While classicists and ancient historians might be alert to criticism of thucydides in antiquity the criticism of a dionysius a cicero a plutarch or a lucian we seldom reflect that both our conception of thucydides and our idea of history have been shaped by the historiographical debates of the fifteenth century onwards. Thucydides and the idea of history 04 new directions in classics amazonin morley neville books. About thucydides and the idea of history from the eighteenth century onwards the ancient greek writer thucydides c 460 c 395 bce was viewed as the most important classical historian he was acclaimed not only as a vital source for reconstructing antiquity but as a purveyor of timeless political wisdom. Thucydides and the idea of history new directions in classics nov 16 2020 posted by enid blyton ltd text id 16152993 online pdf ebook epub library grishampublishing text id 761c6b22 online pdf ebook epub thucydides and the idea of history by neville morley paperback softback new from the eighteenth century