1. The Delian League: Its Origins and Early History -- 2. From Delian League to Athenian Empire -- 3. The Athenian Empire -- 4. Sparta: Her Problems and Her Ingenuity, 478-431 -- 5. The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 -- 6. Life within Sparta -- 7. Athenian Demokratia -- 8. Citizen Women of Athens -- 9. Religious Prophecy at Athens -- App. Did Thucydides write "pure fiction"? Ancient history and modern passion.