An account of a plague during this conflict describes a symptom called lygx kenē, which may be hiccups, suggesting it was a viral hemorrhagic fever. An account of this conflict reasoned that a tsunami must have been caused by an earthquake. A history of this conflict was first translated into English by Thomas Hobbes, and a landmark four-volume history of it was written by Donald Kagan. In the wake of a revolt in this conflict, one politician asserted that a democracy is incapable of an empire. A besieging power in this conflict demanded surrender by stating “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” The Melian dialogue and Pericles’ funeral oration are found in an account of this conflict by Thucydides. For 10 points, name this conflict between Athens and Sparta over a Greek peninsula. ■END■