Thucydides and Internal War
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 20, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780521780186
Subjects: Ancient Greek & Roman philosophy; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Political science & theory; BCE to c 500 CE; History of the Peloponnesian War; Greece; Thucydides; History - Military / War; Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C; History: World; Ancient Greece; Europe; Ancient - Greece; Historiography; Military - Other; Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.--Moral and ethical aspects--Sources; History / General; General; Sources; Civil War; History; Moral and ethical aspects; Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C
First sentence: In 427 BCE, the fourth year of the Peloponnesian War, about 250 Corcyreans were sent out from Corinth, where they had been held since their capture in the sea battle at the Sybota Islands at the beginning of the war.