Thucydides lived during the second half of the bloodiest century of the classical era. He wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides, a general in the region of Thrace, was exiled by the Athenians in 422 BC. For twenty years, he traveled, collected information, and wrote, with admirable objectivity, the history of the first division of the Greeks.
For the first time in historiography, he examines, analyzes, and presents in a fascinating way the decline of human conduct and the moral decay brought about by war. The brilliant modern Greek translation by Angelos S. Vlachos is a gift to the contemporary reader.