CLAS 430 Lecture Notes - Peloponnesian League, Peloponnesian War, Delian League
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Peloponnesian war (431-404 bce: athens vs sparta, 27 year long war, brief truce 421-416. Thucydides chose voluntary exile for not deflecting amphipolis to. Wrote on account of his own time, unlike herodotus, was a man of action. Influenced by his literary predecessors: homer like herodotus, takes idea of kleos (glory) His account is more accurate than poem (like homer: sophists taught that on any given issue. More faith in human reason/perception than divine cause: greek medical writers rejected divine causes for illness. Turned medicine into a real science/skill as we think of it today. These medical writers prided themselves on making precise notes for symptoms of illnesses. Can be seen in thucydides decision to diagnose civic problems, and prognosis of their outcomes. Skeptical at times, that carefully recording/studying symptoms can properly cure people: herodotus both wrote about major wars. Herodotus writing tragedies (i. e. speeches) starts his account right by herodotus leaves.
