CONTENTS
Introduction by Victor Davis Hanson
Editor's Note
Key to Map Symbols
Calendar of the Peloponnesian War
Book One
Book Two
Book Three
Book Four
Book Five
Book Six
Book Seven
Book Eight
Epilogue
Theaters of Operation in the Peloponnesian War
Appendix A The Athenian Government in Thucydides
Alan L. Boegehold, Brown University
Appendix B The Athenian Empire in Thucydides
Alan L. Boegehold, Brown University
Appendix C Spartan Institutions in Thucydides
Paul Cartledge, Clare College, Cambridge University
Appendix D The Peloponnesian League in Thucydides
Paul Cartledge, Clare College, Cambridge University
Appendix E The Persians in Thucydides
Robert B. Strassler
Appendix F Land Warfare in Thucydides
Victor Davis Hanson, California State University at Fresno
Appendix G Trireme Warfare in Thucydides
Nicolle Hirschfeld, University of Texas at Austin
Appendix H Dialects and Ethnic Groups in Thucydides
William F. Wyatt, Brown University
Appendix I Religious Festivals in Thucydides
Gregory Crane, Tufts University
Appendix J Classical Greek Currency in Thucydides
Thomas R. Martin, College of the Holy Cross
Appendix K Calendars and Dating Systems in Thucydides
Thomas R. Martin, College of the Holy Cross
Glossary
Bibliography of Ancient Sources
Concise Bibliography of Modern Sources
Acknowledgments
Index
Reference Maps
Robert B. Strassler is an unaffiliated scholar whose articles have appeared in the Journal of Hellenic Studies. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.
David Denby Los Angeles Times A magnificent edition of the great
historian's The Peloponnesian War.
Donald Kagan author of On the Origins of War and Pericles of Athens
This is the best book with which to start study of Thueydides and
the Peloponnesian War.
Paul A. Rahne The Washington Times Without question, this is the
finest edition of Thueydides history ever produced; It is a
treasure.
The Boston Globe Thoroughly readable....Anyone interested in the
culture of conflict -- political as well as military, contemporary
as well as ancient -- can learn much from this durable work.
David Denby Los Angeles Times A magnificent edition of the
great historian's The Peloponnesian War.
Donald Kagan author of On the Origins of War and Pericles
of Athens This is the best book with which to start study of
Thueydides and the Peloponnesian War.
Paul A. Rahne The Washington Times Without question, this is
the finest edition of Thueydides history ever produced; It is a
treasure.
The Boston Globe Thoroughly readable....Anyone interested in
the culture of conflict -- political as well as military,
contemporary as well as ancient -- can learn much from this durable
work.
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