Thucydides
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The father of "scientific history" (being impartial, gathering evidence, analysing cause and effect), Thucydides (460 – c. 400 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
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1. Gods

2. Plague

3. Athens

4. Melian Dialogue

5. Criticisms Of Poets/Story-telelrs;

6. Example Of Athenian Comedy

7. Pericles

8. Lacedaemonians

9. Work Is Incomplete- Fades Out When

10. Was Writing For Audience Who

11. Thinks From Middle Of C: War Was

12. Athens And Sparta

13. Key Theme

14. Thucydides Lived Through

15. To Last For All Time

16. 3 Stages Of War Thuc Depicts As United 27 Years

17. Morality And Power For Thucydides

18. Mytilenian Debate When?

19. Mytelinene

20. Skill

21. Doesn't Mention Herodotus But

22. Example Of State Self-interest

23. Some Scholars: Biased

24. Peloponnesian War

25. Describes How Idea Of Living A Moral Life Is Less Of A Motivator When You Think Your Life Expectancy Is Low- Breakdown Of Law/Order - Customs