Primary Source Analysis

Author: The author was Thucydides, a wealthy Athenian General who was not bias. The point of view is 3rd person.
Place and time:The place and time was in Athens through 431 BC and 404 BC. It affects the meaning because he was there when it happened.
Prior knowledge: The pictures would help me understand the primary source. The people that I recognize are the Spartans and the Athenians.
Audience: It was written for the people in Greece that were there. And for other people that were interested in learning about the war. It affects the reliability because the people in Greece expierienced it too.
Reason: It was created to inform other people about the war. His motivation was that he was a general in it, so he wanted to write about it. I know because he wasn't biased.
The main idea: The main idea of the story is about the Peloponnesian war. It's conveying about how the Spartans won.
Significance: This source is important because the author tells us how the war really went, because he expierienced it. The inferences and conclusions i can draw from it are that Spartans and Athens had a very long war with fights around the coast, but Spartans come out on top.
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