A New History of the Peloponnesian WarISBN: 978-1-4051-2251-1
Paperback
314 pages
November 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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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.
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A penetrating new study of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta by an established scholar
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Offers an original interpretation of how and why the war began
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Weaves in the contemporary evidence of Aristophanes in order to give readers a new sense of how the war affected the individual
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Discusses the practicalities and realities of the war
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Examines the blossoming of culture and intellectual achievement in Athens despite the war
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Challenges the approach of Thucydides in his account of the war