peloponnesian war, 431-404 b.c

Presents an introduction to the Peloponnesian War, during fifth century, B.C., and includes description of the events, biographical sketches of important individuals involved, and an examination of primary documents.

A contemporary account of the long, disastrous conflict between Athens and Sparta, written by Thucydides four hundred years before the birth of Christ.

A biography of the ancient Greek historian and general Thucydides, discussing his childhood, life in Sparta, and account of the Peloponnesian War.

As commander on land & sea, Alcibiades was never defeated. Kinsman of Pericles, prot?g? of Socrates, the warrior was renowned as the most brilliant & charismatic personality of his day, as--fearlessly ambitious, politically ruthless--he forever altered Athens' destiny. During the twenty-seven-year Peloponnesian War, he swept from victory to victory, seemingly invincible. And then, in a shattering twist of fortune, he tumbled from glory. Recounted by Alcibiades' trusted bodyguard & hired assassin in a mesmerizing death-row confession, Tides of War is historical fiction at its finest--a rich & moving flesh-and-blood retelling of one of history's pivotal conflicts, written by an incomparable master of historical fiction.

Presents an account of the Peloponnesian War, a decades-long conflict at the end of the fifth century B.C. that pitted Athenians against Spartans, discussing the brutality that characterized the fighting, and considering the impact of the war on the growth of democracy in Greece.

Translates Aristophanes' 411 B.C. play "Lysistrata, " in which an Athenian woman leads many fellow Greek wives in a sex strike until their husbands stop warring with each other; includes an introduction by the translator, explanatory notes, and a glossary.