For those interested in a compelling fictional treatment of major events in the Pelopennesian War, I am currently reading Steven Pressfield's "The Tides Of War" which chronicles the rise and fall (and rise and fall) of Alcibiades. That and his earlier "Gates Of Fire" on the epic stand of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae are both outstanding.
"I can see why you Spartans aren't afraid to die."
An Athenian, setting aside a bowl of black bean gruel.
Also good, `The Pelopennisian War', by Donald Kagan.