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Tompkins, Daniel. "Fear, Honor and Profit?: Ambiguity and Ideation in Thucydides' Athenian Speech" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott, Loews Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 31, 2006 <Not Available>. 2011-03-13 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p150688_index.html>

Tompkins, D. P. , 2006-08-31 "Fear, Honor and Profit?: Ambiguity and Ideation in Thucydides' Athenian Speech" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott, Loews Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2011-03-13 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p150688_index.html

Publication Type: Proceeding Abstract: "Fear, honor and profit:" the triad of imperializing motives twice mentioned by Thucydides' Athenians (1.75, 1.76) has acquired a life of its own in modern discussions of Thucydides, sometimes cast as a timeless set of imperatives or linked with "prestige or deference" and opposed to "practical utility" Restoring this phrase to the speakers who uttered it and to its role in Thucydides' narrative complicates and deepens our understanding. The Athenian speech (1.73-78) turns out to be a slippery, even seductive, effort at self-presentation that relies on ambiguity to make imperialism palatable. In the speech, "honor" does not supplant "practical utility" but relies on it and "profit" has a surprising alternative meaning of "benefit." The Athenian speech, like the others in this quartet of speeches from 1.68 � 1.84 (by Corinthians, Athenians, and two Spartans) characterizes the culture that produced it. Subtly and dramatically, the four speeches reveal the dispositions and strategic cultures that will drive Athens and Sparta for the remainder of the work, using language that eludes abstraction or categorization as nomological or "realistic." The "dialogue" among these speakers tells us nothing about historical causation but provides a rich case study in narrative explanation. This paper will conclude with comments on the importance of strategic culture, dialogue, and narrative understanding as keys to understanding Thucydidean history.

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