On Justice, Power, and Human Nature: Selections from History of the Peloponnesian War

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Author: Thucydides

ISBN-10: 0872201686

ISBN-13: 9780872201682

Category: Greece - Ancient History

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PrefaceIntroductionBibliographical NotesMaps1Early History and Method1aThucydides' preface [i.1]1bThe archaeology [i.2-20]2cOn historical method [i.21-22]122Origins of the War15aThucydides' explanation for the war [i.23]15bDebate at Sparta in 432 [i.66-88]16cMeeting of the Peloponnesian League in 431 [Summary of i.118-24]30dPericles' war speech [i. 140-46]31eThe war begins with an attack on Plataea [ii.1-8]363Pericles and the Plague39aThe Funeral Oration of Pericles [ii.35-46]39bThe plague: human nature laid bare by a natural disaster [ii.47-54]46cMilitary operations of 430 [ii.55-58]51dPericles' last speech [ii. 59-64]52eThucydides' judgment of Pericles [ii.65]564Justice and power: Plataea and Mytilene59aFurther events of 430 [ii.66-70]59bThe siege of Plataea [ii.71-78]62cThe Mytilenean debate [iii. 37-51]66dThe Plataean debate [iii.52-68]765Human Nature Laid Bare in Civil War89aThe civil war in Corcyra [iii.81.2-85]89bThe end of the Corcyrean insurgents [iv.47.3-48]946Justice and Power: Acanthus and Melos97aThe Spartans at Acanthus [iv.84.2-87]97bEvents leading to the Peace of Nicias [Summary]100cThe Melian dialogue [v.84-116]1027The Sicilian Expedition111aSicilian antiquities, [Summary of vi.2-6]111bDebate at Athens [vi.8-26]112cLaunching the expedition [Summary of vi.27-105]123dDefeat of the expedition [vii.1-viii.1, Summary and Translation]1298Aftermath of the Sicilian Expedition [Summary]155Dates161Glossary163Index171