In this episode, we discuss the years 426 and 425 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the current nature of Athenian politics as dominated by Kleon the anti-aristocratic demagogue, his feud with Aristophanes as seen in the comedic plays "The Acharnians" and "The Knights", the Battles of Pylos and Sphacteria that turned the Greek world upside down, and the brutal conclusion to the Corcyraean civil war
Primary Sources:
Aristophanes' The Acharnians
Aristophanes' The Knights
Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 4)
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)
Map/Battle of Sphacteria

Photo/Fragment of the Athenian Tribute List (425/4 BC)

Recommended Podcast Episodes:
***Antiquity in Question - The Peloponnesian War, the End of an Independent Greece?
***History in the Making - The Hanging Shield
***History in the Making - They Created A Desert
***History of Modern Greece - Peloponnesian War: Sparta Rises

Photo/Fragment of the Athenian Tribute List (425/4 BC)

Recommended Podcast Episodes:
***Antiquity in Question - The Peloponnesian War, the End of an Independent Greece?
***History in the Making - The Hanging Shield
***History in the Making - They Created A Desert
***History of Modern Greece - Peloponnesian War: Sparta Rises
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