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100 1 _aThucydides,
_d456? BCE-396 BCE
245 1 0 _aStories from Thucydides
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2005-10-01
508 _aProduced by Charles Franks, Delphine Lettau and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders. HTML version by Al Haines.
520 _a"Stories from Thucydides" by Thucydides is a historical account likely written in the early 20th century, retelling key events of the Peloponnesian War, which ravaged Greece in the late 5th century BC. The book provides an accessible rendition of Thucydides' original work, illustrating the rise and fall of Athens as it faced various conflicts, particularly with Sparta, amidst the complexities of Greek politics and human nature. The opening of this narrative sets the stage for the catastrophic war that consumed the Greek city-states, detailing Athens' initial recovery from Persian domination and the subsequent growth of its power that led to resentment and eventual conflict with other city-states. It discusses the strategic decisions of prominent leaders like Themistocles and Pericles, emphasizing the fragile alliances that characterized Greek politics. The accounts establish a backdrop of rising tensions, accumulating grievances, and the pivotal events that precipitated the outbreak of war, including the siege of Plataea and the naval confrontations that would define the struggle for supremacy in the region. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aGreece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. -- Fiction
700 1 _aHavell, H. L.
_q(Herbert Lord),
_d-1913
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9074
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