On Justice, Power and Human Nature : The Essence of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War

Preface vii Introduction ix Bibliographical Notes xxxiii Maps xxxvi Thucydides On Justice, Power, and Human Nature Early History and Method 1(14) Thucydides' preface [i.1] 1(1) The archaeology [i.2-20] 2(10) On historical method [i.21-22] 12(3) Origins of the War 15(24) Thucydides' explanation for the war [i.23] 15(1) Debate at Sparta in 432 [i.66-88] 16(14) Meeting of the Peloponnesian League in 431 [Summary of i.118-24] 30(1) Pericles' war speech [i.140-46] 31(5) The war begins with an attack on Plataea [ii.1-8] 36(3) Pericles and the Plague 39(20) The Funeral Oration of Pericles [ii.35-46] 39(7) The plague: human nature laid bare by a natural disaster [ii.47-54] 46(5) Military operations of 430 [ii.55-58] 51(1) Pericles' last speech [ii. 59-64] 52(4) Thucydides' judgment of Pericles [ii.65] 56(3) Justice and power: Plataea and Mytilene 59(30) Further events of 430 [ii.66-70] 59(3) The siege of Plataea [ii.71-78] 62(4) The Mytilenean debate [iii. 37-51] 66(10) The Plataean debate [iii.52-68] 76(13) Human Nature Laid Bare in Civil War 89(8) The civil war in Corcyra [iii.81.2-85] 89(5) The end of the Corcyrean insurgents [iv.47.3-48] 94(3) Justice and Power: Acanthus and Melos 97(14) The Spartans at Acanthus [iv.84.2-87] 97(3) Events leading to the Peace of Nicias [Summary] 100(2) The Melian dialogue [v.84-116] 102(9) The Sicilian Expedition 111(44) Sicilian antiquities, [Summary of vi.2-6] 111(1) Debate at Athens [vi.8-26] 112(11) Launching the expedition [Summary of vi.27-105] 123(6) Defeat of the expedition [vii.1-viii.1, Summary and Translation] 129(26) Aftermath of the Sicilian Expedition [Summary] 155(6) Dates 161(2) Glossary 163(8) Index 171