Thucydides

Plaster cast bust of Thucydides (in the [[Pushkin Museum]]) from a Roman copy (located at [[Holkham Hall]]) of an early fourth-century BC Greek original 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.

He also 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' 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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    by Thucydides
    Published 1951
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1963
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1985
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1974
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1902
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1919
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1909
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1959
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1893
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1934
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1881
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1898
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1988
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1974
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1882
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1938
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    by Thucydides
    Published 1917
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