List of books and articles about thucydides online. Thucydides peloponnesian war, steven lattimore translation. Thucydides narrative breaks off in the middle of the year 411 bc, and this abrupt end has traditionally been explained as due to his death while writing the book, although other explanations have been put. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history due to his strict standards of evidence. Introduction chapters 1 through 23 the dispute over epidamnus, 435433 b. See all books authored by thucydides, including history of the peloponnesian war, and on justice, power and human nature.
The numbers in the browse by lists represent not physical volumes but works, the texts seen as artistic creations, for example homers iliad, or livys history of rome. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 1, chapter 1. Histories, thucydides translated into english volume 1 1 of 32 translations. Funded by the annenberg cpb project table of contents page 1 of 152. History of the peloponnesian war american university of. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. He dedicated his career to the deep study of this conflict and his book is a modern masterpiece. His history of the peloponnesian war recounts the fifthcentury bc war between sparta and athens until the year 411 bc.
This text was converted to electronic form by optical character recognition and has been proofread to a high level of accuracy. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the first book. As usual the athenians do not provide massed resistance. Against this fear is our chief safeguard, teaching us to obey the magistrates and the laws, particularly such as regard the protection of the injured, whether they are actually on the statute book, or belong to that code which, although unwritten, yet cannot be broken without acknowledged disgrace. History of the peloponnesian warbook 4 wikisource, the.
The digital images were cleaned and prepared for printing through automated processes. This project began as a series of three research workshops organised by professor neville morley to explore different facets of thucydides reception in history, political theory and international relations. Book 3 summary and analysis in the summer of 428 bc, the peloponnesian army once again invades attica. The history was divided into separate books by later scholars, but is now, in its. However, thucydides history was never finished, and as such, ends midsentence in the winter of 411 bce. For inconsiderate boldness was counted truehearted manliness. So the peloponnesians gave the plataeans food for certain. Link to greek text of thucydides history of the peloponnesian war at the perseus project by book, chapter, and section number. In the following summer, when the corn was in full ear, the. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Thucydides, an athenian, wrote the history of the war between the peloponnesians and the athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war, and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it. Thucydides cum commentariis antiquis et valde utilibus sine quibus author intellectu, est quam difficillimus. History of the peloponnesian war, thoukydides, meta scholion palaion kai panu ophelimon choris on, ouk euxunetos ho, xungrapheus. Thucydides on other revolutions during the war thucydides begins with very specific details about the revolution at corcyra, but then goes on to use it as an example of the revolutions that occurred during the remaining portion of the war. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides 431 bc translated by richard crawley book i. As a general in the peloponnesian war he failed 424 bc to prevent the surrender of the city of amphipolis to the spartan commander brasidas and was exiled until the end of the war. Thucydides uses slf4j for its logging, so add an slf4j implementation e. History of the peloponnesian war from project gutenberg.
Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the third book. Thucydides project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The hellespont project dai, tufts university aims to structure the text of a passage from the ancient greek historian thucydides 1. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history because of his strict standards of evidencegathering and analysis. Outline of thucydides book 3 university of vermont.
Thucydides has 383 books on goodreads with 73066 ratings. Thucydides books list of books by author thucydides. Here you can enter a characters name and search only in that characters speech fully implemented in greek texts of tragedy and comedy. To search, please enter your query in the search box above. Getting started thucydideswebteststhucydides wiki github. He had also a navy far stronger than his contemporaries.
Thucydides thucydides on justice power and human nature. Selections from the history of the peloponnesian war, and more on. This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the university of california libraries. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides. This study guide consists of approximately 49 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of history of the peloponnesian war. Additional formats may also be available from the main gutenberg site.
Book iii, chapters 823 chapter 82 1 so bloody was the march of the revolution, and the impression which it made was the greater as it was one of the first to occur. If you want to add thucydides to an existing project, you just need to add the thucydides dependencies to your project. The internet history sourcebooks project is located at the. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. Thus the winter ended, and with it ended the seventh year of this war of which thucydides is the historian. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war thomas hobbes, ed. And so the power of the descendants of pelops came to be greater than that of the descendants of perseus.
If youd like to immediately browse works, editions, or translations, take a look at the limiting fields to the right. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides, part of the internet classics archive. His history of the peloponnesian war recounts the 5th century bc war between sparta and athens to the year 411 bc. I would next recommend the landmark edition of thucydides. Peloponnesian invasion of attica 428 bce 26 revolt of mytilene athenian expedition to lesbos 7 athenian expedition to acarnania. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides free. It was produced from digital images created through the libraries mass digitization efforts. Syracusan coins commemorated the victory over the athenians, with arethusa, dolphins, captured arms, and nike crowning victorious charioteer. All search options view abbreviations home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help. The state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war.
Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book iii, chapter 36. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history by those who accept his claims to.
Thucydides divides his history into summers and winters, thus reckoning more accurately, as he points out v. Thucydides, greatest of ancient greek historians and author of the history of the peloponnesian war, which recounts the struggle between athens and sparta in the 5th century bc. Thucydides project department of classics and ancient. Works by thucydides at librivox public domain audiobooks short bibliography on thucydides lowell edmunds, rutgers university. The best overall study of the peloponnesian war is donald kagans book. Thucydidess most popular book is history of the peloponnesian war. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 3, chapter 70. Adding the last section in a range does not change the link url, since pages on perseus. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book iii. History of the peloponnesian warbook 3 wikisource, the. Herodotus, the histories, book 1, chapter 1, section 0.
Text objects are also handy if you are looking for demosthenes on the crown and dont remember the number of the speech. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the first. Reading kagan is great preparation for taking on thucydides. His work was the first recorded political and moral analysis of a nations war policies. Home collections texts perseus catalog research grants open source about help hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. History of the peloponnesian war by thucydides translated by richard crawley. Thus the winter ended, and with it ended the fifth year of this war, of which thucydides was the historian.