How to use Thucydides in a sentence
A linguistic version of this phenomenon occurs in translations of the notoriously challenging Greek of the historian Thucydides.
The Classics are Dead! Long Live the Classics! Mary Beard’s New Book | Nick Romeo | September 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDoes it bother you to read Thucydides (or other authors) in translation?
Thucydides was then a boy; schylus died in that year; Cimon was recalled from exile, and the Athenians completed their long walls.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellIn a single volume Thucydides relates what could scarcely be compressed into eight volumes of a modern history.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordSallust made Thucydides his model, but fell below him in genius and elevated sentiment.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
He was not comprehensive like Cicero, or philosophical like Thucydides, although he affected philosophy as he did morality.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordIn point of artistic unity he is superior to Livy and equal to Thucydides, whom he resembles in conciseness of style.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
British Dictionary definitions for Thucydides
/ (θuːˈsɪdɪˌdiːz) /
?460–?395 bc, Greek historian and politician, distinguished for his History of the Peloponnesian War
Derived forms of Thucydides
- Thucydidean, adjective
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Cultural definitions for Thucydides
[ (thooh-sid-uh-deez) ]
An ancient Greek historian and general. Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War, in which he fought, is famous for its careful reporting of events and its sharp analysis of causes and effects.
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