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Taught by Professor Jeremy McInerney | 30 min | Categories: History
The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.E., was a contest between Athens and Sparta, the two most powerful states in Greece. Thucydides, an Athenian general, wrote his observations and attempted to analyze scientifically the causes of the war. His account remains important not only because it is remarkably detailed, but because Thucydides saw the gap between societal ideals and the realities of power.
24 Lectures
1
Greece and the Western World
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of 31 min
2
Minoan Crete
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of 30 min
3
Schliemann and Mycenae
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of 29 min
4
The Long Twilight
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of 30 min
5
The Age of Heroes
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of 31 min
6
From Sicily to Syria-The Growth of Trade and Colonization
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of 30 min
7
Delphi and Olympia
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of 29 min
8
The Spartans
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of 30 min
9
Revolution
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of 29 min
10
Tyranny
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of 29 min
11
The Origins of Democracy
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of 31 min
12
Beyond Greece-The Persian Empire
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of 32 min
13
The Persian Wars
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of 31 min
14
The Athenian Empire
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of 31 min
15
The Art of Democracy
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of 30 min
16
Sacrifice and Greek Religion
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of 31 min
17
Theater and the Competition of Art
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of 30 min
18
Sex and Gender
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of 30 min
19
The Peloponnesian War, Part I
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of 30 min
20
The Peloponnesian War, Part II
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of 30 min
21
Socrates on Trial
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of 31 min
22
Slavery and Freedom
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of 30 min
23
Athens in Decline?
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of 31 min
24
Philip, Alexander, and Greece in Transition
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of 31 min
