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Polybius · Ancient · History / political thought
Ancient · History, political thought
History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides. A rigorous account of Athens and Sparta offers enduring analysis of fear, interest, rhetoric, empire, and civil conflict.
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- Date
- c. 400 BCE
- Origin
- Ancient Greece
- Era
- Ancient
- Genre
- History, political thought
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Length
- Long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A rigorous account of Athens and Sparta offers enduring analysis of fear, interest, rhetoric, empire, and civil conflict.
This work is included on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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