In this episode, we discuss the years 428 and 427 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the introduction of Kleon and Nikias, the revolt of Mytilene (Lesbos) from the Athenian empire, and a "prison-style breakout" from Plataea
Primary Sources:
Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 3)
Plutarch's Life of Nikias
Diodorus Siculus' The Library of History (Book 12)
Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)
Video/The Peloponnesian War (Khan Academy)
Video/The Peloponnesian War (Epimetheus)
Video/Part 3 of the Peloponnesian War (History Den)
***Antiquity in Question - The Peloponnesian War, the End of an Independent Greece?
***History in the Making Ep 17 Fear, Fate, and Power
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