The impact of the war between Athens and Sparta across the course of ancient history and the shaping of Greek philosophy and drama. Includes an account of the trial and execution of Socrates.

• List of Maps and Images


• A Note on Sources


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Setting the Stage


• Chapter 2: The Greek States at War and Peace


• Chapter 3: Sparta Provoked, Athens Intransigent


• Chapter 4: The War Begins


• Chapter 5: The Plague of War


• Chapter 6: New Challenges and New Leaders


• Chapter 7: The Fortunes of War


• Chapter 8: War Throughout the Mainland, and the Call of the West


• Chapter 9: Moving Towards Peace


• Chapter 10: The Peace that Was Not Peace


• Chapter 11: An Invitation and Two Scandals


• Chapter 12: Deliverance for Syracuse


• Chapter 13: The Empire Strikes Back


• Chapter 14: Dramatic Developments for the Athenians


• Chapter 15: Alcibiades, Cyrus, and Lysander


• Chapter 16: A Seeming Victory


• Chapter 17: Athens After the Amnesty


• Chapter 18: The Greek States in a Changing World


• Chapter 19: Continuing Warfare in an Age of Reflection


• Chapter 20: The End for Sparta


• Chapter 21: War Without Victory


• Cast of Characters


• Bibliography

Jennifer T. Roberts is Professor of Classics and History at the City College of New York and the City University of New York Graduate Center. She is the author of Athens on Trial: The Anti-Democratic Tradition in Western Thought and Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction, and editor (with Walter Blanco) of the Norton Critical Editions of Herodotus' The Histories and Thucydides' The Peloponnesian War.