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    Lec 19 - The Peloponnesian War, Part II

    "Lec 19 - The Peloponnesian War, Part II" Introduction to Ancient Greek History (CLCV 205) In this lecture, Professor Kagan focuses on the causes of the Peloponnesian War and the possible motivations for Thucydides' book, The History of the Peloponnesian War. Concerning the first point, Professor Kagan parts ways with Thucydides and argues that the war was not inevitable and that the Athenians under Pericles followed a policy of deterrence, which was aimed at peace. Similarly, he points out that there were a number of Spartans who did not want war as well. Therefore, according to this line of reasoning, war broke out due to a number of factors that were avoidable. Concerning the second point, Professor Kagan argues that Thucydides was a revisionist historian. In other words, Thucydides was writing not as a disinterested historian, but as a historian with a point to make, namely, that the war was inevitable and that Athens was only a democracy in name under Pericles. Finally, Professor Kagan acknowledges that his two points are debatable. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Lead Up to the War: Corcyra and Potidaea 12:17 - Chapter 2. Lead Up to the War: The Megarian Decree 20:08 - Chapter 3. The Spartan Assembly Votes and the Course of War Is Set 36:33 - Chapter 4. The Start of the War 50:02 - Chapter 5. Thucydides as Revisionist Historian Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Fall 2007.

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