Thucydides has 384 books on goodreads with 73790 ratings. As you become more familiar with the names of people, places and things, the points thucydides makes will also become clearer. Dec 07, 2016 contrary to mcphersons assessment, thucydides has to be read more critically rather than accepted as trustworthy. I would next recommend the landmark edition of thucydides. One major theme can be found in book 2, chapter 53, where thucydides describes the situation in athens after it had been stricken with plague during the peloponnesian war. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book i, chapter 3. Headlines from the peloponnesian war book 3 reading odyssey. The state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war.
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. Cultural and political meaning of persuasion in ancient greece, esp. Feel free to use them to organize your thoughts as you move through your reading. Thucydides does not jump around too much in this book from theater to theater. Peloponnesian invasion of attica 428 bce 26 revolt of mytilene. 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. Find a summary of this and each chapter of the history of. After his death, thucydidess history was subdivided into eight books. On the one hand, we wished to produce a comprehensive linguistic analysis in a. Apr 16, 2012 thus the winter ended, and with it ended the seventh year of this war of which thucydides is the historian. Murray, 1906, also by percy ure page images at hathitrust. The history places great importance upon naval supremacy, arguing that a modern empire is impossible without a strong navy. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book i.
In the following summer, when the corn was in full ear, the peloponnesians and their allies, under the command of archidamus, the son of. In the final analysis, thucydides presents human nature as the. Thucydides other traps ndu press national defense university. Athens sends a huge fleet to sicily and suffers disaster. In thucydides, the history of the peloponnesian war, there are many themes that are illustrated throughout various passages. History of the peloponnesian war war college series. Allison examines this historical metaphor at length in his may 2017 book destined. Thucydides book 1 study guide questions reading odyssey. His work was the first recorded political and moral analysis of a nations war policies.
However, thucydides history was never finished, and as such, ends midsentence in the winter of 411 bce. 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. Thucydides thoosidehdees is a tool designed to make writing automated acceptance and regression tests easier refer to pt. A general decline in sophisticated, athenian democracy was happening, with cleon at the forefront. Thucydidess most popular book is history of the peloponnesian war. The best overall study of the peloponnesian war is donald kagans book. Thucydides book vi, chapters 3053 and 60105 end the first part of the sicilian expedition edited for beginners in greek, london, j. Questia read the fulltext online edition of thucydides vol. Chapter ix fourth and fifth years of the war revolt of mitylene the next summer, just as the corn was getting ripe, the peloponnesians and their allies invaded attica under the command of archidamus, son of zeuxidamus, king of the lacedaemonians, and sat down and ravaged the land. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war is divided into eight books that together cover twentyone of the twentyseven years of.
In the following summer, when the corn was in full ear, the peloponnesians and their allies, 1 under the command of archidamus, the son of zeuxidamus, the lacedaemonian 2 king, invaded attica, and encamping wasted the country. The digital images were cleaned and prepared for printing through automated processes. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war my work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last forever. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidencegathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the deities, as outlined in his introduction to his work. This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the university of california libraries. History of the peloponnesian warbook 4 wikisource, the. Thucydides is considered to be one of the great fathers of western history, thus making his methodology the subject of much analysis in area of historiography. In the summer of 428 bc, the peloponnesian army once again invades attica. 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. Chapter summary for thucydidess the history of the peloponnesian war, book 3 chapter 9 summary. Feb 03, 20 fourth and fifth years of the war revolt of mitylene. When the captives arrived at athens the athenians instantly put salaethus to death, although 1 he made various offers, and among other things promised to procure the withdrawal of the peloponnesians from plataea, which was still blockaded. Jan 20, 2009 headlines from the peloponnesian war book 3.
As usual the athenians do not provide massed resistance. Conventional moral considerations play no role in his analysis of political events. Contemporary analysis of thucydides history of the. Thucydides books list of books by author thucydides. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, the peloponnesian war is a mine of military, moral, political, and. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book iii, chapter 36. For pericles funeral oration thucydides, book ii, 3546, the best analysis is probably nicole loraux, the invention of athens. This term is a later addition and is used in modern translations. This fullscale sequential reading of thucydides history of the peloponnesian war will be invaluable to the specialist and also to those in search of an introduction and companion to the histories. Try not to be put off by the amount of information contained in book i at first. History of the peloponnesian warbook 3 wikisource, the.
Oct 29, 2009 this book by donald kagan is not so much a biography of thucydides as it is a critical analysis of thucydides history. Crane also stages a running juxtaposition of thucydides and herodotus of considerable value to readers of both. Edition by thucydides, 1900 online research library. The loeb classical library is the only series of books which, through original text and english. He referred to it simply as a writing, probably because the greek word for inquiry,historia, which herodotus had used, had not yet become a common term for an inquiry into or a narration of some part of the human past in the following centuries, greek, roman, and. The actual narration of the peloponnesian war begins with book ii. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war is an account of the war fought between the peloponnesian league sparta and its allies and the delian league athens and its allies from 431404 bce. Thucydides did not give his work a title or call it a history.
He dedicated his career to the deep study of this conflict and his book is a modern masterpiece. The feebleness of antiquity is further proved to me by the circumstance that there appears to 1 have been no common action in hellas before the trojan war. He carefully crafted a story that he wanted the audience to accept. Chapter i the state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war. It was written by thucydides, an athenian general who served in the war. Review history of the peloponnesian war einternational relations. Dear fellow thucydides readers, here are my notes in outline form for book 3. Students with special needs are asked to inform the instructor. Kagans thesis is that thucydides revised the thinking thucydides wrote a history of the peloponnesian war between athens and sparta and is widely credited as the first modern historian.
The best general commentary on thucydides is still a. Lets just approach the speeches as thucydides way of exploring issues and illustrating points. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book iii. List of books and articles about thucydides online research. The history of the peloponnesian war book 3 chapter 9 summary. 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. Thucydides notes that to fit in with the change of events, words, too, had to change their usual meaning thucydides, 3. The funeral oration in the classical city cambridge. Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between athens and sparta a possession for all time, and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the western historical tradition. An invaluable work that is, of course, still studied today in. Analysis of the history of the peloponnesian war, by. List of books and articles about thucydides online.
The history of the peloponnesian war, by thucydides 431 bc. Revised by sir henry stuart jones with the assistance of roderick mckenzie, with a supplement. Thus the winter ended, and with it ended the fifth year of this war, of which thucydides was the historian. The history of the peloponnesian war the internet classics. Outline of thucydides book 3 university of vermont. As kagan reveals in his book after a lifetime of study of the long war between the greeks, our man thucydides was human after all. The library provides a grand summary of greek myths and heroic legends about the. Meanwhile, the mitylenian and other lesbian exiles set out, for the most part from the. It was produced from digital images created through the libraries mass digitization efforts. Peloponnesian invasion of attica 428 bce 26 revolt of mytilene athenian expedition to lesbos 7 athenian expedition to acarnania. Moving beyond other studies by its focus on the readers role in giving meaning to the text, it reveals thucydides use of objectivity not so much. It provides features that make it easier to organize and structure your acceptance tests, associating them with the user stories or features that they test. Lecture, discussion, papers, quizzes, oral reports. Reading kagan is great preparation for taking on thucydides.
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