In this episode, we discuss the two events over 433/2 BC that led Pericles to claim that he could see war "coming out of the Peloponnese" (the Potidaea Revolt and the Megarian Embargo); the speeches given by the Corinthians, Spartans, and Athenians on the eve of war; and both sides' financial and military resources, war arms, and tactical strategies
Primary Sources:
Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 1)
Plutarch's Life of Pericles
Diodorus Siculus' The Library of History (Book 12)
Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)
Video/Ancient Greek History - Part 1 of the Peloponnesian War
Video/Ancient Greek History - Part 2 of the Peloponnesian War
Video/Ancient Greek History - Part 2 of the Peloponnesian War
History in the Making Episode 16 The Olympian has Fallen - "Athens and Corinth take the preemptive measure of fighting a battle to avoid a war. This works about as well as it sounds. A series of conferences afterwards determine the fate of Greece. Speeches are made, ships collide and the gods reconsider their relationship with Athens. This episode covers approximately 433 B.C. – 429 B.C."
Photo/Drawing of Socrates Saving Alcibiades at the Battle of Potidaea
Map/The Athenian Empire in 431 BC
Map/Long Walls Protecting Athens and Piraeus
Suggested Readings:
* Cartledge. 2004. The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece.
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