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Ancient discovery or mystery,Greek civilization,The Peloponnesian War and Its Aftermath

Ancient discovery or mystery,Greek civilization,The Peloponnesian War and Its Aftermath

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By the end of the fifth century BCE, Greece was exhausted. The Peloponnesian War had n’t just destroyed Athens’ conglomerate it had shattered the confidence of an entire civilization. The old idea of hellenic concinnity, born from the palms over Persia, had dissolved into bitterness and dubitation . metropolises that formerly called each other sisters now treated one another as adversaries. The Greek world was fractured into dozens of tone- absorbed countries, each chasing its own survival. In this vacuum of power, a new force was stirring still in the north

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