History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides First published 1526

About this book

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c.460-400 BC) was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war. He applied thereafter a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling this factual record of a disastrous conflict.

Subjects

18.43 ancient greek literature
938.05
ancient & classical
criticism and interpretation
funeral orations
greece, history, peloponnesian war, 431-404 b.c.
greek inscriptions
greek (language)
history
literary criticism
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peloponnesian war
peloponnesian war (greece : 431-404 b.c.)
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peloponnesische oorlog
sources
textbooks
thucydides
vredespaleis (hague, netherlands)