Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War (Books 3-4) [2, Revised] 0674991214, 9780674991217

Thucydides of Athens, one of the greatest of historians, was born about 471 BCE. He saw the rise of Athens to greatness

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Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War (Books 3-4) [2, Revised]
 0674991214, 9780674991217

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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY FOUNDED BY JAMES LOEB,

LL.D.

EDITED BY tT. E. PAGE, E. ,.

CAPPS,

A.

POST,

PH.D., LL.D.

M.A.

E. H.

C.H., LiTT.D.

tW, H.

D.

WARMINGTON,

THUCYDIDES

ROUSE,

litt.d.

m.a., f.b.hist.soc.

THUCYDIDES WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY

CHARLES FORSTER SMITH OF THE USIVKRSITY OF WISCONSIN

IN

FOUR VOLUiMES II

HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN BOOKS III AND IV

WAR

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON

WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD MCMLVrn

First printed 1920 Reprinted and revised 1930 Reprinted 1953, 195S

Printed in Great Britain



CONTENTS PAGE

BOOK

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Central Greece and Peloponnesus

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