In this episode, we discuss the years 417-415 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the ostracism of Hyperbolus, the rivalry of Nikias and Alcibiades, the siege of Melos, the lead up and first year of the Sicilian Expedition, and the prosecutions for the Hermai and Eleusinian Mysteries scandals
Primary Sources:
Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 5)
Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 6)
Andocides' On The Mysteries
Plutarch's Life of Nikias
Plutarch's Life of Alcibiades
Diodorus Siculus' The Library of History (Book 12)
Diodorus Siculus' The Library of History (Book 13)
Primary Sources:
Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 5)
Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War (Book 6)
Andocides' On The Mysteries
Plutarch's Life of Nikias
Plutarch's Life of Alcibiades
Diodorus Siculus' The Library of History (Book 12)
Diodorus Siculus' The Library of History (Book 13)
Supplementary Resources (Videos, Photos, Other Podcasts)
Video/The Peloponnesian War (Khan Academy)
Video/The Peloponnesian War (Epimetheus)
Video/Part 8 of the Peloponnesian War (History Den)
Video/Alcibiades (Overly Sarcastic Productions)
Recommended Podcast Episodes:
***Ad Navseam - Alcibiades and Asebeia in 415 BC
***Ancient History Hound - Wish You Weren't Here: The Sicilian Expedition
***Antiquity in Question - The Peloponnesian War, the End of an Independent Greece?
***History in the Making - That Leviathan
***History in the Making - Echoes of Glory
***Ancient History Hound - Wish You Weren't Here: The Sicilian Expedition
***Antiquity in Question - The Peloponnesian War, the End of an Independent Greece?
***History in the Making - That Leviathan
***History in the Making - Echoes of Glory
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