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Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling the author's ambitious claim that the work "was done to last forever." The conflicts between the two empires over... read more
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Memorable Quotes
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“... since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”
Athenian envoy to Melos -
“In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away the easy supply of daily wants and so proves a rough master that brings most men's characters to a level with their fortunes.”
Thucydides on the evils of revolution in Corcyra 3.82
First Sentence
1. Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians; he began at the moment that it broke out, believing that it would be a great war, and more memorable than any that had preceded it.
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Authors & Contributors
- Thucydides (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Rex Warner (Translator)
- Benjamin Jowett (Translator)
- Richard Crawley (Translator)
- T. E. Wick (Translator)
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