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The entire Greek world plunged into three decades of bloodshed in 431 B.C., when the ongoing friction between Athens and Sparta over shipping, trade, and colonial expansion exploded into war. Ten years into the struggle, the Athenian general Thucydides was dismissed and banished for his delay in assisting the besieged city of Amphipolis. Thucydides' military failure and disgrace ended in a triumph for posterity: the former general retired to record the events of the war, resulting in one of the world's great history books and the first true historical narrative of Western literature. Thucydides' chronicle of the disastrous 27-year conflict between the Greek city-states resonates with tales of heroism and villainy, deeds of courage and desperation, and the eternal folly of human conflict.
As an insightful amateur historian, he traces the war's roots in prior hostilities between Greece and Persia and examines the relative merits of the Athenian League and the Spartan alliance. Scrupulously impartial and accurate, he presents detailed, knowledgeable accounts of the battles, in addition to dialogues reflecting the political atmosphere. This ancient tale of the rise and fall of a democratic empire bears numerous parallels with modern times. As the author remarked of his work, "I shall be satisfied if it be thought useful by those who wish to know the exact character of events now past which, human nature being what it is, will recur in similar or analogous forms."
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781438515489 |
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Publisher: | Book Jungle |
Publication date: | 04/07/2009 |
Pages: | 480 |
Product dimensions: | 7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.97(d) |
About the Author
In the course of the Peloponnesian War, Athenian general Thucydides was dismissed and banished for his delay in assisting the besieged city of Amphipolis. His military failure and disgrace ended in a triumph for posterity: the retired commander recorded a firsthand account of the events of the war, the first true historical narrative of Western literature.
Table of Contents
Book I | ||
I. | The State of Greece from the earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War | 1 |
II. | Causes of the War--The Affair of Epidamnus--The Affair of Potidaea | 11 |
III. | Congress of the Peloponnesian Confederacy at Lacedaemon | 28 |
IV. | From the end of the Persian to the beginning of the Peloponnesian War--The Progress from Supremacy to Empire | 39 |
V. | Second Congress at Lacedaemon--Preparations for War and Diplomatic Skirmishes--Cylon--Pausanias--Themistocles | 50 |
Book II | ||
VI. | Beginning of the Peloponnesian War--First Invasion of Attica--Funeral Oration of Pericles | 67 |
VII. | Second Year of the War--The Plague of Athens--Position and Policy of Pericles--Fall of Potidaea | 87 |
VIII. | Third Year of the War--Investment of Plataea--Naval Victories of Phormio--Thracian Irruption into Macedonia under Sitalces | 99 |
Book III | ||
IX. | Fourth and Fifth Years of the War--Revolt of Mitylene | 119 |
X. | Fifth Year of the War--Trial and Execution of the Plataeans--Corcyraean Revolution | 140 |
XI. | Sixth Year of the War--Campaigns of Demosthenes in Western Greece--Ruin of Ambracia | 155 |
Book IV | ||
XII. | Seventh Year of the War--Occupation of Pylos--Surrender of the Spartan Army in Sphacteria | 169 |
XIII. | Seventh and Eighth Years of the War--End of Corcyraean Revolution--Peace of Gela--Capture of Nisaea | 187 |
XIV. | Eighth and Ninth Years of the War--Invasion of Boeotia--Fall of Amphipolis--Brilliant Successes of Brasidas | 200 |
Book V | ||
XV. | Tenth Year of the War--Death of Cleon and Brasidas--Peace of Nicias | 229 |
XVI. | Feeling against Sparta in Peloponnese--League of the Mantineans, Eleans, Argives, and Athenians--Battle of Mantinea and Breaking up of the League | 240 |
XVII. | Sixteenth Year of the War--The Melian Conference--Fate of Melos | 267 |
Book VI | ||
XVIII. | Seventeenth Year of the War--The Sicilian Campaign--Affair of the Hermae--Departure of the Expedition | 275 |
XIX. | Seventeenth Year of the War--Parties at Syracuse--Story of Harmodius and Aristogiton--Disgrace of Alcibiades | 290 |
XX. | Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of the War--Inaction of the Athenian Army--Alcibiades at Sparta--Investment of Syracuse | 303 |
Book VII | ||
XXI. | Eighteenth and Nineteenth Years of the War--Arrival of Gylippus at Syracuse--Fortification of Decelea--Successes of the Syracusans | 325 |
XXII. | Nineteenth Year of the War--Arrival of Demosthenes--Defeat of the Athenians at Epipolae--Folly and Obstinacy of Nicias | 344 |
XXIII. | Nineteenth Year of the War--Battles in the Great Harbour--Retreat and Annihilation of the Athenian Army | 349 |
Book VIII | ||
XXIV. | Nineteenth and Twentieth Years of the War--Revolt of Ionia--Intervention of Persia--The War in Ionia | 369 |
XXV. | Twentieth and Twenty-first Years of the War--Intrigues of Alcibiades--Withdrawal of the Persian Subsidies--Oligarchical Coup d'Etat at Athens--Patriotism of the Army at Samos | 387 |
XXVI. | Twenty-first Year of the War--Recall of Alcibiades to Samos--Revolt of Euboea and Downfall of the Four Hundred--Battle of Cynossema | 403 |
Maps | 419 |
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