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Stories from Thucydides

Author
Thucydides
Read by
Finian Silverwood
Language
English
Length
6 hours 25 minutes
ISBN
9781802567793
Published
8 August 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Thucydides
  • history
  • scientific history
  • war
  • politics
  • Greece
  • culture
  • humanity
  • conflict
  • Athens

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Thucydides’ Stories from Thucydides presents vivid episodes from the Peloponnesian War, capturing the clash between Athens and Sparta in the 5th century BCE. Through detailed accounts of battles, sieges, political intrigue, and speeches, Thucydides explores power, ambition, human nature, and the tragic cost of war, offering timeless insights into leadership, strategy, and the fragility of civilization.

Author

Thucydides (c. 460–400 BCE) wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War, a cold eye on empire, plague, and the Melian dialogue. Athens and Sparta grind each other down; speeches become weapons; pity is optional. Five titles here. He claimed to write for those who wanted the truth of what happened, not a story that pleased. The first political realism in prose — and it still feels like a warning left on the table overnight.

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