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00000002v4p	Eleanor K. Choi	New World Order? Thucydides' Speeches and the Breakdown of Greek Interstate Relations	2021		.txt	text/plain	230	5	19	After investigating a passage from the preface, in order to demonstrate how Thucydides views his speeches as both crucial and unclear when attempting to understand the War's αἴτιαι (1.23.6), I examine the speeches in light of how Thucydidean rhetorical strategies highlight Athenian and Spartan rejection of moral aspects of negotiation of interstate relations, namely the values of justice and reciprocity, balancing power, and restraint. By subverting assumptions about how such older, established methods of diplomacy between poleis have historically functioned successfully, Thucydides is able to drive forward his narrative about the death of interstate relations during the War.	cache/00000002v4p.txt	txt/00000002v4p.txt