Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book iv. While it is likely he is related to the later historian and general thucydides, son of olorus, the details are uncertain. List of books and articles about thucydides online. All search options view abbreviations home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help. His work was the first recorded political and moral analysis of a nations war policies. His followers quitted thapsus and founded the city which is called the. I would next recommend the landmark edition of thucydides. The city was named from the river gela, but the spot which is now the. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 4, chapter 80, section 3. Instead of meeting with the usual honours accorded to the parent city by every other. Besides, they hated the corcyraeans for their contempt of the mother country. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides alibris.
An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. The interests of the ambraciots were zealously supported by corinth, their mother city. Book i is an opportunity to get to know thucydides world and the background for the war to be described. Thus the winter ended, and with it ended the seventh year of this war of which thucydides is the historian.
The preparations of both the combatants were in every. Croesus sister is given to cyaxares son astyages as part of the treaty. Thucydides of athens, one of the greatest of historians, was born about 471 bce. Thucydides book 1 study guide questions reading odyssey. Histories, thucydides translated into english volume 1 1 of 32 translations. For eurystheus being slain in attica by the heracleidae, atreus, that was his uncle by the mother, and was then abiding with him as an exiled person for fear of his. Thucydides claimed that his account of the devastating war between the athenians and the spartans was a possession for all time. The history was divided into separate books by later scholars, but is now, in its. Chapter xviii seventeenth year of the war the sicilian campaign affair of the hermae departure of the expedition the same winter the athenians resolved to sail again to sicily, with a greater armament than that under laches and eurymedon, and, if possible, to conquer the island. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book iv, chapter 40. For fourteen years the thirty years peace which was concluded after the. He dedicated his career to the deep study of this conflict and his book is a modern masterpiece.
He made himself 1 master of a great part of what is now termed the hellenic sea. He thus had opportunity to acquaint himself with both the. With an english translation by charles forster smith. However, thucydides history was never finished, and as such, ends midsentence in the winter of 411 bce. Cyrus attacks and defeats astyages, thus angering croesus 734. Greek and latin grammars and commentaries are also included. An athenian general, he was exiled for a military failure and drew for his writing on his personal experience and information from an extensive network of contacts on both sides to the epic conflict. As usual the athenians do not provide massed resistance. Thucydides, greatest of ancient greek historians and author of the history of the peloponnesian war, which recounts the struggle between athens and sparta in the 5th century bc. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides translated by richard crawley the first book 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.
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. The best overall study of the peloponnesian war is donald kagans book. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 1, chapter 1 perseus. History of the peloponnesian warbook 4 wikisource, the. Thucydides traces the development of athenian power through the growth of the athenian empire in the years 479 bc to 432 bc in book one of the history 1. Speeches play an important role in thucydides history, but remember.
All this is only true of the mother country, for in sicily they attained to very great power. According to plutarch, theseus, 3, when aegeus suspected that aethra, the daughter of pittheus, was with child by him he left a sword and pair of sandals under a great rock and commanded aethra, if a son were born to her and if he were able to lift the rock, to send the youth to him with the tokens. History of the peloponnesian warbook 7 wikisource, the. This massive collection includes important greek and latin classics in their original languages. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history by those who accept his claims to. History of the peloponnesian war war college series. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book ii. His history of the first conflict, 431421, was nearly complete. History of the peloponnesian war, by thucydides book viii the news was brought to athens, but the athenians could not believe that the armament had been so completely annihilated, although they had the positive assurances of the very soldiers who 1 had escaped from the scene of action. Stories from thucydides thucydides, greek historian and athenian general 460b.
Westlake, individuals in thucydides 1968, is an outstanding study of the leading individuals in the history, and his essays on the greek historians and greek history 1969 deals primarily with specialized topics in thucydides. Thucydides books list of books by author thucydides. Lastly, it was he who, from a natural desire to protect his growing revenues, sought, as far as he. Story of how thales of miletus diverted the river halys so croesus army could cross is doubted by hdt, who thinks bridges were used 75. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a. Meanwhile, the mitylenian and other lesbian exiles. In the summer of 428 bc, the peloponnesian army once again invades attica. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides. It is also a chance for those of you who had read herodotus. What important information about sicily did the athenians not know. Winter thus ended, and with it the eighteenth year of this war of which thucydides is the historian.
In his book history, thucydides relates the facts of the peloponnesian war with as much fact and truth as possible, unlike his contemporaries who used second hand word of mouth and myths to relate their details. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war english xml header genre. Thucydides was born some where between 470bc and 460bc. The state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war. The conflict, fought between the athenianled delian league and the spartanled peloponnesian league, signaled the end of athenian dominance in greece at the close of the fifth. The war was really three conflicts with one uncertain peace after the first. Thucydides was still at work on this when the war spread to sicily and into a conflict 4154 likewise. His history of the peloponnesian war recounts the fifthcentury bc war between sparta and athens until the year 411 bc. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book i. Geoffrey woodhead, thucydides on the nature of power 1970.
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Thucydides book 3 selections if you are pressed for time, you may skip reading book 3, sections 85103, and 105116, but be sure to read 3. My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last for ever, thucydides ancient greek historian thucydides spellbinding firsthand account chronicles the devastating 27yearlong war between athens and sparta during the 5th century bc. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the first book. Written by one of the fathers of western history, thucydides history of the peloponnesian war is a landmark literary and scholarly achievement documenting the pivot point in the golden age of athenian democracy. He saw the rise of athens to greatness under the inspired leadership of pericles. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war 8 vols. The history of the peloponnesian war, by thucydides 431 bc.
Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 4, chapter 26. For this reason thucydides is considered one the first true historians. Reading kagan is great preparation for taking on thucydides. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, volume i. Minos is the first to whom tradition ascribes the possession of a navy. Please look over our study guide questions below as you read through books 4 and the opening chapters of book 5 chs. Aftermath of sicilian expedition, sections 12 the beginning of the sicilian expedition 415 bce 1. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 4, chapter 11. As a general in the peloponnesian war he failed 424 bc to prevent the surrender of the city of amphipolis to the spartan commander brasidas and was exiled until the end of the war.
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