The History of Greece [Paperback]

Volume 2 extends from the administration of Pericles to the final conclusion of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BCE.This is the second volume (first published in 1790) of William Mitfords History of Greece, covering the period from the end of the first Peloponnesian War in 445 BCE, to the final conclusion of the great conflict in 404 BCE and the end of Greeces golden age.This is the second volume (first published in 1790) of William Mitfords History of Greece, covering the period from the end of the first Peloponnesian War in 445 BCE, to the final conclusion of the great conflict in 404 BCE and the end of Greeces golden age.This vast study, first published between 1784 and 1818, and written on an unprecedentedly large historical scale, was begun at the urging of the author's friend Edward Gibbon. William Mitford (17441827), a scholar of private means, a magistrate and an MP, was concerned for the preservation of national and military stability, and he in part used his work to draw parallels between the rise of Athenian democracy and the contemporary status of the British constitution. This stance drew some criticism initially, but Mitford's approach was later praised in the wake of the French Revolution. The History, therefore, offers fascinating insights into its own time as well as a study of ancient Greece. The four volumes reissued here are from the uniform edition of 1808. The second volume takes the story of events in Greece from the Thirty Years' Truce to 404 BCE and the end of the Peloponnesian War.13. Affairs of Greece, from the thirty-years truce to that commonly called the Peloponnesian war; 14. Of the Peloponnesian war, from its commencement to the death of Pericles; 15. Of the Peloponnesian war, from the death of Pericles, in the third year, to the application for peace from Lacedaemon in the seventh; 16. Of the Peloponnesian war, from the application for peace from Lacedaemon, in the seventh year, to the conclusion of peace between Lacedaemon andlCD