# Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book V

Author: Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873

Genre: Category: History - European

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6155

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Athens%3A+Its+Rise+and+Fall%2C+Book+V+Lytton&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Thucydides chosen by the Aristocratic Party to oppose Pericles.--His Policy.--Munificence of Pericles.--Sacred War.--Battle of Coronea.-- Revolt of Euboea and Megara.--Invasion and Retreat of the Peloponnesians.--Reduction of Euboea.--Punishment of Histiaea--A Thirty Years' Truce concluded with the Peloponnesians.--Ostracism of Thucydides.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/athens-its-rise-and-fall-book-v-6155/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/athens-its-rise-and-fall-book-v-6155/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/athens-its-rise-and-fall-book-v-6155/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/athens-its-rise-and-fall-book-v-6155/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/athens-its-rise-and-fall-book-v-6155/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/athens-its-rise-and-fall-book-v-6155/chapters/1/index.md)