Thucydides

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Athenian general ancient Greek historian military historian writer

Thucydides was an ancient Athenian historian and general best known for writing the seminal work "History of the Peloponnesian War," which set a standard for critical, evidence-based historical writing.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Athenian general ⓘ ancient Greek historian ⓘ military historian ⓘ writer ⓘ
allegiance	Athens ⓘ
citizenship	Classical Athens ⓘ
conflict	Peloponnesian War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Athens ⓘ
culture	Athenian ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 460 BC ⓘ
dateOfDeath	circa 400 BC ⓘ
described	Athenian plague ⓘ Melian Dialogue ⓘ Sicilian Expedition ⓘ
era	Classical Greece ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greeks ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greeks
fieldOfWork	history ⓘ military strategy ⓘ political theory ⓘ
genre	historiography ⓘ military history ⓘ
hasPartInWork	Funeral Oration of Pericles ⓘ Melian Dialogue ⓘ Battle of Pylos ⓘ surface form: Pylos campaign narrative Sicilian Expedition ⓘ surface form: Sicilian Expedition narrative
influenced	Herodotus studies and later historiography ⓘ international relations theory ⓘ modern political realism ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ
knownFor	History of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ critical evidence-based historical method ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
methodologicalApproach	empirical analysis of events ⓘ focus on human nature and power politics ⓘ rejection of mythological explanations ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ strategos ⓘ
movement	classical Greek historiography ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
notableWork	History of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ general ⓘ historian ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Alimos ⓘ Athens ⓘ
timePeriodWrittenAbout	5th century BC Greece ⓘ Peloponnesian War ⓘ
writingStyle	analytical prose ⓘ concise and dense narrative ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

History of the Peloponnesian War → author → Thucydides ⓘ

Battle of Pylos → chronicledBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Herodotus → contemporaryOf → Thucydides ⓘ

Battle of Sybota → describedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Battle of Potidaea → describedBySource → Thucydides ⓘ

Brasidas → describedBySource → Thucydides ⓘ

Cleon → describedBySource → Thucydides ⓘ

Archidamian War → documentedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Age of Pericles → hasAssociatedPerson → Thucydides ⓘ

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens) → hasInscriptionSource → Thucydides ⓘ

Classical period → hasMajorFigure → Thucydides ⓘ

Classical Greece → hasNotableHistorian → Thucydides ⓘ

Greek Antiquity → hasNotableHistorian → Thucydides ⓘ

Peloponnesian War → historian → Thucydides ⓘ

Spartan king Pleistoanax → historicalSource → Thucydides ⓘ

subject surface form: Pleistoanax

Second Sacred War → historicalSource → Thucydides ⓘ

works of Herodotus → influenceOn → Thucydides ⓘ

subject surface form: Histories

Herodotus → influenced → Thucydides ⓘ

Cassius Dio → influencedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Demosthenes → influencedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" → influencedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

subject surface form: The Jewish War

Boeotians → mentionedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Cape Sounion → mentionedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Clazomenae → mentionedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Himera → mentionedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Lampsacus → mentionedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Larisa (ancient city) → mentionedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Megara → mentionedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Naxos (Sicily) → mentionedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Phocis → mentionedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Rhegion → mentionedBy → Thucydides ⓘ

Rhegium → presentInSource → Thucydides ⓘ

Battle of Amphipolis → primarySource → Thucydides ⓘ

Peace of Nicias → primarySource → Thucydides ⓘ

Battle of Delium → primarySourceAuthor → Thucydides ⓘ

Sicilian Expedition → primarySourceAuthor → Thucydides ⓘ

Themistocles → source → Thucydides ⓘ

Dorians → sourceMention → Thucydides ⓘ

Attic Greek → usedBy → Thucydides ⓘ