Thucydides has 383 books on goodreads with 72718 ratings. History of the peloponnesian war, by thucydides book vi during the same winter the athenians conceived a desire of sending another expedition to sicily, larger than those commanded by laches and eurymedon. Histories, thucydides translated into english volume 1 1 of 32 translations. Home collections texts perseus catalog research grants open source about help hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. His work was the first recorded political and moral analysis of a nations war policies. As is visible in the structure of the xml file where the annotation is stored. The history of the peloponnesian war the internet classics. Funded by the annenberg cpb project table of contents page 1 of 152. History of the peloponnesian war, thoukydides meta scholion palaion kai pany ophelimon choris hon ho syngrapheus poly, aneucheres esti. Project gutenberg presents history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides translated by richard crawley. Thucydides thoosidehdees is a tool designed to make writing automated acceptance and regression tests easier refer to pt.
Figure 1 represents a sentence from thucydides, histories i 89. Thucydides, an athenian, wrote the history of the war between the. Dear all, you may find by now that book 4 is significantly different from the narratives of the previous three books. Isonomia equality of political rights, from the greek. Before athens suffered defeat at delium in 424 bc, sparta had sent an expedition under brasidas to assist perdiccas ii of macedonia and other opponents of athens. Thucydidess most popular book is history of the peloponnesian war. Lamachus had sailed into the pontus and anchored his ships in the river calex. Xenophon takes up the tale again if you are frustrated by not knowing the ending of the struggle. Thucydides states that lamachus was sent to the euxine again in 424 bce for the purpose of collecting tributes. The perseus project has published two cdroms and created the online perseus digital library. Against this fear is our chief safeguard, teaching us to obey the magistrates and the laws, particularly such as regard the protection of the injured, whether they are actually on the statute book, or belong to that code which, although unwritten, yet cannot be broken without acknowledged disgrace.
Messene now messina had been forced to join the athenian confederacy the year before iii. Besides supervising the perseus project as a whole, he has been primarily responsible for the development of the morphological analysis system which provides many of the links within the perseus database. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book iv, chapter 40. Thucydides academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Everything else that we are told of him either by his biographers or in the occasional remarks of other writers has the character of. Adding the last section in a range does not change the link url, since pages on perseus include only one section.
Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war my work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last forever. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. Thvcydides cvm scholiis et antiqvis et vtilibvs sine q. Unfortunately as of july 1st 1998 it will begin to charge for access. The perseus project was one of the great web projects. Robert strasslers new edition removes these obstacles by providing a new coherence to the narrative overall, and by effectively reconstructing the lost cultural context that thucydides shared with his original audience. And even at the present day many parts of hellas still follow the old fashion, the ozolian locrians, for instance, the aetolians, the acarnanians, and that region of the continent. Thucydides, greatest of ancient greek historians and author of the history of the peloponnesian war, which recounts the struggle between athens and sparta in the 5th century bc.
Thucydides s most popular book is history of the peloponnesian war. Chapter ix fourth and fifth years of the war revolt of mitylene the next summer, just as the corn was getting ripe, the peloponnesians and their allies invaded attica under the command of archidamus, son of zeuxidamus, king of the lacedaemonians, and sat down and ravaged the land. Thucydides project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Thucydides divides his history into summers and winters, thus reckoning more accurately, as he points out v. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides. During the winter of 424423 bc, the spartan general brasidas attacked amphipolis, a halfdays sail west from thasos on the thracian coast, instigating the battle of amphipolis. The project assembles digital collections of humanities resources. Thucydides simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Although thucydides records the speech in the first person as if it were a word for word record of what pericles said, there can be little doubt that he edited the speech at the very least. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book iv. History of the peloponnesian warbook 7 wikisource, the.
Thucydides of athens, one of the greatest of historians, was born about 471 bce. The battle of lyncestislyncus took place in 423 bc between the allied forces of the lyncestians and illyrians against those of the spartans and macedonians. He saw the rise of athens to greatness under the inspired leadership of pericles. However, this classic book has long presented obstacles to the uninitiated reader. Collaborators initially formed the project to construct a large, heterogeneous collection of materials, textual and visual, on the archaic and classical greek world. For also now as he marched forward, there met him at the river enipeus others, of a. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. Dec 01, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by. Thus the winter ended, and with it ended the seventh year of this war of which thucydides is the historian. The peloponnesian war modern library of the worlds best books thucydides on. Martin, an overview of classical greek history from homer to alexander, which was written as an historical introduction to the perseus project.
World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. The state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. Locri epizephyrii, a colony founded by the locrians of greece, was in the s. Peloponnesian war is fascinating in its laconic objectivity and for its wide coverage of interesting times written by a man who was a general during the war, suffered from defeat, exile and the ravages of the athenian plague and yet. Thucydides divides his history into summers and winters, thus reckoning more accurately, as he points out, than by the names of the archons or other officials of the year in different states. Horse square in the ottoman period in what is now istanbul, turkey. It provides features that make it easier to organize and structure your acceptance tests, associating them with the user stories or features that they test. At the same time however thucydides is bringing to light the power that one man can possess over people whose human nature has.
In 430, the second year of the peloponnesian war, he caught and survived the horrible plague which he described so graphically. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 2, chapter 54, section 4. The history of the peloponnesian war, by thucydides 431 bc. Find link is a tool written by edward betts searching for perseus project 97 found 899 total alternate case. Summary by olorou for further information, including links to online text, reader information, rss feeds, cd cover or other formats if available, please go. There he lost ten of his ships during a sudden flood, but was able to deliver his men safely to chalcedon. Thucydides narrative breaks off in the middle of the year 411 bc, and this abrupt end has traditionally been explained as due to his death while writing the book, although other explanations have been put. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history because of his strict standards of evidencegathering and analysis. Since 1985 he has been engaged in planning and development of the perseus project, which he directs as the editorinchief. The funeral oration was recorded by thucydides in book two of his famous history of the peloponnesian war.
Logos bible software has announced the addition of the perseus collection to their library for free. This project began as a series of three research workshops organised by professor neville morley to explore different facets of thucydides reception in history, political theory and international relations. Apr 16, 2012 history of the peloponnesian warbook 4. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 4, chapter 80, section 3. This is an amazing collection of resources and it is to logos credit that they are not charging anything at all for the books. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 4, chapter 80. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history due to his strict standards of evidencegathering and analysis in terms of cause. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history due to his strict standards of evidence. Feb 03, 20 book 8 78758 history of the peloponnesian war book 7 thucydides richard crawley eighteenth and nineteenth years of the war arrival of gylippus at syracuse fortification of decelea successes of the syracusans edit. Thucydides focuses more closely on three main arenas that were previously introduced in our earlier readings.
Home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens. Because of his influence in the thracian region, thucydides wrote, he was sent as a strategos general to thasos in 424 bc. The history of the peloponnesian war has been divided into the following sections. The perseus project version 4 also known as perseus hopper is a digital library project of tufts university, which is located in medford and somerville, near boston, in the u. History of the peloponnesian warbook 6 wikisource, the. His history of the peloponnesian war recounts the fifthcentury bc war between sparta and athens until the year 411 bc.
Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the first. The first book 245k the second book 190k the third book 187k the fourth book 220k the fifth book 169k the sixth book 187k. The citizens could read these speeches and be inspired by the powerful words of thucydides a man whose human nature was that to be aspired to by every other man. Thucydides, an athenian, wrote the history of the war between the peloponnesians and the athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war, and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it. Thucydides cum scholiis et antiquis et utilibus sine quibus autor intellectu multum est, difficilis. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 4, chapter 42, section 3. The battle was part of the wider peloponnesian wars. And the winter ended, and with it ended the sixteenth year of this war of which thucydides is the historian.
You may wish to read other relevant sections in martins overview even when not assigned table of contents to. This page will try, however, to keep a running account of alternate sources for the texts, either originals or translations, on the perseus site. His history of the peloponnesian war recounts the 5th century bc war between sparta and athens to the year 411 bc. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war thomas hobbes, ed. The only pity is that thucidides died before finishing the book. Thucydides project department of classics and ancient. Thucydides, an athenian, wrote the history of the war between the peloponnesians and the athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 1, chapter 1.
Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the fourth book. Chapter i the state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war. Thucydides quotes author of history of the peloponnesian war. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning. All search options view abbreviations home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help. Twentyfour centuries of history dealing with peloponnesian war, greece. Thucydides born around 460 bc died around 395 bc greek. Here you can enter a characters name and search only in that characters speech fully implemented in greek texts of tragedy and comedy. Athens sends a huge fleet to sicily and suffers disaster. However, thucydides history was never finished, and as such, ends midsentence in the.
Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 4, chapter 40, section 2. Thucydides on other revolutions during the war thucydides begins with very specific details about the revolution at corcyra, but then goes on to use it as an example of the revolutions that occurred during the remaining portion of the war. Text objects are also handy if you are looking for demosthenes on the crown and dont remember the number of the speech. Strassler, richard crawley translation, annotated, indexed and illustrated, a touchstone book, new york, ny, 1996 isbn 068482815 4 secondary sources cochrane, charles norris, thucydides and the science of history, oxford university press 1929. Link to greek text of thucydides history of the peloponnesian war at the perseus project by book, chapter, and section number. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history by those who accept his claims to. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. History of the peloponnesian war from project gutenberg. It was subsequently eclipsed until brought back into english as isonomy equality of law. Though we have several ancient biographies of thucydides, 1 our trustworthy knowledge of the circumstances of his life rests almost exclusively on a few notices casually imparted by himself. The perseus project has been around since 1985, bringing classic literature to the internet. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war benjamin jowett, ed. His sardonic sense of humor is evident throughout, as when, during his description of the athenian plague, he remarks that old athenians seemed to remember a rhyme which said that with the dorian war would come a great death.