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| Name: |
Thucydides | | Birth Date: |
c. 460 B.C. | | Death Date: |
c. 401 B.C. | | Nationality: |
Greek | | Gender: |
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historian, author |
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 Biography of Thucydides
1,163 words, approx. 4 pages
 The Greek historian Thucydides (ca. 460-ca. 401 BC) wrote on the Peloponnesian War. The greatest ancient historian, he is in a real sense the creator of modern historiography. Little is known about the life of Thucydides. Most modern scholars place his... summary from source:
 Biography of Thucydides
5,334 words, approx. 18 pages
 The historian Thucydides was a citizen of Athens and lived during the most fertile period of Greek culture. His only preserved writing is his history of the Peloponnesian War, fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies (431-404 B.C.).... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Thucydides (460–399 Bce) Summary
1,304 words, approx. 4 pagesThucydides(460–399 Bce) Thucydides wrote a history of the epic struggle between Athens and Sparta. His work has proved to be—as he hoped—a "possession for all time," though perhaps not in quite the way he intended.... summary from source:
 Thucydides Summary
130 words, approx. 0 pagesc. 471-401 B.C. Greek historian known for his eyewitness account of the plague that struck Athens in 429 B.C. at the outset of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.) "The bodies of dying men lay one upon another," Thucydides wrote,... summary from source:
 Thucydides Information
4,135 words, approx. 14 pages
Thucydides (c. 460 BC – c. 395 BC) (Greek Θουκυδίδης, Thoukudídēs) was an ancient Greek historian, and the author of the <i>History of the Peloponnesian War</i>, which recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the...
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11/26/2007: 567 words, approx. 2 pagesAnnapolis is a college town in love with history. Now history is coming to Annapolis in the form of a Middle East peace conference, offering students a close encounter with world events.Though it's unlikely the 4,400 students at the U.S. Naval Academy will get a... summary from source:
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2/11/2007: 662 words, approx. 2 pagesAfter more than 100 years of existence, the New York Public Library is closing down. Movers have already begun the gargantuan task of emptying the main building, an ornate Beaux-Arts structure located on Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd streets. Within a few weeks, 86...
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 Critical Essay by Richard Jebb
10,172 words, approx. 34 pages
Jebb was a Scottish-born classicist, translator, and author of numerous works on ancient literature, and the founder of the Cambridge Philological Society, the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, and the British School of Archeology in Athens. In the essay excerpted below, originally published in 1880 in Hellenica: a Collection of Essays on Greek Poetry, Philosophy, History, and Religion, Jebb approaches the speeches as a vital part of the History for their "light on the inner workings of... summary from source:
Critical Essay by John H. Finley Jr.
9,610 words, approx. 32 pages
Focusing on the opening chapters or "archeology" of the History in the following excerpt from his 1942 monograph, Finley asserts that the material reveals Thucydides' "belief that history is both useful and scientific. "
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Critical Essay by G. B. Grundy
9,609 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following excerpt, Grundy suggests that Thucydides imbued the History with his own philosophical perspective—an "essentially practical" or cynical view-point—despite his claims to objectivity.
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 Essay Grade: 92%Thucydides' Historical Method
1,168 words, approx. 4 pages
In Thucydides's writings about the Peloponnesian War and the Lacedaemonian kings, he is critical of the thought processes of many of his fellow Greeks. He writes that they indescriminately accept the history they are told, with no attempt to challenge the stories to see if they are accurate. summary from source:
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Essay Grade: 86%Thucydides: Life Driven by Man Rather Than by Gods
668 words, approx. 2 pages
Provides biographical detail on the life of the ancient historian, Thucydides.' Examines his belief that life is not really led by the gods and their will, as Homer, the writer of the Iliad and the Odyssey, said, but rather by mere humans. Describes how this is exemplified by the life of Abraham Lincoln who started out as a farmer but, in the end, became one of the United State's greatest presidents.
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