First published in France in 1956 and now available in English for the first time, this narratological analysis of Thucydides's "History of the Peloponnesian War" highlights the power and sophistication of the Greek historian's rhetoric.

A survey of how Greek historians explained the conditions of a state's success and the dangers of power

As Jacqueline de Romilly brilliantly documents, Alcibiades's life is one of wanderings and vicissitudes, promises and disappointments, brilliant successes and ruinous defeats.

Offers profiles of ancient Greek writers, including Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, and Plutarch, and traces the development of Greek literature.

In this book de Romilly investigates the reasons for the initial success of the Sophists and the reaction against them, in the context of the culture and civilization of classical Athens.

Jeanne, c'est le portrait d'une femme aux dons multiples, travailleuse infatigable, qui fit preuve pendant trente ans d'un talent d'écrivain reconnu.

Consists of six lectures delivered in April 1967 at Cornell Univ. as Messenger Lecturer. Mme. de Romilly takes a twentieth-century look at the concept of time as it was presented by the classic Greek tragedians.

En multipliant les petites anecdotes toutes simples recueillies au cours d'une vie consacrée à l'enseignement, Jacqueline de Romilly veut montrer que les savoirs acquis dans les enseignements littéraires, même quand ils semblent ...