Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War (Books VII and VIII) [4] 0674991877, 9780674991873

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 VII and VIII) [4]
 0674991877, 9780674991873

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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY FOUNDED

BY"

JAMES LOEB, LL.D.

EDITED BY fT. E. PAGE,

tE. CAPPS, L. A.

POST,

M.A.

E. H.

C.H., LiTT.D.

tW. H.

PH.D., LL.D.

D.

WARMINGTON,

THUCYDIDES IV

ROUSE,

litt.d.

m.a., f.r.hist.soc.

ALCIBIADES MUSeO CHIARAMONTI

ROME

THUCYDIDES WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY

CHARLES FORSTER SMITH OF THB UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

IN

FOUR VOLUMES IV

HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN BOOKS VII AND VIII

WAR

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON

WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD MCMLVIU

First printed 1923 Reprinted 1935, 1953, 1958

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Printed in Great Britain

CONTENTS Frontispiece: Alcibiades

BOOK

VII

BOOK

VIII

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PAOE

Facing Title 1

133

INDEX MAPS

395

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Retreat of the Athenians

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At end

Siege of Sjracuse



Aegean Sea



Peiraeus



Battle of Cynossema

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THUCYDIDES BOOK

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