Thucydides On War And National Character

Luginbill, Robert D.

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“…13 On Spartan character as revealed by this statement, see Luginbill (1999) 84. 14 The others are 1.…”

Section: The Characterization Of Archidamusmentioning

confidence: 93%

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Inheriting War in Thucydides

Bruzzone¹

2021

The Classical Journal

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This article argues that Thucydides represents the story of the Eurypontid Spartan kings, Archidamus and Agis, as a coherent, meaningful narrative spanning his text. Early on, Archidamus worries that his generation might leave war to their children as a kind of inheritance. His son Agis then does inherit the war, more literally than any other figure. The consequences of this malign bequest become clear as Agis comes to violate the traditional value system represented by his father. Formal naming of both men throughout their stories encourages the reader to view their appearances not as a series of isolated events but as a single narrative depicting the corruption of their family.

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“…13 On Spartan character as revealed by this statement, see Luginbill (1999) 84. 14 The others are 1.…”

Section: The Characterization Of Archidamusmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…10 While the Spartans may not appreciate his advice, he is correct in much of his assessment of the coming war; see e.g. Luginbill (1999) 204-6.…”

Section: The Characterization Of Archidamusmentioning

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Inheriting War in Thucydides

Bruzzone¹

2021

The Classical Journal

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“…Luginbill connects physis with the word used by Thucydides, Gnome. It has a motivational and impulsive side and a perceptual, evaluable side, which could be the psychology of action [5]. Even in the funeral oration of Pericles, which is full of grand narratives because of the coming war, the emotional part of human-being is described by Thucydides.…”

Section: Beyond the Power Of Reason Of Neo-classicismmentioning

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Rebelling or Reconstruction: A New Understanding of the Classical by the Romantic Painters with Exploration Centered on Francisco Goya

Shui,

Wang,

Zhao

2022

EHSS

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The classic, originating in the intellectual development of Greek and Rome, has consistently been an essential subject of the Western culture, occupying an important role as well in Germanic law and Christian religion with its highlight on the spirit of reason, logic and humanity even in the Middles. With the discovery of Greece and Roman antiquity in Italian in the Renaissance, the classical mythologies and the masterpieces by Aristotle and Plato were once again emphasized, and interpreted from a different perspective. Hundreds of years later, the Enlightenment thinkers and neo-classical artists extracted the spirit of reason and morality from the classic. The neo-classical artists criticized the frivolous Rococo, choosing serious subjects aiming to elevate the morality of human, focusing on the integrity of the painting, strengthening sketch than color, and in this way restoring and revoking the Greco-Roman classical spirit. Yet the turmoil of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic war for decades doubts the limitation of the reason, revealing the madness of discipline and organization, displaying the mechanized and the alienated will of human-being. Delacroix and Goya, the representatives of romanticism artists, have been considered the rebels of neo-classic and the academy and the pioneers of modernity. Their works show the might of passion and emotion, depicting the fear, numbness, and indifference of human-being facing death, contrasting with the dignity and the firm attitude expressed by the neo-classical figures. This modernity roots in a certain historical context of the classic. Through pictorial analysis and the study of Delacroix's diaries and historical materials in contrast to the Baroque and Neo-classical artists to show Goya and Delacroix spontaneously invoke and reconstruct the spirit of ancient Greco-Roman art.

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“…What did they achieve? While they did not succeed on the battlefield, they did successfully live up to the ideals of the national character (Luginbill, 1999). The means outweigh the ends for Demosthenes, otherwise it would be improper for them to share in the praise of the ancestors who fought at Marathon.…”

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Epideictic memories of war: reconceiving the classical funeral oration as exigence-driven discourse

Banister

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I would like to thank my committee chair Jean Goodwin for always pushing me to succeed at levels beyond which I originally thought possible. Her honest, constructive, and thorough feedback at all stages of this project was integral in molding it into what it has become. I also have great appreciation for my committee members, David Hollander and Richard Benjamin Crosby. David gave me a much needed crash course in ancient history, a subject to which I had little exposure until recently, and consistently pointed me in the direction of other helpful resources. Ben introduced me to the art of rhetorical criticism when I was an undergraduate in 2010, and since that time has always proved himself a helpful mentor, both with regard to this project and beyond. Many others helped me along the way as well. I'm grateful to Allison Watson and Samantha Dunn for providing feedback on early drafts and to Rachel Alsup for agreeing to edit the final copy. Needless to say, any errors or omissions reside with me and not them. In addition, I would also like to thank my friends, colleagues, and the English department faculty and staff for making my time at Iowa State University a worthwhile learning experience. I want to send a special thanks to all the individuals of the 3rd floor of Carver Hall-members of both the English and Math departments. Your friendly greetings in the hallway and off-the-cuff conversations waiting for the copy machine always made me feel at home and reminded me, at times necessarily, that life existed beyond the university.

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Thucydides On War And National Character

Cited by 16 publications

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Inheriting War in Thucydides

Inheriting War in Thucydides

Rebelling or Reconstruction: A New Understanding of the Classical by the Romantic Painters with Exploration Centered on Francisco Goya

Epideictic memories of war: reconceiving the classical funeral oration as exigence-driven discourse

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