Robin Waterfield’s new translation of Thucydides’ “The History of the Peloponnesian War” offers clarity but little ...

Retreat of the Athenians from Syracuse during a battle of the Peloponnesian War, from Cassell's 'Universal History,' published in 1888. Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

For thousands of years, Greeks have been divided among themselves. From civil wars during the 1821 Revolution and the early ...

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On the enduring legacy of Thucydides. The study of Thucydides and his famous History of the Peloponnesian War has never been so intense, so widespread or influential, as in our time. Thucydides ...

Without a man named Thucydides, the chances are slim that we'd know anything about the Peloponnesian War. A new book about the man attempts to correct what we know. For more than a quarter of a ...

Ancient Greece witnessed numerous significant battles that played pivotal roles in shaping its history and Western civilization.

Small European states now seek protection through deeper EU ties amid growing global power rivalries. The latest example is ...

Herodotos (c.490–c.425 BCE) and Thucydides (c.460– c.399 BCE) were great Hellenic / Greek historians. They wrote during the fifth century BCE, about 700 years after Homer. The time of Herodotos and ...

In his 5th-century B.C. History of the Peloponnesian War, ancient Athenian historian and military general Thucydides posits, “it was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that ...

Aspasia was born in Greece in the fifth century BC. She and Pericles, the great general and politician, fell deeply in love.