The Peloponnesian War

Thucydides, Steven Lattimore

Hackett Publishing, Mar 13, 1998 - History - 530 pages

The first unabridged translation into American English, and the first to take into account the wealth of Thucydidean scholarship of the last half of the twentieth century, Steven Lattimore's translation sets a new standard for accuracy and reliability. Notes provide information necessary for a fuller understanding of problematic passages, explore their implications as well as the problems they may pose, and shed light on Thucydides as a distinctive literary artist as well as a source for historians and political theorists.

Contents

• Book 1: 1
• The immediate causes of the war clashes between 2465: 24
• Exchange of complaints between Sparta and 12646: 46
• Plataia besieged by the Peloponnesians and 7194 110: 71
• Book 2: 72
• Macedon invaded by a Thracian ally of Athens End 95102 124: 95
• Book 3: 130
• Surrender of Plataia trial and execution of the 5168: 154
• Civil war on Corcyra authors observations on the 6990: 164
• Demosthenes and the Athenians defeated in Aitolia 91104: 174
• Victories of Athenians under Demosthenes in 10516: 181
• Book 4: 187
• Athenian successes against Sparta General peace 5274: 213
• Armistice between the Athenians and the Spartans 11735: 241
• Book 5: 252
• Peace and fiftyyear alliance between Athens and 1339: 260
• Alliance between the Athenians and the Argives and 4083: 274
• Athenian expedition against Melos dialogue 84116: 294
• Book 6: 302
• Expedition to Sicily launched Nikias and 832: 310
• Syracusans defeated by Athenians reorganization of 6288: 337
• Alcibiades defection to Spartans his role in 89105: 351
• Book 7: 360
• Athenian navy defeated by Syracusans and their 3149: 374
• Desperate attempt of the Athenians to escape by sea 5071: 386
• Athenian retreat by land under constant enemy 7287: 398
• Book 8: 408
• Renewed fighting Spartans discouraged by defeat at 718: 415
• Rupture between Spartans and Alcibiades his 4560: 432
• Democracy at Athens replaced by narrow and 6188: 441
• Disintegration and overthrow of oligarchy at 89109: 456
• Abbreviations: 469
• Index of Speeches: 484
• Index: 492

About the author

Steven Lattimore is Associate Professor of Classics and Classical Archeology, University of California, Los Angeles.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Peloponnesian War; Hackett Classics Series; Kellys Keys to the Classics; Penguin classics
• Authors: Thucydides, Steven Lattimore
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing, 1998
• ISBN: 0872203948, 9780872203945
• Length: 530 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / Greece