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Este trabajo trata sobre el concepto de imperio en el pensamiento político de Tucídides. Los estudios modernos insisten en que el término ἀρχή es el preferido por el historiador ateniense para referirse al imperio. Sin embargo, la existencia de otros términos en el léxico griego para designar la idea de un poder imperial, obliga a reflexionar sobre la elección terminológica de Tucídides. En ese sentido, aquí se propone la tesis de que el término mencionado permite explicar el fenómeno imperial desde las categorías propias de la polis. ; This work addresses the concept of empire in Thucydides political thought. Contemporary studies they insist that the term ἀρχή is preferred by Athenian historian to enunciate the idea of empire. However, the existence of others terms in the Greek lexicon used to designate an imperial power, forces to reflect on the terminological election by Thucydides. In that sense, here the thesis is proposed that the mentioned term allows to explain the imperial phenomenon from categories of the polis.

In this article, the writer wants to show the teachings of Thucydides, Greek historian from old times, regarding the violent phenomenon of civil war. With war as a framework and human nature as underlying background, Thucydides notices the violent, thoughtless, and vengeful behavior of human beings; the evil found in the use of the lenguage and its influence on human performance; the moral degradation clearly visible in evil, fanaticism and corrupt political activity; the success of slyness and recklessness over kindness and strength; and, as a concluding idea, the consciousness of the dangerous and self-destructive nature of rational beings when they lose control of themselves and disregard human and divine laws. ; Este trabajo pretende mostrar las enseñanzas extraídas del violento fenómeno de la guerra civil por Tucídides, historiador griego de la antigüedad. En el marco de la guerra y con el trasfondo de la "naturaleza humana", nuestro autor se percata del proceder violento, irreflexivo y vengativo del ser humano; de la perversión operada en el lenguaje y su incidencia en las acciones humanas; de la degradación moral, patente en la maldad, el fanatismo y la corrupción de la actividad política; del triunfo de la astucia y la temeridad sobre la bondad y la fuerza y, finalmente, como conclusión, de la conciencia de la peligrosa y autodestructiva naturaleza del ser racional cuando pierde el dominio de sí y no atiende a las leyes humanas y divinas.

Marshall Sahlins é velho conhecido dos historiadores. Não é de hoje seu intento de utilizar as contribuições da história em seus trabalhos antropológicos, estabelecendo um diálogo fecundo entre as duas áreas de conhecimento. Devido à projeção cada vez maior de sua obra nos círculos acadêmicos brasileiros, um de seus trabalhos mais recentes, História e Cultura – Apologias a Tucídides, ganhou tradução para o português pela Jorge Zahar Editor.

Thinking about the role of great men in virtual history of contemporary age, in this paper we intend to conduct an analysis of this theme starting from some significant texts of Herodotus and Thucydides, to evaluate the existence of a recourse to counterfactual reasoning in connection with the role of the individual also in Greek historiography. It emerges that counterfactuals, used perhaps not always intentionally, but, in any case, as a powerful narrative tool, help to define causal relationships and to highlight the important factors, moral and political responsibilities, including above all the ability of the leader to take reasonable decisions. The story of the past as it could have been, or, in other words, counterfactual history and not just real history, could thus encourage readers to reflect in a more engaging way than through the historical account alone, judging more actively the behaviour of great men of the past and learning from their decisions, both correct and incorrect.

Thinking about the role of great men in virtual history of contemporary age, in this paper we intend to conduct an analysis of this theme starting from some significant texts of Herodotus and Thucydides, to evaluate the existence of a recourse to counterfactual reasoning in connection with the role of the individual also in Greek historiography. It emerges that counterfactuals, used perhaps not always intentionally, but, in any case, as a powerful narrative tool, help to define causal relationships and to highlight the important factors, moral and political responsibilities, including above all the ability of the leader to take reasonable decisions. The story of the past as it could have been, or, in other words, counterfactual history and not just real history, could thus encourage readers to reflect in a more engaging way than through the historical account alone, judging more actively the behaviour of great men of the past and learning from their decisions, both correct and incorrect.

The aim of this paper is to analyze the political development of the region of Acarnania in the 5th centrury BC. Using the information provided by Xenophon about the Acarnanian koinon, we will undertake a restrospective analysis showing the close relationship between the political unification of Acarnania and the intervention of Athens.

- The paper analyses Thucydides's views on history, ethics and politics trying to highlight how they affect each other. Thucydides has a tragic conception of history, according to which, notwithstanding the presence of some constants, human vicissitudes are open to unpredictability and chance. This view is closely related to Thucydides moral outlook, which is interpreted as a version of moral pluralism that recognises two mutually incompatible families of values: those related with greatness and success, and those stemming from compassion and pity. Coming to politics, it is argued that Thucydides's most valuable contribution lies in his penetrating analysis of the dynamics of power and in particular in his understanding of the fundamental importance of the dialectic between stabilizing and chaotic factors. Political thought should take account of those factors and that means that historical and empirical considerations should enter political theory no later than moral ideals and normative standards.

The Histories by Herodotus and Thucydides show some examples of marriages. Woman, performed as a bearer of all political and sociological values from the oikos of her father, provide her husband a political benefit through in her capacity as a bearer of inheritance and political class from her paternal oikos

El objetivo de este trabajo es el estudio de los engarces de los discursos de Tucídides, analizando sus componentes, funciones y todos los elementos que constituyen el sistema utilizado por el historiador para combinar narración y discurso en un todo coherente. Hasta ahora, los críticos no han prestado la suficiente atención a estos elementos, que son decisivos para la interrelación entre discurso y narración, pero con frecuencia han sido analizados como simple transición pasajes. Demostramos, sin embargo, que los engarces constituyen un sistema en el cual se pueden distinguir tres niveles. Cada uno cumple funciones diferentes pero complementarias, en función del tipo de discurso introducido y su interrelación con la narración de los hechos. ; The aim of this paper is to study the settings of the speeches of Thucydides, analysing their components, functions and all the elements that constitute the system used by the historian to combine narration and speech in a coherent whole. Up till now, critics haven't paid enough attention to these elements, which are decisive for the interrelation between speech and narration, but frequently have been analysed as simple transition passages. We demonstrate, however, that those settings constitute a system in which three levels can be distinguished. Each one fulfils different but complementary functions, depending on the kind of introduced speech and its interrelation with the narration of the facts. ; Este trabajo se ha elaborado dentro del Proyecto I+D "El discurso militar en la historiografía desde la Antigüedad hasta el Renacimiento" (BFF 2003-05107).