The History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides · English
Thucydides' history of the war between Athens and Sparta and their allies (431 to 404 BC) breaks off unfinished in 411 BC.
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Thucydides' history of the war between Athens and Sparta and their allies (431 to 404 BC) breaks off unfinished in 411 BC. Read it here in English translation, side by side with a Chinese translation.
The History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides · English
Thucydides' history of the war between Athens and Sparta and their allies (431 to 404 BC) breaks off unfinished in 411 BC.
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CHAPTER I The State of Greece from the earliest Times to the Commencement of the Peloponnesian War 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. This belief was not without its grounds. The preparations of both the combatants were in every department in the last state of perfection
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Thucydides' history of the war between Athens and Sparta and their allies (431 to 404 BC) breaks off unfinished in 411 BC. Read it here in English translation, side by side with a Chinese translation.
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