Theme: Peloponnesian War Are you prepared to run it? No, sorry
Suggested books, if you have them already: Steven Pressfield: "Tides of War" (2000) Mary Renault: "The Last of the Wine" (1956) Aristophanes: "The Birds" (414 BC) English translations by Eugene O'Neill, jr. or by Ian Johnston. (I was thinking that we could make an exception here and include a play, seeing as we have an actual piece of fiction written at the time, which deals with the theme. "The Birds" is also hilariously funny and a short read. Or maybe Lysistrate which is more directly about the war.)
Peloponnesian War
Are you prepared to run it? No, sorry
Suggested books, if you have them already:
Steven Pressfield: "Tides of War" (2000)
Mary Renault: "The Last of the Wine" (1956)
Aristophanes: "The Birds" (414 BC) English translations by Eugene O'Neill, jr. or by Ian Johnston. (I was thinking that we could make an exception here and include a play, seeing as we have an actual piece of fiction written at the time, which deals with the theme. "The Birds" is also hilariously funny and a short read. Or maybe Lysistrate which is more directly about the war.)
Non-fictional reading could include Thucydides "History of the Peloponnesian War" at Gutenberg or at Project Perseus.