Alastair Blanshard

So it really conceived of itself as the very center of the Greek world. Whether the Periclean funeral rations by Pericles or whether it's by Thucydides, the sentiments expressed there about Athens being the education of the rest of Greece is certainly the kinds of ideas that Athenians would happily have signed up to.

So it really conceived of itself as the very center of the Greek world. Whether the Periclean funeral rations by Pericles or whether it's by Thucydides, the sentiments expressed there about Athens being the education of the rest of Greece is certainly the kinds of ideas that Athenians would happily have signed up to.

So it really conceived of itself as the very center of the Greek world. Whether the Periclean funeral rations by Pericles or whether it's by Thucydides, the sentiments expressed there about Athens being the education of the rest of Greece is certainly the kinds of ideas that Athenians would happily have signed up to.

Well, certainly Thucydides is probably our most important source, and he gets us to practically the end of the Peloponnesian War.

Well, certainly Thucydides is probably our most important source, and he gets us to practically the end of the Peloponnesian War.

Well, certainly Thucydides is probably our most important source, and he gets us to practically the end of the Peloponnesian War.

So he's an Athenian general. He actually fought in the Peloponnesian War, in the first phases of the Peloponnesian War. He's a general who's actually been exiled by the Athenians for being unsuccessful in campaigns in the north. So he's perhaps got a little bit of an axe to grind against Athens and particularly against its democracy and particularly its democratic politicians.

So he's an Athenian general. He actually fought in the Peloponnesian War, in the first phases of the Peloponnesian War. He's a general who's actually been exiled by the Athenians for being unsuccessful in campaigns in the north. So he's perhaps got a little bit of an axe to grind against Athens and particularly against its democracy and particularly its democratic politicians.

So he's an Athenian general. He actually fought in the Peloponnesian War, in the first phases of the Peloponnesian War. He's a general who's actually been exiled by the Athenians for being unsuccessful in campaigns in the north. So he's perhaps got a little bit of an axe to grind against Athens and particularly against its democracy and particularly its democratic politicians.

So a wonderful historian whose account is often held up as the first example of scientific history. I mean, these days, we're increasingly worried about what we see as his biases, his his tendency to be a bit fast and loose with the truth, but still a really important source. Unfortunately, his work, which was always designed to go to the very end of the Peloponnesian War, was never finished.

So a wonderful historian whose account is often held up as the first example of scientific history. I mean, these days, we're increasingly worried about what we see as his biases, his his tendency to be a bit fast and loose with the truth, but still a really important source. Unfortunately, his work, which was always designed to go to the very end of the Peloponnesian War, was never finished.

So a wonderful historian whose account is often held up as the first example of scientific history. I mean, these days, we're increasingly worried about what we see as his biases, his his tendency to be a bit fast and loose with the truth, but still a really important source. Unfortunately, his work, which was always designed to go to the very end of the Peloponnesian War, was never finished.

So it's continued in its final phases by another general. It seems to be generals writing histories. This is a gentleman by the name of Xenophon, again, another Athenian, who writes an account of the final phases of the Peloponnesian War.

So it's continued in its final phases by another general. It seems to be generals writing histories. This is a gentleman by the name of Xenophon, again, another Athenian, who writes an account of the final phases of the Peloponnesian War.

So it's continued in its final phases by another general. It seems to be generals writing histories. This is a gentleman by the name of Xenophon, again, another Athenian, who writes an account of the final phases of the Peloponnesian War.

Yes, so we've got a lot of inscriptional evidence from it. I mean, the wonderful thing about the Athenians is that they're an inscription-loving people.

Yes, so we've got a lot of inscriptional evidence from it. I mean, the wonderful thing about the Athenians is that they're an inscription-loving people.

Yes, so we've got a lot of inscriptional evidence from it. I mean, the wonderful thing about the Athenians is that they're an inscription-loving people.

They are. So we've got a fantastic set of inscriptions, and those are really, really very helpful for us and often can be a corrective to Thucydides. So they're really helpful in that respect. We also have a number of literary sources produced at this time. The comedies of Aristophanes, the tragedies of Euripides, particularly from this period, are all part of the mix as well.

They are. So we've got a fantastic set of inscriptions, and those are really, really very helpful for us and often can be a corrective to Thucydides. So they're really helpful in that respect. We also have a number of literary sources produced at this time. The comedies of Aristophanes, the tragedies of Euripides, particularly from this period, are all part of the mix as well.