1. The Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War was fought between Sparta and Athens and their corresponding allies; the war engulfed all of Greece, even reaching Sicily and Persia, and raged for 27 years (431-404 BC). ... The events of the civil war in Corcyra serve as a miniature representation of the larger conflict between "democratic " and "oligarchic " factions in Hellas as it reflects such themes as reason versus passion and personal gain versus the common good. ... The civil war of Corcyra symbolizes the once unified Greece torn apart by the war between the two factions. ... The war between democracy and oligar...
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