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An eyewitness historian offers a chronological account of the prolonged conflict between Athens and Sparta, blending detailed narratives of land and naval campaigns with close analysis of political decisions. The work traces the war's origins and major operations, records public debates and formal speeches as reported by the historian, and examines social consequences such as disease, sieges, and internal strife. Attention centers on strategy, shifting alliances, and the practical effects of power struggles, while periodic methodological remarks address sources and chronology and the overall aim is to explain causes and outcomes rather than to deliver moral judgments.

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Title: The History of the Peloponnesian War

Author: Thucydides

Translator: Richard Crawley

Release date: December 1, 2004 [eBook #7142]
Most recently updated: September 7, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Albert Imrie and David Widger

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR ***

THE HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR

By Thucydides 431 BC

Translated by Richard Crawley

With Permission
to
CONNOP THIRLWALL
Historian of Greece
This Translation of the Work of His
Great Predecessor
is Respectfully Inscribed
by
—The Translator—


CONTENTS

BOOK I
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V

BOOK II
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII

BOOK III
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI

BOOK IV
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV

BOOK V
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII

BOOK VI
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX

BOOK VII
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII

BOOK VIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI