A new history of the Peloponnesian War

✍ Scribed by Tritle, Lawrence A

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 315
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Prelude -- a band of brothers -- 'From this the Corinthians developed their bitter hatred for the Athenians' -- 'Give the Greeks their freedom' -- 'Our city is an education to Greece' -- 'War is a violent teacher' -- 'Spindles would be worth a lot' -- 'Weeping for joy' -- 'The strong do what they have the power to do' -- 'What of us then who for our children must weep?' -- 'The whole of Greece against Athens' -- 'Ships gone ... don't know what to do' -- 'Athens is taken' -- 'Here's to the noble Critias!' -- Appendix A. note on sources -- Appendix B. Who's who in the Peloponnesian War -- Appendix C. Peloponnesian War glossary.

✦ Table of Contents

Prelude --
a band of brothers --
'From this the Corinthians developed their bitter hatred for the Athenians' --
'Give the Greeks their freedom' --
'Our city is an education to Greece' --
'War is a violent teacher' --
'Spindles would be worth a lot' --
'Weeping for joy' --
'The strong do what they have the power to do' --
'What of us then who for our children must weep?' --
'The whole of Greece against Athens' --
'Ships gone ... don't know what to do' --
'Athens is taken' --
'Here's to the noble Critias!' --
Appendix A. note on sources --
Appendix B. Who's who in the Peloponnesian War --
Appendix C. Peloponnesian War glossary.

✦ Subjects

Peloponnesischer Krieg;Historiography;Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.);Intellectual life;Electronic books;History;Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C;Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. -- Influence;Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. -- Historiography;Athens (Greece) -- Intellectual life;Greece;Greece -- Athens

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