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Thucydides (Θουκυδίδης)
(c.460–c.400 B.C.)

Greek historian of Athens, one of the greatest of ancient historians. His family was partly Thracian. As a general in the Peloponnesian War he failed (424 B.C.) to prevent the surrender of the city of Amphipolis to the Spartan commander Brasidas and was exiled until the end of the war. He thus had opportunity to acquaint himself with both the... More...

Greece, 1998, Thucydides