A four-volume history of this war was written by Yale professor Donald Kagan.
A four-volume history of this war was written by Yale professor Donald Kagan. An earlier account of this war says that "words lost their meaning" during an uprising, and features the claim "The strong do what they can, while the weak suffer what they must" from the Melian debate. Superstition over a lunar eclipse led to a harbor massacre in this war after a general on the losing side was recalled on charges of defacing and castrating sacred (*) statues. The Thirty Tyrants took power after this war, which began with a dispute at Corcyra. Its first twenty-three years were covered by Thucydides. For 10 points, name this war which included the Sicilian expedition of Alcibiades, and ended at Aegospotami when the Delian League's ships lost to Sparta.
A four-volume history of this war was written by Yale professor Donald Kagan.
Peloponnesian War [prompt on \"Sicilian Expedition\"]