Thucydides
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Thucydides

The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians

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Thucydides

The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians

About this book

Thucydides' classic work is a foundational text in the history of Western political thought. His narrative of the great war between Athens and Sparta in the fifth century BC is now seen as a highly sophisticated study of the nature of political power itself: its exercise and effects, its agents and victims, and the arguments through which it is defended and deployed. It is therefore increasingly read as a text in politics, international relations and political theory, whose students will find in Thucydides many striking contemporary resonances. This edition seeks to present the author and the text in their proper historical context. The new translation is particularly sensitive to the risks of anachronism, and the notes and extensive reference material provide students with all the necessary historical, cultural and linguistic background they need to engage with the text on its own terms.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Maps
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction
  5. Principal dates
  6. Biographical notes
  7. Greek deities, heroes and mythological figures
  8. Greek terms for distances, coinage and the calendar
  9. [Book I]
  10. [Book II]1 First year of the war, 431-30 [II 1-47.1]
  11. Second year of the war, 430-29 [II 47.2-70]
  12. Third year of the war, 429-28 [II 71-103]
  13. [Book III] Fourth year of the war, 428-27 [III 1-25]
  14. Fifth year of the war, 427-26 [III 26-88]
  15. Sixth year of the war, 426-25 [III 89-116]
  16. [Book IV] Seventh year of the war, 425-24 [IV 1-51]
  17. Eighth year of the war, 424-23 [IV 52-116]
  18. Ninth year of the war, 423-22 (IV 117-35)
  19. [Book V] Tenth year of the war, 422-21 [V 1-24]
  20. Eleventh year of the war, 421-20 [V 25-39]
  21. Twelfth year of the war, 420-19 [V 40-51]
  22. Thirteenth year of the war, 419-18 [V 52-56]
  23. Fourteenth year of the war, 418-17 [V 57-81]
  24. Fifteenth year of the war, 417-16 [V 82-83]
  25. Sixteenth year of the war, 416-15 [V 84-116, VI 1-7]
  26. [Book VI]
  27. Seventeenth year of the war, 415-14 [VI 8-93]
  28. Eighteenth year of the war, 414-13 [VI 94-105, VII 1-18]
  29. [Book VII]
  30. Nineteenth year of the war, 413-12 [VII 19-87, VIII 1-6]
  31. [Book VIII]2
  32. Twentieth year of the war, 412-11 [VIII 7-60]
  33. Twenty-first year of the war, 411-10 [VIII 61-109, unfinished]
  34. Appendix 1 Notes on the Greek text: variations from the OCT
  35. Appendix 2 Thucydides in the ancient world: a selection of texts
  36. Bibliography and further reading
  37. Synopsis of contents
  38. Synopsis of speeches
  39. Glossary
  40. Index of names
  41. General index