the Shaping of History.  London: Duckworth, 2005.
  From the publisher: Thucydides’ work was one of the most exciting creations in the cultural history of Greece in the fifth century BC and it still poses fresh and challenging questions about the writing of history. There is a marked tension in… More

• Thucydides: An Introduction for the Common Reader

  - Zagorin, Perez.  Thucydides: An Introduction for the  Common Reader.  Princeton: Princeton University Press,  2005.
  Overview: This book is a concise, readable introduction to the Greek author Thucydides, who is widely regarded as one of the foremost historians of all time. Why does Thucydides continue to matter today? Perez Zagorin answers this question by examining… More

• Thucydides and the Philosophical Origins of History

  - Shanske, Darien.  Thucydides and the Philosophical Origins of History.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,  2007.
  Overview: This book addresses the question of how and why history begins with the work of Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War is distinctive in that it is a prose narrative, meant to be read rather than performed. It focuses on the unfolding of… More

• Thucydides: The Reinvention of History

  - Kagan, Donald. Thucydides: The Reinvention of History, New York: Penguin Books, 2010.
  From the publisher: Yale professor of classics Kagan thoroughly examines Thucydides’ life and work to successfully demonstrate that the Athenian historian was the first to utilize a truly professional (i.e., realistic and methodical) approach in recounting… More