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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.

  • A penetrating new study of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta by an established scholar
  • Offers an original interpretation of how and why the war began
  • Weaves in the contemporary evidence of Aristophanes in order to give readers a new sense of how the war affected the individual
  • Discusses the practicalities and realities of the war
  • Examines the blossoming of culture and intellectual achievement in Athens despite the war
  • Challenges the approach of Thucydides in his account of the war

A New History of the Peloponnesian War

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Paperback / softback by Lawrence A. Tritle

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 27/11/2009
    ISBN13: 9781405122511, 978-1405122511
    ISBN10: 140512251X

    Number of Pages: 314

    Non Fiction , History

    Description

    Description

    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.

    • A penetrating new study of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta by an established scholar
    • Offers an original interpretation of how and why the war began
    • Weaves in the contemporary evidence of Aristophanes in order to give readers a new sense of how the war affected the individual
    • Discusses the practicalities and realities of the war
    • Examines the blossoming of culture and intellectual achievement in Athens despite the war
    • Challenges the approach of Thucydides in his account of the war

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