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The episode discusses the Athenian invasion of Sicily and the ensuing military and political complications.

USE CODE DONK50 TO GET 50% OFF YOUR FIRST MONTH ON PATREON UNTIL THE END OF JUNE http://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys GET JOE'S BOOK Ebook, Audiobook, and Paperbacks now available! https://www.amazon.com/Highlands-Burn-Foundling-Brigade-Saga-ebook/dp/B0GSG5CNXX/ Or you can buy the ebook and audiobook directly from us: https://www.llbdpodcast.com/products/ Get Nate's band's debut album here! https://secondhomesband.com/ Hoping to get one over on their Spartan enemies, Athens is tricked by some fancy furniture and sweet chains and invades Sicily. Before the operation can even start, one commander who is trying to stop the invasion frames another for the crime of sacrilege, leading him to defect to the Spartans and convince them to join the war to stop Athens. Somehow, that isn't even the strangest thing that happens over the next two years. SOURCES: Ellis, Walter M. Alcibiades. New York: Routledge, 1989 Kagan, Donald. The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. Translated by Richard Crawley. Strauss, Barry S., and Josiah Ober. The Anatomy of Error: Ancient Military Disasters and Their Lessons for…

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Host: Lions Led By Donkeys

Topics covered

• Sicilian Expedition
• Ancient Greece
• Military History
• Athenian Strategy
• Spartan Warfare

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Organizations: Second Homes Band, Routledge, Cornell University Press, St. Martin’s Press

Books & works: Highlands Burn: Foundling Brigade Saga, The Peloponnesian War, The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition, Misplaced Aggression: The Athenian Defeat at Syracuse

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