Full text · 26 chaptersNarrated in your voice
What it's about
Athens against Sparta, told by an Athenian general who lived through it: Pericles's funeral oration, the plague, the Melian dialogue and the disaster in Sicily. The first history written as a study of power, and still the classic one.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Anyone interested in how great powers go to war - Students of politics and international relations - Readers of Herodotus wanting the harder-edged sequel
What’s inside
Showing the first 24 of 26 chapters — open the book for the rest.
