An Athenian, Thucydides, writes and tells about the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, known as the Peloponnesian War, from the beginning of the war. In the first part of chapter 1, he tells about how the war would be a great war, more memorable than any wars before this time. He writes about the causes of the war and he looks at previous wars such as the Trojan War and correlates their abilities and impact with the war between Athens and Sparta. Thucydides believed that the Trojan War lasted so long because of the flaws and weaknesses in the Greek politics and military. Thucydides writes about the rivalry between the two cities of Athens and Sparta, two great states of Hellas, which were, then at the peaks of their power. Thucydides
