Project Gutenberg 2015-09-27 Public domain in the USA. 51 Thucydides -460 -395 Θουκυδίδης Tucídides Tucidides Θουκιδίδης Hårdh, Emil Hardh, Emil Peloponneesolais-sota Produced by Juha Kiuru "Peloponneesolais-sota" by Thucydides is a historical account written in ancient times. The work chronicles the events of the Peloponnesian War, detailing the conflict between Athens and Sparta, giving insight into the broader implications of the war for Greek civilization. It explores themes of power, politics, and human nature through various key figures and collectives, while establishing Thucydides as one of the earliest proponents of historical writing as a discipline. At the start of the account, Thucydides introduces himself as an Athenian historian who began documenting the war as it unfolded, recognizing its significance. He reflects on the richness and complexity of Greek political life preceding the war, emphasizing the unity and division among Greek city-states. Thucydides examines the cycles of power and conflict, describing the rise of Athenian influence and the tensions that ultimately led to the devastating war. He sets the stage for an analysis that aims at uncovering the truth behind the events, as well as the causes and effects that have shaped Hellenic society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fi Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. DF Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 1293930 1293873 2024-09-21T03:51:28.533254 2023-09-21T13:43:34.786852 text/html text/html 1293923 1293866 2024-09-21T03:51:28.919267 2023-09-21T13:43:35.127863 text/html text/html 509935 2024-09-21T03:51:39.483260 application/epub+zip 529035 2024-09-21T03:51:31.254226 application/epub+zip 529034 2024-09-21T03:51:29.880232 application/epub+zip 899165 2024-09-21T03:51:46.604649 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 859851 2024-09-21T03:51:38.656330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 832569 2022-09-22T16:04:31.998139 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1260878 1260873 2024-09-21T03:51:27.792222 2023-09-21T13:43:34.302848 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1207885 2015-09-27T14:44:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 422691 2015-09-27T14:44:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18101 2024-09-21T03:51:46.735634 application/rdf+xml 15098 2024-09-21T03:51:30.425263 image/jpeg 3908 2024-09-21T03:51:30.152231 image/jpeg 503068 2024-09-21T03:51:29.035216 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia