thucydides history of the peloponnesian war book 1

Gradually, city-states emerged throughout Greece, with Athens as one of the most progressive and powerful. In several other sections Thucydides briefly discusses developments in Greece during the seven centuries or so after its conquest of Troy. 12th century BCE), the king of Mycenae and the leader of the Greek expedition to Troy.

Rather than dwelling on moral, ethical, or kinship factors, he stresses economics and politics, emphasizing the superior power of Agamemnon (flourished c. 1100 BCE) was a landmark conflict in the history of Greece, and Thucydides discusses it at some length.

Sparta and some of its allies are located on the Peloponnese Athens is on the mainland. The Peloponnese (also called Peloponnesus), after which the war is named, is a mountainous landmass jutting into the Mediterranean Sea it is the southernmost tip of the Balkan peninsula, connected to mainland Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth. In the rest of the chapter Thucydides surveys what he has been able to determine about Greek history since its earliest recorded beginnings, devoting considerable attention to support his claim about the momentous significance of the Peloponnesian War. He asserts that he began his work when the war itself began, since he believed at the time that it would be the greatest conflict that had ever convulsed Greece. 460–00 BCE) introduces his History of the Peloponnesian War.

Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war book 1