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Thucydides ( / θ ( j) uːˈsɪdɪˌdiːz /, thew-SID-ih-deez; Ancient Greek: Θουκυδίδης, romanized : Thoukudídēs [tʰuːkydǐdɛːs]; c. 460 – c. 400 BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC.
Jun 6, 2024 · Thucydides was the greatest of ancient Greek historians and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the struggle between Athens and Sparta in the 5th century bc. His work was the first recorded political and moral analysis of a nation’s war policies.
Nov 9, 2009 · One of the greatest ancient historians, Thucydides (c.460 B.C.–c.400 B.C.) chronicled nearly 30 years of war and tension between Athens and Sparta. His “History of the Peloponnesian War” was ...
Apr 8, 2024 · Thucydides was the third ancient Greek who wrote extensively about a war. Roughly fifty years before him, Herodotus wrote The Persian Wars . Three centuries prior to him, Homer wrote the Iliad , a story of the Trojan War.
Apr 19, 2012 · Thucydides (c. 460/455 - 399/398 BCE) was an Athenian general who wrote the contemporary History of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, which lasted from 431 BCE to 404 BCE. However, Thucydides'...
Jun 12, 2017 · Thucydides has two main speakers set out the case. Both speakers make a series of complex arguments revolving around questions of justice, fairness, good governance, and the nature of...
Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war, and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it. This belief was not without its grounds.
The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, part of the Internet Classics Archive
Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, beginning at the moment that it broke out, and believing that it would be a great war and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it. This belief was not without its grounds.
Thucydides was an Athenian general in Thrace 424/3. Thucydides exiled from Athens 424/3-404. Death of Thucydides c. 400. On several occasions in the History Thucydides refers to himself; these references are the best surviving evidence about his life.
