How Long to Read Thucydides : Narrative and Explanation

How Long Does it Take to Read Thucydides : Narrative and Explanation?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Thucydides : Narrative and Explanation by Tim Rood

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

`War is a harsh teache' wrote Thucydides in the fifth-century BC. Rood analyses the techniques through which Thucydides' narrative explains the origin and course of the Peloponnesian War and exposes harsh truths about how individuals and states behave. Rood concentrates on how the use of techniques, such as selectivity, interaction of speech and narrative, and manipulation of time and perspective, points at one level to general human constraints, at another to the self-destructiveness of Athens' imperial power. The book explores some techniques that have received little attention and offers new ways of reading others; it gives new insight into Thucydides' sophistication and the way he relates to his predecessors. It is also important for its attempts to refute views that Thucydides' History is made up of different compositional strata or inspired by pro-Athenian bias. And it addresses directly the way modern historians use Thucydides, contributes to the contemporary debate over narrative history, and shows the value of applying some of the concepts of recent narrative theory to historical texts.

How long is Thucydides : Narrative and Explanation?

Thucydides : Narrative and Explanation by Tim Rood is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Thucydides : Narrative and Explanation Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Thucydides : Narrative and Explanation aloud.

What Reading Level is Thucydides : Narrative and Explanation?

Thucydides : Narrative and Explanation is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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