Plutarch and Thucydides on Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition

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Brief Overview

This paper is a comparison of the life of Nicias by Plutarch and Books VI and VII of Thucydides' Peloponnesian War. It attempts to compare the two authors' treatment and judgment of the statesman-general Nicias.

Author

• Aayush Thapa, University of Texas at Austin