Athens (479 BC) — the same event in Plutarch's Parallel Lives and Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

Plutarch's Parallel Lives: He deceives the Spartan ephors and rebuilds the walls of Athens; Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War: On…

What each source says

Plutarch's Parallel Lives · 479 BC · Athens

He deceives the Spartan ephors and rebuilds the walls of Athens

γνόντες γὰρ οἱ Λακεδαιμόνιοι τὸ ἀληθὲς οὐκ ἠδίκησαν αὐτόν, ἀλλʼ ἀδήλως χαλεπαίνοντες ἀπέπεμψαν.
Location: Plut. Themistocles 19

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War · 478 BC · Athens

On Themistocles' advice, Athens hastily rebuilds its walls and completes them

τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι τὴν πόλιν ἐτείχισαν ἐν ὀλίγῳ χρόνῳ.
Location: 1.93.1

Where the sources differ

A and B are two of the sources listed above.

On what pointSource ASource BWhat differs (in Korean)
YearPlutarch's Parallel LivesThucydides, History of the Peloponnesian Wara는 기원전 479년, b는 기원전 478년 기사

Place: Athenai

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