Author:Thucydides

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Thucydides
(460s BCE – 390s BCE)

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Ancient Greek historian, who fought in the Peloponnesian War war for the Athenians as a naval commander, and wrote an account of that war which is considered the first work of scientific history. His History was followed by the Hellenica of Xenophon.

Works

History of the Peloponnesian War

Works about Thucydides

The Speeches of Thucydides, an essay by Richard Claverhouse Jebb

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