Thucydides
Thucydides (/θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/; Greek: Θουκυδίδης; born around 460 BC, died around 400 BC) was an ancient Greek historian best remembered for his work on the Peloponnesian War. He was the son of Olorus.[1]
Bust of Thucydides in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
References
- Robinson Jr., C.A. (May 1964). "Introduction". Selections from Greek and Roman historians. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. pp. xiv.
Further reading
- Herodotus, Histories, A. D. Godley (translator), Cambridge: Harvard University Press (1920). ISBN 0-674-99133-8 .
- Pausanias, Description of Greece, Books I-II, (Loeb Classical Library) translated by W. H. S. Jones; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. (1918). ISBN 0-674-99104-4. .
- Plutarch, Lives, Bernadotte Perrin (translator), Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. (1914). ISBN 0-674-99053-6 .
- Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton (1910). .
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- Works by Thucydides at Project Gutenberg
- Short Bibliography on Thucydides Archived 2006-11-15 at the Wayback Machine Lowell Edmunds, Rutgers University
- Perseus Project Thucydides, Table of Contents
- Thomas Hobbes' Translation of Thucydides
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