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History of the Peloponnesian War

History of the Peloponnesian War

by Thucydides

A contemporary history of the ancient Greek war between Athens and Sparta and their allies.

Languages
English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1874
Latest release
Oct 8, 2026
Pages
691
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
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Table of Contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Book I
  3. I. The state of Greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the Peloponnesian War
  4. II. Causes of the war
  5. III. Congress of the Peloponnesian Confederacy at Lacedaemon
  6. IV. From the end of the Persian to the beginning of the Peloponnesian War
  7. V. Second Congress at Lacedaemon
  8. Book II
  9. VI. Beginning of the Peloponnesian War
  10. VII. Second Year of the War
  11. VIII. The Third Year of the War
  12. Book III
  13. IX. Fourth and fifth years of the war—Revolt of Mitylene
  14. Fifth year of the war—Trial and execution of the Plataeans—Corcyraean revolution
  15. XI. Sixth year of the war—Campaigns of Demosthenes in western Greece—Ruin of Ambracia
  16. Book IV
  17. XII. Seventh Year of the War
  18. XIII. Seventh and eighth years of the war—End of Corcyraean revolution—Peace of Gela—Capture of Nisaea
  19. XIV. Eighth and ninth years of the war
  20. Book V
  21. XV. Tenth year of the war—Death of Cleon and Brasidas—Peace of Nicias
  22. XVI. Feeling against Sparta in Peloponnese
  23. XVII. The Melian Conference
  24. Book VI
  25. XVIII. The Sicilian Campaign
  26. XIX. The Seventeenth Year of the War
  27. XX. Seventeenth and eighteenth years of the war—Inaction of the Athenian army—Alcibiades at Sparta—Investment of Syracus
  28. Book VII
  29. XXI. Eighteenth and nineteenth years of the war
  30. XXII. Nineteenth year of the war
  31. XXIII. Nineteenth year of the war
  32. Book VIII
  33. XXIV. The War in Ionia
  34. XXV
  35. XXVI
  36. Battles of Naupactus