Thucydides

Plaster cast bust of Thucydides in the [[Pushkin Museum]], created from a Roman copy of an early fourth-century BC Greek original located at [[Holkham Hall]] Thucydides ( ; ||}} ; 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. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.

Thucydides has been called the father of the school of political realism, which views the political behavior of individuals and the subsequent outcomes of relations between states as ultimately mediated by, and constructed upon, fear and self-interest. His text is still studied at universities and military colleges worldwide. The Melian dialogue is regarded as a seminal text of international relations theory, while his version of Pericles's Funeral Oration is widely studied by political theorists, historians, and students of the classics. More generally, Thucydides developed an understanding of human nature to explain behavior in such crises as plagues, massacres, and wars. Provided by Wikipedia
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    History IV.1-V.24 / by Thucydides

    Published 1998
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    Thucydidis Historiae / by Thucydides

    Published 1905
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    Historiarum liber primus / by Thucydides

    Published 1951
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    Thucydidis Historiae / by Thucydides

    Published 1942
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    The Peloponnesian war : The unabridged Crawley translation / / by Thucydides

    Published 1951
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    Epitafio di Pericle per i caduti del primo anno di guerra (II, 34-47) / by Thucydides

    Published 2000
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    The complete writings of Thucydides. : The Peloponnesian war. / by Thucydides

    Published 1934
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    Thucydides. : Book I. / by Thucydides

    Published 1888
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    The Peloponnesian War / by Thucydides

    Published 1982
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    Thucydides : Book VI. / by Thucydides

    Published 1965
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    Thucydides / by Thucydides

    Published 1958
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    The speeches of Pericles / by Thucydides

    Published 1979
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    Xyngraphē / by Thucydides

    Published 1972
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    The history of the Peloponnesian war / by Thucydides

    Published 1943
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    Thucydides, book VII. / by Thucydides

    Published 1891
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