Peloponnesian War

Thucydides described the cause of the Peloponnesian War as the inevitable clash between the established power at the time, Sparta, and the rising power, Athens. This so-called "Thucydides trap" has been used a lot lately as an analytical tool for the dangers inherent in the rising US-China rivalry. The US elections, however, showed that similar, dangerous dynamics can develop domestically.

He was born in Athens, the son of Donald Kagan, a prominent classicist and expert in the history of the Peloponnesian War. However, Robert Kagan did not follow his father's academic path, but instead worked at the State Department under the Ronald Reagan administration, as a speechwriter for the then secretary of state George P.

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Writer Giannis Lignadis and director Dimitris Lignadis present the second part of their original dramatization of Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War" at the Athens Concert Hall from October 10-13. "Lessons of War II: The 'Sicilian Drama'" presents episodes from the disastrous Sicilian Expedition (415-413 BC).

Yiannis Lignadis' "Lessons of War II: The Sicilian Dramas" is the second part of an original dramatization of Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War." Directed by Dimitris Lignadis, the play draws material from the sixth, seventh and part of the eighth book of Thucydides' "History," presenting key aspects of the war's second phase, the Sicilian Expedition (415-413 BC), which resulted in

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Summer 430 B.C. A plague hit Ancient Athens, ravaging the city’s population according to Thucydides’ Historyof the Peloponnesian War.