The Peloponnesian War (The Great Courses)

Peloponnesian War (36 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Course No. 3372 Taught by Kenneth W. Harl Tulane University Ph.D., Yale University University Level Lecture Series: 1. Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War 2. The Greek Way of War 3. Sparta-Perceptions and Prejudices 4. Sparta and Her Allies 5. The Athenian Democracy 6. Athens and the Navy 7. Victory over Persia, 490-479 B.C. 8. Athens or Sparta-A Question of Leadership 9. Cimonian Imperialism 10. Sparta after the Persian Wars 11. The First Peloponnesian War 12. The Thirty Years' Peace 13. Triumph of the Radical Democracy 14. From Delian League to Athenian Empire 15. Economy and Society of Imperial Athens 16. Athens, School of Greece 17. Crisis in Corcyra, 435-432 B.C. 18. Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War 19. Strategies and Stalemate, 431-429 B.C. 20. Athenian Victory in Northwest Greece 21. Imperial Crisis-The Chalcidice and Mytilene 22. Plague, Fiscal Crisis, and War 23. Demagogues and Stasis 24. Pylos, 425 B.C.-A Test of Leadership 25. New Leaders and New Strategies 26. The Peace of Nicias 27. Collapse of the Peace of Nicias 28. From Mantinea to Sicily, 418-415 B.C. 29. Sparta, Athens, and the Western Greeks 30. The Athenian Expedition to Sicily 31. Alcibiades and Sparta, 414-412 B.C. 32. Conspiracy and Revolution, 411 B.C. 33. Alcibiades and Athens, 411-406 B.C. 34. The Defeat of Athens, 406-404 B.C. 35. Sparta's Bitter Victory 36. Lessons of the Peloponnesian War * War debate at Athens and Sparta: Thucydides records speeches that took place in citizen assemblies as war fever took hold-and cooler heads were ignored. These make a gripping narrative, comparable to the drama that led to the outbreak of World War I. * Plague of Athens: Severe overcrowding in