Edition of the latter part of Thucydides' account of the Sicilian Expedition that ended so catastrophically for Athens (415-413 BCE).

In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus wrote the first known history to break from the tradition of Homeric storytelling, basing his text on empirical observations a

The second book of Thucydides' history is of particular literary interest, containing as it does such important sections as the funeral oration, the account of