Bibliograph

The Peloponnesian war, taught by Professor Kenneth W. Harl

Type

Label

The Peloponnesian war, taught by Professor Kenneth W. Harl

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The Peloponnesian war

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

184985734

Responsibility statement

taught by Professor Kenneth W. Harl

Runtime

999

Series statement

Great courses DVD

Summary

The ancient Greek historian Thucydides called it "a war like no other" -- arguably the greatest in the history of the world up to that time. The Peloponnesian War pitted Athens and her allies against a league of city-states headed by Sparta. Thucydides's eyewitness account of the war has been a classic for 24 centuries and is still studied for its profound truths about the nature of human strife. In The Peloponnesian War, Professor Kenneth Harl draws on this masterpiece and other ancient sources to give you a full picture of the Greek world in uneasy peace and then all-out war in the late 5th century B.C

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

Contributor