Selections from the history of the peloponnesian war, and more on. So his work was left unfinished and as a whole unrevised. Instantly putting to sea with fiveandtwenty ships, which were quickly followed by others, they insolently commanded the epidamnians to receive back the. Youve also chosen five other books to help understand and put him in perspective. Even though designed to glorify and commemorate the dead, pericles soon turns his oration into an ode to athens celebrating the many achievements of this proud city. Where does the peloponnesian war rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far. How close they are to the presumed originals what pericles and the others actually said, or even if they are close at.
Yet in brilliance of description and depth of insight this history has no superior. Peloponnesian war is fascinating in its laconic objectivity and for its wide coverage of interesting times written by a man who was a general during the war, suffered from defeat, exile and the ravages of the athenian plague and yet. Syracusan coins commemorated the victory over the athenians, with arethusa, dolphins, captured arms, and nike crowning victorious charioteer. The greatest of all greek historians was the athenian general thucydides 455400 b. See all books authored by thucydides, including history of the peloponnesian war, and on justice, power and human nature. Its an amazing work, a literary work every bit as much as a history. The peloponnesian war was really three conflicts 431421, 4154, and 4404 bce that thucydides was still unifying into one account when he died some time before 396 bce.
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. Although unfinished and as a whole unrevised, in brilliance of description and depth of insight this history has no superior. Thucydides and the history of the peloponnesian war. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war translated by richard crawley the first book chapter i. The war had then lasted for twentyseven years in all. Xenophon takes up the tale again if you are frustrated by not knowing the ending of the struggle. We did find thucydides account of a plague that struck ancient greece, which may offer instructive parallels to the effects of a potential nuclear disaster in the korean peninsula. History of the peloponnesian war, iv, books vii and viii loeb. It is a major work both in terms of volumes eight in total and prestige its considered one of the first history books.
Thucydides describes brasidas strategy and the battle, which ends with a peloponnesian victory. It was written by thucydides, an athenian general who served in the war. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 5, chapter 15 tenth year of the wardeath of cleon and brasidaspeace of nicias. His story of the final conflict of 4404 breaks off in the middle of a sentence when dealing with the year 411. And the winter ended, and with it ended the sixteenth year of this war of which thucydides is the historian. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides book 2 complete audiobook. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 5, chapter 15. This book is an illustrated version of the original the history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 5, chapter 84. Thucydides wrote the story of the first democracy in history, and of the fortunes and fall of its empire, but his pages contain the modern worldscene in miniature. Speeches play an important role in thucydides history, but remember. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history due to his strict standards of evidence. Go to previous table of contents the fifth book, go to next.
Your book, how to think about war, is an excellent introduction to thucydides and his history of the peloponnesian war. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides book 5. Thucydidess the history of the peloponnesian war chapter summary. The first hand reports of speechs are quite interesting. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides. History of the peloponnesian war books 58 by thucydides. Spelling errors or typos if any have been corrected as per amazon standards. History deserves to be remembered recommended for you. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 1. Accordingly, professors of antiquity, international relations, military history. The history of the peloponnesian war, by thucydides 431 bc. It is evident that the country now called hellas had in ancient times no settled population. It was written by thucydides, an athenian historian who also happened to. Thucydidess most popular book is history of the peloponnesian war.
The history of the peloponnesian war is an account of the peloponnesian war in ancient greece, fought between the peloponnesian league led by sparta and the delian league led by athens in the 5th century bc. Cleon leads troops in support of the democrats and brasidas in support of the oligarchs. About the history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides. The next summer the truce for a year ended, after lasting until the pythian games. Until the time of thucydides, plagues were attributed to the deities. History of the peloponnesian war book by thucydides. History of the peloponnesian warbook 5 wikisource, the. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war book 5. Fortunately ive already posted a little bit on some of the reasons i think are important to read thucydides. With diligence and reflection, readers can discern relevant lessons and wisdom from thucydidess the history of the peloponnesian war.
The only pity is that thucidides died before finishing the book. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 5, chapter 17. The lacedaemonians and their allies shall give back amphipolis to the athenians. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war book 5 complete the eight books of thucydides history, translated by r. History of the peloponnesian warbook 6 wikisource, the. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the fifth book. The history of the peloponnesian war book 5 chapter 16. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book iv. His work was the first recorded political and moral analysis of a nations war policies. Following the annual tradition, pericles delivers his speech at the public funeral for the victims of war. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 5, chapter 16 feeling against sparta in peloponneseleague of the mantineans, eleans, argives, and atheniansbattle of mantinea and breaking up of the league. 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 neighboring islands of their empire.
Book 5, chapter 16 displays three notable threads or narrative strands. In theory, this agreement promisedand to some extent delivereda cessation of. The history of the peloponnesian war chapter summaries. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 5, chapter 17 sixteenth year of the warthe melian conferencefate of melos. Cleomedes, son of lycomedes, and tisias, son of tisimachus. The absence of romance in my history will, i fear, detract somewhat from its interest. This study guide consists of approximately 49 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of history of the peloponnesian war. The history of the peloponnesian war is a historical account of the peloponnesian war, which was fought between the peloponnesian league and the delian league. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides book 5 complete audiobook ancient times. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book v. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war book 5 complete. His account of the conflict is widely considered to be a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history. Unfortunately, he didnt live long enough to finish the history. 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.
Tenth year of the war death of cleon and brasidas peace of nicias. Thucydides was one of the best authors of history i have ever read, but the narrative and the way he writes is not very suitable for a audiobook without having studied the ancient greeks and this book before. During the armistice the athenians expelled the delians from delos. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 5. The treaty and the alliance which terminated the ten years war were made in the ephorate 65 of pleistolas at lacedaemon, and the archonship of alcaeus at athens. The peloponnesian war was something i have wanted to read for a long time and i am extremely glad i finally did.
Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war is divided into eight books that together cover twentyone of the twentyseven years of the peloponnesian war the war fought between athens, and its empire, and the peloponnesian league, led by sparta at the end of the 5 th century bc. Altogether the war lasted twentyseven years, for if which the truce continued should. Thucydides died before the history could be completed. Written four hundred years before the birth of christ, this detailed contemporary account of the struggle between athens and sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling the authors ambitious claim that the work was done to last forever. Thucydides books list of books by author thucydides. The state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war. The eight books of thucydides history, translated by r. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides, part of the internet classics archive.
Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war the classics. However, thucydides history was never finished, and as such, ends midsentence in the winter of 411 bce. The first involves thucydidess analysis of the significance of the peace of nicias, concluded between athens and sparta in 421 bce. 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. Analyses of the history generally occur in one of two camps. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, volume iii. 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. History of the peloponnesian war, volume iii thucydides. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides the internet.
His history of the peloponnesian war recounts the fifthcentury bc war between sparta and athens until the year 411 bc. The same thucydides of athens continued the history, following the order of events, which he 67 reckoned by summers and winters, up to the destruction of the athenian empire and the taking of piraeus and the long walls by the lacedaemonians and their allies. The history of this period has been also written by the same thucydides, an athenian, in the chronological order of events by summers and. It was written by thucydides, an athenian historian who also served as an athenian general during the war. During the previous ten years the first war, of which the history has now been written, went on without intermission. The same year the athenians embark on the sicilian expedition 415, the spartans attack argive territory, and the athenians intervene. Thucydides classic work, history of the peloponnesian war, provides us with the historical framework for 5th century greece, a golden age of intellectual achievement and. Thucydides has 383 books on goodreads with 73066 ratings. In his opening lines, thucydides says he wrote about the peloponnesian war between athens and sparta, beginning at the moment that it broke. History of the peloponnesian warbook 5 wikisource, the free. The tale is told by a great political thinker, whose penetrating insight and dramatic power caused macaulay to call him the.