History of the Peloponnesian War

A HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEARAn authoritative new translation of Thucydides's masterpiece.Thucydides has been essential reading for centuries. A sweeping narrative that vividly depicts the events of the war between Athens and Sparta that began in 431 BCE and would continue until 404, his History depicts a conflict that embroiled not only mainland Greece but Greek states from the eastern Mediter...