A New History of the Peloponnesian War

List of illustrations viii

List of maps x

List of abbreviations xi

Chronology xiii

Acknowledgments xix

Preface xxi

Prelude – a band of brothers 1

1 ‘From this the Corinthians developed their bitter hatred for the Athenians’ 4

2 ‘Give the Greeks their freedom’ 25

3 ‘Our city is an education to Greece’ 44

4 ‘War is a violent teacher’ 67

5 ‘Spindles would be worth a lot’ 85

6 ‘Weeping for joy’ 111

7 ‘The strong do what they have the power to do’ 132

8 ‘What of us then who for our children must weep?’ 144

9 ‘The whole of Greece against Athens’ 165

10 ‘Ships gone . . . don’t know what to do’ 186

11 ‘Athens is taken’ 205

12 ‘Here’s to the noble Critias!’ 223

Epilogue 241

Appendix A: A note on sources 243

Appendix B: Who’s who in the Peloponnesian War 248

Appendix C: A Peloponnesian War glossary 258

Bibliography 263

Index 275