The conflict, fought between the athenianled delian league and the spartanled peloponnesian league, signaled the end of athenian dominance in greece at the close of the fifth. Moving beyond other studies by its focus on the readers role in giving meaning to the text, it reveals thucydides use of objectivity not so much as a standard for the proper presentation of his. He began the task at the very outset of the war, in the belief that it would be great and noteworthy above all the wars that had gone before, inferring this from the fact that both powers were then at their best in. His history of the first conflict, 431421, was nearly complete. But in the fifteenth year, being the fortyeighth of the priesthood of chrysis in argos, aenesias being then ephor at sparta and pythadorus, archon of athens, having then two months of his government to come, in the sixth month after the battle at potidaea and in the beginning. It provides features that make it easier to organize and structure your acceptance tests, associating them with the user stories or features that they test. Apr 16, 2012 history of the peloponnesian warbook 4. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides, part of the internet classics archive. Modeling the next generation of digital libraries gregory crane, david bamman, lisa cerrato, alison jones, david mimno, adrian packel, david sculley, and gabriel weaver perseus project, tufts university abstract.
Thucydides of athens, one of the greatest of historians, was born about 471 bce. Stageira and olympiada history part 5 my favourite planet. And now the war between the athenians and peloponnesians and the allies of both 1 actually began. Text objects are also handy if you are looking for demosthenes on the crown and dont remember the number of the speech. Such were the events of the winter, and so ended the second year of this war of which thucydides was the historian. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. To search, please enter your query in the search box above. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. Thus the winter ended, and with it ended the seventh year of this war of which thucydides is the historian. This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the university of california libraries. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Selections from the history of the peloponnesian war, and more on. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position.
It was produced from digital images created through the libraries mass digitization efforts. Software sites tucows software library shareware cdroms software capsules compilation cdrom images zx spectrum doom level cd. Since the pagination differs across these texts, i will cite thucydides using the book number, followed by. Greek and latin grammars and commentaries are also included. The second book of thucydides is of particular interest. The numbers in the browse by lists represent not physical volumes but works, the texts seen as artistic creations, for example homers iliad, or livys history of rome. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book ii. Turning from these, we can rest satisfied with having proceeded upon the clearest data, and having arrived at conclusions as exact as can be expected in matters of such antiquity. This paper suggests that two muchdiscussed passages in pericles funeral speech in thucydides book 2, the first in 2. Common types of primary sources include works of literature, historical documents, original philosophical writings, and religious texts.
His history of the peloponnesian war recounts the fifthcentury bc war between sparta and athens until the year 411 bc. Thucydides, an athenian, wrote the history of the war between the peloponnesians and the athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war, and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it. So the winter ended, and with it the nineteenth year in the peloponnesian war of which thucydides wrote the history. Unless otherwise indicated, translations are my own, based on the greek texts in the loeb classical library harvard and oxford classical texts series. And so ended this winter, and the third year of this war, of which thucydides was the historian. The university of adelaide library university of adelaide south australia 5005.
History of the peloponnesian war, thoukydides, meta scholion palaion kai panu ophelimon choris on, ouk euxunetos ho, xungrapheus. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 1, chapter 1. Thucydides, author of the history of the peloponnesian war, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist. Thucydides book i by thucydides 4 editions first published in 1886 read listen. Home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help. The digital images were cleaned and prepared for printing through automated processes. Knowledge management in the perseus digital library. Written by one of the fathers of western history, thucydides history of the peloponnesian war is a landmark literary and scholarly achievement documenting the pivot point in the golden age of athenian democracy. Jul 16, 2012 history of the peloponnesian war book 2. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war perseus. Page 387 olorus, the author of this history, who was at thasos, a parian colony, about a halfdays sail from amphipolis, and urged him to come to their aid. This will allow us to create a version of the perseus digital library that not only runs under windows, unix, and the macintosh os, but that is also webaware. Thucydides, an athenian, wrote the history of the war waged by the peloponnesians and the athenians against one another.
How close they are to the presumed originals what pericles and the others actually said, or even if they are close at. This paper describes several incunabular assumptions that impose upon early digital libraries the. Software sites tucows software library shareware cdroms software capsules. From 1998 through 2006 he directed a grant from the digital library initiative to study general problems of digital libraries in the humanities. All search options view abbreviations home collectionstexts perseus catalog research grants open source about help. This massive collection includes important greek and latin classics in their original languages. His sardonic sense of humor is evident throughout, as when, during his description of the athenian plague, he remarks that old athenians seemed to remember a rhyme which said that with the dorian war would come a great death. Perseus digital library updates news and announcements from. In the fifteenth, in the fortyeighth year of the priestessship of chrysis at argos, in the ephorate of aenesias at sparta, in the last month but two of the archonship of pythodorus at athens, and six months after the battle of potidaea, just at the beginning of spring, a theban force a little over three hundred strong, under the command of their boeotarchs, pythangelus, son of phyleides. Under the dli2 program, he worked on a range of topics, including such topics as london, the history of mechanics, and the american civil war. Thucydides cum scholiis et antiquis et utilibus sine quibus autor intellectu multum est, difficilis.
A primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides firsthand or direct evidence on a topic. Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now. History of the peloponnesian warbook 2 wikisource, the. Regarding the perseus catalogs data and how it is created. This fullscale sequential reading of thucydides history of the peloponnesian war will be invaluable to the specialist and also to those in search of an introduction and companion to the histories. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history by those who accept his claims to. The narrative is arranged according to summers and winters and follows the order of events. And he, on hearing this, sailed in haste with seven ships which happened to be at hand, wishing above all to secure amphipolis before it yielded, or, failing in that, to seize eion. We will be performing some maintenance to the catalog today which will ultimately result in many new records and some interface improvements. Thucydides was still at work on this when the war spread to sicily and into a conflict 4154 likewise. And the winter ended, and with it ended the sixteenth year of this war of which thucydides is the historian.
History of the peloponnesian war, charles forster smith volume 2 of thucydides. History of the peloponnesian war, thoukydides meta scholion palaion kai pany ophelimon choris hon ho syngrapheus poly, aneucheres esti. If youd like to immediately browse works, editions, or translations, take a look at the limiting fields to the right. We are pleased to announce two new perseus catalog wikis.
Crane in this paper, we describe the new document delivery and knowledge management tools in the perseus digital library. This study guide consists of approximately 49 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of history of the peloponnesian war. The hellespont project dai, tufts university aims to structure the text of a passage from the ancient greek historian thucydides 1. The rise of the athenian empire from thucydides book i. See all books authored by thucydides, including history of the peloponnesian war, and on justice, power and human nature. Audio reading of thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 2, chapter 6.
Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new listing. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war 8 vols. Thucydidess most popular book is history of the peloponnesian war. Athens sends a huge fleet to sicily and suffers disaster. Moving beyond other studies by its focus on the readers role in giving meaning to the text, it reveals thucydides use of objectivity not so much as a standard for the proper presentation of his subject matter as a method for communicating with his readers and involving them in the complexity and suffering of the peloponnesian war. Thucydides books list of books by author thucydides. As a general in the peloponnesian war he failed 424 bc to prevent the surrender of the city of amphipolis to the spartan commander brasidas and was exiled until the end of the war. Syracusan coins commemorated the victory over the athenians, with arethusa, dolphins, captured arms, and nike crowning victorious charioteer. Over a century ago, james loeb announced the founding of the loeb classical library and his intention to bring the written treasures of the ancient greek and roman world within the reach of all who care for the finer things in life. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 2, chapter. To come back to the example from thucydides quoted above 1.
Thucydides thoosidehdees is a tool designed to make writing automated acceptance and regression tests easier refer to pt. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The history of the peloponnesian war the internet classics. Here you can enter a characters name and search only in that characters speech fully implemented in greek texts of tragedy and comedy. Thucydides cum commentariis antiquis et valde utilibus sine quibus author intellectu, est quam difficillimus.
Thucydides has 383 books on goodreads with 73066 ratings. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian war, book 2. He thus had opportunity to acquaint himself with both the. Book six features the curious inclusion of the story of aristogiton and harrmodiusnotable. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book 5, chapter 54, sections 67. The facia of the altar was found in five fragments during excavations in 1877 on the right north bank of the ilissos river, southwest of the olympieion temple of olympian zeus in central athens. Kindle direct publishing indie digital publishing made easy prime now free 2hour delivery on everyday items. Nov 26, 2001 title perseus digital library summary includes a large database of images coins, vases, sculpture, greek and latin texts and translations, resources for textual studies, and english word searches of the texts.
He saw the rise of athens to greatness under the inspired leadership of pericles. Thvcydides cvm scholiis et antiqvis et vtilibvs sine q. Books iviii, charles forster smith volume 2 of thucydides. While the documents were digital in form, almost none of their content was machine actionable. History of the peloponnesian warbook 4 wikisource, the. Speeches play an important role in thucydides history, but remember. The rise of the athenian empire, from thucydides, book i. Title perseus digital library summary includes a large database of images coins, vases, sculpture, greek and latin texts and translations, resources for textual studies, and english word searches of the texts. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required.
The state of greece from the earliest times to the commencement of the peloponnesian war. Henceforward the struggle was uninterrupted, and they communicated with 2 one another only by heralds. The history of the peloponnesian war is an account of the peloponnesian war in ancient greece, fought between the peloponnesian league led by sparta and the delian league led by athens in the 5th century bc. The history of the peloponnesian war by thucydides written 431 b. Third year of the war investment of plataea naval victories of phormio thracian irruption into macedonia under sitalces. It was at scapte hyle that thucydides spent his last years, following his banishment from athens, and completed his work history of the peloponnesian war. Top nasa images solar system collection ames research center.
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