Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the war of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians as they warred against each other, beginning to write as soon as the war was on foot, with expectation it should prove a great one and most worthy the relation of all that had been before it; conjecturing so much both from this, that they flourished on both sides in all manner of provision, and also because he saw the rest of . HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ADVISORY EDITOR: BETTY RADICE THUCYDIDES the son of Olorus was born probably about B.C. and died about the year B.C. When the Peloponnesian War broke out in B.C. Thucydides probably took part in some of its early actions. Some time between and he fell ill of the plague, but recovered. In he was. The State of Greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it.
Thucydides HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR translated by Richard Crawley THE FIRST BOOK CHAPTER I. The State of Greece from the earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War THUCYDIDES, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing. BC HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR by Thucydides. CHAPTER XVII. Sixteenth Year of the War - The Melian Conference - Fate of Melos. THE next summer Alcibiades sailed with twenty ships to Argos and seized the suspected persons still left of the Lacedaemonian faction to the number of three hundred, whom the Athenians forthwith lodged in the neighbouring islands of their empire. The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War ( BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens).It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also served as an Athenian general during the war. His account of the conflict is widely considered to be a classic and regarded as.
For this reason, the text is inextricably linked with its author, who has been called one of the fathers of history. The History of the Peloponnesian War ends in mid-sentence in , seven years before the end of the war and 11 before Thucydides—who served as an Athenian general before being exiled in , for failing a mission—is believed to have died. Through the use of numerous interviews, tirelessly researching records, and gathering a great deal of evidence, Thucydides "History of the Peloponnesian War" stands as perhaps the first great work of nonfiction in Western history. The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (– BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian historian who also served as an Athenian general during the war.
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