Article abstract: Greek historian{$I[g]Greece;Thucydides} For the methods he employed in his account of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides is considered one of the founders of the discipline of history.
Early Life
Thucydides (thew-SIHD-uh-deez) was born around 459 into a wealthy and conservative Athenian family. He grew up in Periclean Athens, an exciting place for a young, intelligent aristocrat. He followed the traditional course of education founded on the study of Homer, but leavened it with the rational skepticism of the Sophists. Thucydides could...
Source: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476, ©2004 Salem Press, Inc.. All Rights Reserved.
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