Peloponnesian War

American  

noun

1. a war between Athens and Sparta, 431–404 b.c., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta.

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Peloponnesian War British  

noun

1. a war fought for supremacy in Greece from 431 to 404 _bc , in which Athens and her allies were defeated by the league centred on Sparta

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Peloponnesian War Cultural  

1. A long war between the Greek city-states of Athens (see also Athens) and Sparta in the fifth century b.c. Sparta won the war.

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The historian Thucydides fought in the Peloponnesian War and later wrote a remarkable history about it.

Example Sentences

While Herodotus suggests the workings of fate in the earlier Persian Wars by reporting multiple opinions, Thucydides, likely influenced by Sophist philosophy, stages Athens’s inner conflict during the Peloponnesian War through imaginary dialogues.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Incorrigibles were excited to learn she was a history teacher and bombarded her with questions: Was it true that plague had determined the outcome of the Peloponnesian War?

From Literature

But just as optimism has its dark side, the Peloponnesian War was not without its bright spots, at least in terms of literature.

From Literature

The author begins his survey in 432 B.C., with Sparta and Athens on the cusp of the Peloponnesian War.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stop and chat with Paul, in other words, and you may walk away bruised of ego, wrinkled of nose and renewed in your determination to know as little as possible about the Peloponnesian War.

From Los Angeles Times