A New History of the Peloponnesian War 1st Edition by Lawrence Tritle 140512251X 9781405122511
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ISBN 10: 140512251X
ISBN 13: 9781405122511
Author: Lawrence A. Tritle
This stimulating new study provides a narrative of the monumental conflict of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and examines the realities of the war and its effects on the average Athenian. A penetrating new study of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta by an established scholar Offers an original interpretation of how and why the war began Weaves in the contemporary evidence of Aristophanes in order to give readers a new sense of how the war affected the individual Discusses the practicalities and realities of the war Examines the blossoming of culture and intellectual achievement in Athens despite the war Challenges the approach of Thucydides in his account of the war
A New History of the Peloponnesian War 1st Table of contents:
1 ‘From this the Corinthians developed their bitter hatred for the Athenians’
2 ‘Give the Greeks their freedom’
3 ‘Our city is an education to Greece’
4 ‘War is a violent teacher’
5 ‘Spindles would be worth a lot’
6 ‘Weeping for joy’
7 ‘The strong do what they have the power to do’
8 ‘What of us then who for our children must weep?’
9 ‘The whole of Greece against Athens’
10 ‘Ships gone . . . don’t know what to do’
11 ‘Athens is taken’
12 ‘Here’s to the noble Critias!’
Epilogue
Appendix A: A note on sources
Appendix B: Who’s who in the Peloponnesian War
Appendix C: A Peloponnesian War glossary
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