Excerpt from Thucydides, Book V: Edited on the Basis of Classen's Edition The contents and character of the two parts thus combined to form the fifth book, are, however, essentially dissimilar. In the first part the narrative of the great war between Athens and Sparta is continued; in the second the various political intrigues and complications among the greater and smaller states of Greece, which led to the decisive con ict at Mantinea, are described. But these details are given with such minute accuracy concern ng every phase of successful or unsuccessful intrigues and negotiations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.