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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"...
Jun 12, 2017 · A fragment of the fourth book of the History of the Peloponnesian War. Wikimedia Commons. In Thucydides, the war found an author of meticulous standard and dedication who created a...
Thucydides , (born c. 460—died c. 404 bc), Greatest of ancient Greek historians. An Athenian who commanded a fleet in the Peloponnesian War , Thucydides failed to prevent the capture of the important city of Amphipolis and consequently was exiled for 20 years.
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 FIRST BOOK. THE PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. The estate of Greece, derived from the remotest known antiquity thereof, to the beginning of the Peloponnesian War. -- The occasion and pretexts of this war, arising from the controversies of the Athenians with the Corinthians concerning Corcyra and Potidaea.
Jun 6, 2024 · Thucydides - Greek Historian, Authority, Work: He kept to a strict chronological scheme, and, where it can be accurately tested by the eclipses that he mentions, it fits closely.
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.
