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The Peloponnesian War

Ancient sources | Thucydides | The war in general | Particular points | Inscriptions | Reviews | Bibliographies | Discussions

This page is dedicated to the Peloponnesian War. It is regularly updated. Therefore do not hesitate to check it out from time to time.

Last update of this page: dec. 2011

REVIEWS (Last update: dec. 2011)

In this section you will find reviews of books related to the Peloponnesian War. Most of them are available thanks to the Bryn Mawr Classical Review.

THE WAR IN GENERAL (Last update: sep. 2009)

In this section you will find resources about the Peloponnesian War in general (maps, chronological tables and various overviews in French and English).

ANCIENT SOURCES (Last update: mar. 2009)

In this section you will find texts related to the Peloponnesian War and written by ancient authors (War accounts by Thucydides, Xenophon and Diodorus Siculus, lives of generals by Plutarch and Cornelius Nepos, plays dedicated to the war by Aristophanes and notes about the Oxyrhunchus historian). Some texts are in Ancient Greek, others in Latin or in modern translations. To read commentaries about the work of Thucydides, please refer to the Thucydides section.

INSCRIPTIONS (Last update: mar. 2009)

In this section you will find images of both epigraphical inscriptions related to the Peloponnesian War and ancient Thucydides papyri from the 1st to the 3rd century AD. All this is made available by Charles Crowther at the Oxford University Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents.

DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THUCYDIDES (Last update: mar. 2009)

In this section you will learn how to subscribe to mailing lists and discussions groups dedicated to Thucydides. Links to the corresponding archives are also provided.

THUCYDIDES (Last update: jan. 2009)

In this section you will find resources about Thucydides (pictures, life, comments about his work, comparisons with Herodotos and Protagoras, discussions about his influence etc). To access to his text in Greek or English please refer to the Ancient sources section.

PARTICULAR POINTS (Last update: jun. 2001)

In this section you will find resources dedicated to particular subjects in relation with the Peloponnesian War (there are links about Pericles, about the Athenian Plague, about the Megarian decree, about specific battles etc).

BIBLIOGRAPHIES (Last update: mar. 2001)

In this section you will find links to bibliographical resources dedicated to Thucydides, to ancient warfare and to other subjects related to the Peloponnesian war.


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