Introduction --

Dispute over Epidamus --

Dispute over Corcyra --

Dispute over Potidea --

Debate at Sparta and declaration of war --

Pentevontaetia --

Allied Congress at Sparts --

Stories of Pausnias and Themistocles --

The Spartan ulttimatum and Pericles reply --

Outbreak of War --

First year of the War --

Pericles' Funeral oration --

Plague --

Policy of Pericles --

Fall of Potidaea --

Siege of Plataea --

Victories of Phormio --

Thrace and Macedonia --

Revolt of Mytilene --

Mytilenian debate --

End of Plateea --

Civil War in Corcyra --

Operations in Sicily and Greece --

End of sixth year of war --

Athenian success at Pylos --

Further Athenian succcesses --

Peace in Sicily --

Fighting at Megara --

Brasidas in Thrace --

Athenian defeat at delium --

Brasidas captures Amphipolis --

Armistice between Athens and Sparta --

End of the Ninth year of war --

Book of Amphipolis --

Peace of Nicias --

Negotiations with Argos --

Alliance between Athens and Argos --

Campaigns in the Peloponnese --

Battle of Mantinea --

Melian Dialogue --

Sicilian antiquities --

Launching of the Sicilian expedition --

Debate at Syracuse --

Athenians arrive in Sicily --

Story of Harmodius and Aristogiton --

Recall of Alcibiades --

Arhenian victory before Syracuse ---

Debate at Camarina --

Alcibiades in Sparta --

More Athenian successes at Syracuse --

Gylippus in Syracuse --

Letter of Nicias --

Fortification of Decelea --

Athenian defeat in the Great Harbour --

Athenian defeat at Epipolae --

Syracusian victory at Sea --

Destruction of the Athenian expedition --

Alarm at Athens --

Beginning of Persian intervention --

Oligarchic coup --

Athenian victory of Cynossema --

Appendices. Appendix 1. The Spartan (Peloponnesian) and Athenian Leagues ; Appendix 2. Greek monetary systems ; Appendix 3. The Melian dialogue ; Appendix 4. Notes on Book VIII.