Thucydides' Speech and Its Historical and Cultural Value
by Shen Zhi
About This Novel
Speeches account for about 1/4 of Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnese War" (hereinafter referred to as "History") and are a characteristic of his works. In the tradition of applying orations to historical works, Thucydides' orations stand out. This distinctive writing style has also attracted the attention and disagreement of foreign scholars. This book attempts to analyze the reasons for the extensive use of speeches in Thucydides's "Boss" from the perspective of a large number of speeches in "Boss", explore the authenticity of speeches, and then explain that Thucydides's creative techniques of using a large number of speeches in "Boss" are worthy of attention and reference. This reveals the political, economic, and military conditions of that era reflected in the speech, and reflects Thucydides's ideological concepts, which has considerable historical value and historical and cultural value.
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