"Stories from Thucydides" by Thucydides Thucydides was an Athenian historian, general, and storyteller. This collection of his tales contains: Corinth and Corcyra, The Surprise of Plataea, The Plague at Athens, Investment of Plataea, Naval Victories of Phormio, The Revolt of Lesbos, Escape of Two Hundred Plataeans. Fall of Plataea, Capture of a Hundred and Twenty Spartans at Sphacteria, Campaigns of Brasidas in Thrace, The Hollow Peace, and The Athenians in Sicily.