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References for Peloponnesian Wars

Kagan, D. The Archidamian War, Ithaca, NY, 1974.

Kagan, D. Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, Ithaca, NY, 1969.

Kagan, Donald. The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition, Ithaca, NY, 1981.

Kagan, D., The Fall of the Athenian Empire, 1987.

Strauss, B.S., Athens After the Peloponnesian War, 1987.

History of the Peloponnesian War -- the complete text by Thucydides (1.2 Mb)

Plutarch's life of Alcibiades - 97K - Alcibiades was an Athenian leader during the Peloponnesian War. And great fun at a party, too!

Plutarch's life of Pericles -100K - Pericles was the great leader of Athens during its golden age.

 


 

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