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The Peloponnesian War
Lawrence Tritle
Book Code: GR2499
ISBN: 0-313-32499-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32499-4
232 pages, maps; photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 11/30/2004
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and two-year technical program students; general readers.
    —Choice     October 2005
  • [S]erves its purpose very well....this book would be a useful addition to the library.
    —The Journal of Classics Teaching     Summer 2005
  • [C]overs the early democracy created by Athens, which warred with its neighbors for decades in struggle to control the region. Tritle's history serves as a fine introduction to the event, packing in not just biographies and history, but annotated primary documents and a cultural and social overview of the war and the times....[a]n important library reference.
    —MBR Bookwatch/Donovan's Bookshelf     April 2005
Description: The Peloponnesian War resonates with contemporary events like few other episodes in ancient history. Though a democracy, Athens warred with its neighbors for decades in a doomed bid to secure its Aegean and Mediterranean empire. The ambitious city-state's eventual reward was defeat and tyrannical rule, effectively ending Athens's Golden Age, which flourished during the war in the fifth century BC. Not coincidentally did Athens flourish economically, militarily, artistically, and philosophically during the fifth century BC. Empire created great wealth, which supported the then novel democratic government. Wealth also supported the arts and letters. This was the time of Socrates, Plato, Aristophanes, Perikles and Thucydides, figures whose works and musings on war and its effects are widely read to this day. Designed as an accessible introduction to this immensely important event, The Peloponnesian War offers readers and researchers an appealing mix of descriptive chapters, biographical sketches, and annotated primary documents. An overview of the war is presented, followed a presentation of Thucydides' account of the war's causes. A look at the intertwined, some would say poisoned, relation of democracy and empire is offered, as are chapters on how the war was represented in plays, statuary, and pottery. The ethics of war are delved into by detailing the life, teachings, and eventual death of Socrates. And, critically, a chapter is devoted to those who most often suffer the harmful consequence of war: women. A glossary of terms is present, as is an annotated timeline, maps, useful illustrations, an annotated bibliography, and a thorough index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Plates and Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Series Foreword by Bella Vivante
  • Author's Preface
  • Chronology of Events
  • The Peloponnesian War Explained
  • Overview of the War
  • Thucydides and the Causes of the War
  • Democracy and Imperialism
  • The Arts in War
  • War, Philosophy and Socrates
  • Women and War
  • Conclusions
  • Biographies: The Personalities of War
  • Primary Documents
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2004047506
LCC Class: DF229
Dewey Class: 938
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