The History of the Peloponnesian War
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Thucydides
Thucydides (c. 460 – c. 400 BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC....
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Alcibiades
Alcibiades, son of Cleinias, from the deme of Scambonidae (c. 450 - 404 BC), was a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general. He was the last famous member of his mothers aristocratic family, the Alcmaeonidae, which fell from prominence afte...
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Pericles
Pericles (/ˈpɛrɪkliːz/; Greek: Περικλῆς Periklēs, pronounced [pe.ri.klɛ̂ːs] in Classical Attic; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age—specifically the time between the Persian ...
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Nicias (athens)
Nicias (c. 470–413 BC), was an Athenian politician and general during the period of the Peloponnesian War. Nicias was a member of the Athenian aristocracy and had inherited a large fortune from his father, which was invested in the silver mines around Att...
