Thucydides, an athenian, wrote the history of the war between the peloponnesians and the athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war, and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book iv. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 4, chapter 26. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of scientific history by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidencegathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the deities, as outlined in his introduction to his work. For also now as he marched forward, there met him at the river enipeus others, of a. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. His history of the peloponnesian war recounts the fifthcentury bc war between sparta and athens until the year 411 bc. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war english xml header genre. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 4, chapter 80, section 3. History of the peloponnesian warbook 4 wikisource, the.
Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the first book. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, book 4, chapter 42, section 3. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, the fourth book. Nothing which happened during the war caused greater amazement in hellas. Accordingly they set to work in earnest, and having no iron tools, picked up stones, and put them together as they happened to fit, and where mortar was needed, carried it on their backs for want. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. Thucydides, history of the peloponnesian war, book iv, chapter 40. Thucydides, an athenian, wrote the history of the war between the. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning.