Thucydides

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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

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Abdera in Thrace mentionedBy Thucydides
Sestos mentionedBy Thucydides
Tanagra mentionedBy Thucydides
Diodorus Siculus influencedBy Thucydides
ancient Laconia mentionedBy Thucydides
Mantineia mentionedBy Thucydides
Echinades Islands mentionedBy Thucydides
Melian Dialogue author Thucydides
Cape Sunium mentionedBy Thucydides
polis of Athens notableCitizen Thucydides
revolt of Naxos describedBySource Thucydides
subject surface form: Revolt of Naxos
Perioikoi primarySources Thucydides
Helots documentedBy Thucydides
Histories influenced Thucydides
Mytilenean revolt primarySource Thucydides
Leontini mentionedBy Thucydides
Katane mentionedBy Thucydides
siege of Eion primarySource Thucydides
Archidamus II knownFromSource Thucydides
Peace of Callias (traditional attribution) notAttestedInSource Thucydides
subject surface form: Peace of Callias
island of Sphacteria author Thucydides
subject surface form: History of the Peloponnesian War
Potidaea mentionedBy Thucydides
Phocians mentionedBySource Thucydides
Amyclae mentionedBy Thucydides
Spartan navy historicalSource Thucydides
Life of Nicias usesSource Thucydides
Ἦλις mentionedBy Thucydides
Τροιζήν mentionedBy Thucydides
Pleistoanax historicalSource Thucydides
Pausanias the Regent source Thucydides
Life of Alcibiades usesAsSource Thucydides
Battle of Mantinea (418 BC) historicalSource Thucydides
this entity surface form: Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
Λάμψακος mentionedBy Thucydides
this entity surface form: Θουκυδίδης