Carolyn Dewald, Professor in History and Classics at Bard College, is coauthor of Herodotus: The Histories (1998).

"There is much pleasure in ... discovering Thucydides over again with one of his most careful and quietly authoritative readers." Int'l Journal Of The Classical Tradition

• List of Tables Preface Introduction PART ONE 1. An Overview of the Archidamian Narrative Structure (ii.1--v.24) 2. Introductory Sentences (ii.1--v.24) Subjects in Introductory Sentences Verbs in Introductory Sentences Settings in Introductory Sentences Time in Introductory Sentences 3. Internal Structure of the Unit of Action (ii.1--v.24) Developed Picture Units List Units Extended Narrative Units Complex Units 4. Patterns Formed by Units of Action in the Archidamian Narrative (ii.1--v.24) Significant Juxtaposition Larger Connections PART TWO 5. The Years of the Peace (v.25--vi.7): The Unit of Action Changing Introductory Sentences of Units of Action Unit Arrangement Connections among Units The Narrative of the Years of the Peace 6. Years Seventeen through Twenty-one: The Unit of Action Transformed 7. Some Conclusions: Thucydides' Narrative Structures (ii.1--viii.109) Appendix A. Narrative Units and Narrative Sections (ii.1--viii) Appendix B. Introductory Sentences of Units of Action (ii.1--v.24) Appendix C. Time Formulae in Introductory Sentences (ii.1--viii.109) Notes Bibliography Index Tables

Carolyn Dewald, Professor in History and Classics at Bard College, is coauthor of Herodotus: The Histories (1998).

"There is much pleasure in ... discovering Thucydides over again with one of his most careful and quietly authoritative readers." Int'l Journal Of The Classical Tradition

• List of Tables Preface Introduction PART ONE 1. An Overview of the Archidamian Narrative Structure (ii.1--v.24) 2. Introductory Sentences (ii.1--v.24) Subjects in Introductory Sentences Verbs in Introductory Sentences Settings in Introductory Sentences Time in Introductory Sentences 3. Internal Structure of the Unit of Action (ii.1--v.24) Developed Picture Units List Units Extended Narrative Units Complex Units 4. Patterns Formed by Units of Action in the Archidamian Narrative (ii.1--v.24) Significant Juxtaposition Larger Connections PART TWO 5. The Years of the Peace (v.25--vi.7): The Unit of Action Changing Introductory Sentences of Units of Action Unit Arrangement Connections among Units The Narrative of the Years of the Peace 6. Years Seventeen through Twenty-one: The Unit of Action Transformed 7. Some Conclusions: Thucydides' Narrative Structures (ii.1--viii.109) Appendix A. Narrative Units and Narrative Sections (ii.1--viii) Appendix B. Introductory Sentences of Units of Action (ii.1--v.24) Appendix C. Time Formulae in Introductory Sentences (ii.1--viii.109) Notes Bibliography Index Tables