Thucydides Mythistoricus

This book falls into two parts: Thucydides Historicus and Thucydides Mythicus. In the first, Francis M. Cornford attempts to prove the inadequacy of Thucydides's account of the origins of the Peloponnesian War and develops a very different theory of its causes. In the second part he attempts to answer the question why Thucydides has told us so little about the War that we find accurate, consistent, or relevant. Contents Part I. Thucydides Historicus Chapter I. The Causes of The War Chapter II. Athenian Parties Before The War Chapter III. The Megarian Decrees Chapter IV. The Western Policy Chapter V. Thucydides Conception of History Part II. Thucydides Mythicus Introductory Chapter VI. The Luck of Pylos Chapter VII. The Most Violent Op The Citizens Chapter VIII. Mythistoria and The Drama Chapter IX. Peitho Chapter X. The Melian Dialogue Chapter XI. The Lion's Whelp Chapter XII. Eros Tyrannus Chapter XIII. The Tragic Passions Chapter XIV. The Cause of The War Index Design from Apulian Vase (Darius) Relief in Naples Museum (Peitho)