Greek History 479-403 BC: The Peloponnesian War

These lectures will complete the lecture series for the fifth-century Greek History paper in Lit.Hum., CAAH and AMH.

They will include the following topics: Thucydides and the conceptualization of the Peloponnesian War; origins and causes; aims and strategies; the Athenian Empire during the war; politics, society and culture in Athens; religion and the war; Greeks in the West; stasis in Greek communities; Greece and Persia; the Spartan victory.

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