Thucydides and Internal War
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780521036634
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; History - Military / War; History: World; Ancient Greece; Ancient - Greece; Historiography; Military - Other; Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B; Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.--Moral and ethical aspects--Sources; History / General; History / Military / Other; History : Ancient - Greece; History : Historiography; General
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.