Chapter 3. Thucydides on the Causes of the War

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Thucydides’ History and Its Background 7
7. Chapter 2. The Subject, Method, and Structure of Thucydides’ History 23
8. Chapter 3. Thucydides on the Causes of the War 40
9. Chapter 4. Thucydides and Pericles 57
10. Chapter 5. Scenes from the Archidamian War 75
11. Chapter 6. Dialogue at Melos, the Sicilian Expedition 100
12. Chapter 7. Endings 125
13. Chapter 8. Thucydides as a Philosophic Historian 139
14. Notes 163
15. Further Reading 185
16. Index 187