The History of Ancient Greece

Thucydides narrative shows Athens technically being in the right as they were willing to go to arbitration over their grievances When Sparta was not. But it should be complimented with Athens' willingness to provoke war Still on the basis that no sensible power deliberately provokes a defensive war but rather is forced an award to defend itself. On the next episode we will cover the first two years of the war as both the Athenians and the Spartans implemented their war strategies. There also will be a famous funeral oration over the war dead as well as one unexpected development.