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The first question that may be asked about a his- torian is as to his good faith . May we believe what he tells us ? The answers to this question in the case of Herodotus and Thucydides have been widely diver- gent . They are ...
The first question that may be asked about a his- torian is as to his good faith . May we believe what he tells us ? The answers to this question in the case of Herodotus and Thucydides have been widely diver- gent . They are ...
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... questions in connection with it , which are not always sharply discriminated . The first is : Had Athens reasonable ... question most historians would be inclined to answer in the negative . But Athens had reasonable expectations of ...
... questions in connection with it , which are not always sharply discriminated . The first is : Had Athens reasonable ... question most historians would be inclined to answer in the negative . But Athens had reasonable expectations of ...
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... question between Athens and Sparta of the leadership of Greece , but whether Athenian democracy or Spartan militarism would triumph . Thus we may clearly understand why Thucydides magnified the importance of the Peloponnesian War . The ...
... question between Athens and Sparta of the leadership of Greece , but whether Athenian democracy or Spartan militarism would triumph . Thus we may clearly understand why Thucydides magnified the importance of the Peloponnesian War . The ...
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