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History of the Peloponnesian War

by Thucydides

Reading #7 ("Anabasis 1", 2023)


Abstract

In the decades following the end of the Persian War, rising tensions between an ascendant Athens and her oligarichal neighbors lead to an all out war, the likes of which had never been seen before, between the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, against the Delian League, led by Athens.

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authors Thucydides
literary form narrative
genres historiography
subjects Greece, Peloponnesian War, Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Corinth, Platea, Persia, war, democracy, oligarchy, Thucydides
period Ancient Greece, 5th c. BCE
language Ancient Greek, Attic Greek
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