num_pages: 432
description: One of the world's great history books and the first true historical narrative of Western literature, Thucydides' chronicle of the disastrous 27-year conflict between Athens and Sparta resonates with tales of heroism and villainy, deeds of courage and desperation, and the eternal folly of human conflict. Scrupulously impartial and accurate. 5 maps.
language: English
title: History of the Peloponnesian War
titlecomplete: History of the Peloponnesian War
characters: Pericles, Alcibiades, Thucydides, Nicias (Athens)
genres: War, Politics, Greece, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Ancient, Ancient History, Classics, Military Fiction, History
ratings_count: 37243
places: Greece, Syracuse, Sicily
publisher: Dover Publications