Song of Wrath : The Peloponnesian War Begins

by: Lendon, J.E.

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Song of Wrath tells the story of Classical Athens' victorious Ten Years' War (431-421 BC) against grim Sparta -- the first decade of the terrible Peloponnesian War that turned the Golden Age of Greece to lead. Historian J.E. Lendon presents a sweeping tale of pitched battles by land and sea, sieges, sacks, raids, and deeds of cruelty and guile -- along with courageous acts of mercy, surprising charity, austere restraint, and arrogant resistance. Recounting the rise of democratic Athens to great-power status, and the resulting fury of authoritarian Sparta, Greece's traditional leader, Lendon portrays the causes and strategy of the war as a duel over national honor, a series of acts of revenge. A story of new pride challenging old, Song of Wrath is the first work of Ancient Greek history for the post-cold-war generation.

Athens and Sparta : the birth of a rivalry
The coming of the Ten Years' War
The war of revenge, 431-430 BC
Odysseus' war, 429-428 BC
The dying of the brave, 427 BC
The new spear, 426 BC
As honorable as circumstances permit, 425 BC
The bronze dream, 424 BC
The bloody march of peace, 424-420 BC
Epilogue
Chronology of events
Glossaries of people, things, and places

Subjects:
431-404 B.C
Diplomatic history
Greece
Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C
Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. Campaigns
Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. Causes
Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. Diplomatic history
Grèce Histoire 431-404 av. J.-C. (Guerre du Péloponnèse)
Grèce Histoire 431-404 av. J.-C. (Guerre du Péloponnèse) Campagnes et batailles
Grèce Histoire 431-404 av. J.-C. (Guerre du Péloponnèse) Causes
Grèce Histoire 431-404 av. J.-C. (Guerre du Péloponnèse) Histoire diplomatique
History
Military campaigns
Peloponnesischer Krieg
Peloponnesiska kriget 431-404 f. Kr
War Causes

vii, 566 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Song of Wrath : The Peloponnesian War Begins

by: Lendon, J.E.

• ISBN-13: 9780465015061 / 978-0-465-01506-1
• ISBN-03: 0465015069 / 0-465-01506-9
• Basic Books, New York, 2010

Price: 39,00 EURO

(in stock)