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"Men's indignation, it seems, is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior." -- Thucydides
Thucydides (c. 460 BC – c. 395 BC) (Greek ??????????, Thoukydíd?s) was a Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" because of his strict standards of evidence-gathering and analysis in terms of cause and effect without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.

He has also been called the father of the school of political realism, which views the relations between nations as based on might rather than right. His classical text is still studied at advanced military colleges worldwide, and the Melian dialogue remains a seminal work of international relations theory.

More generally, Thucydides showed an interest in developing an understanding of human nature to explain behaviour in such crises as plague, massacres, as in that of the Melians, and civil war.

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Total Books: 343
Bellum Peloponnesiacum Volume 1
Bellum Peloponnesiacum Volume 1 [Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142276126
ISBN-10: 1142276120
Genre: Nonfiction
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Bellum Peloponnesiacum Volume 2
Bellum Peloponnesiacum Volume 2 [Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142795252
ISBN-10: 114279525X
Genre: Nonfiction
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Book 3 Edited on the Basis of the ClassenSteup Ed
Book 3 Edited on the Basis of the Classensteup Ed (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781151926203
ISBN-10: 1151926205
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Book III Edited with introd and notes by AW Spratt
Book III Edited with Introd and Notes By Aw Spratt (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781116772296
ISBN-10: 1116772299
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Book VII
Book VII [Bk. 7] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780198720980
ISBN-10: 019872098X
Genre: History
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Brasidas in Thrace
Brasidas in Thrace [Modern School Classics] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780333082058
ISBN-10: 0333082052
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Capture Of Sphacteria Book Four Chapter One To FortyOne
The Capture of Sphacteria Book Four Chapter One to Fortyone [1881] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781104481780
ISBN-10: 1104481782
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Capture of Sphacteria Book Iv Ch 141
The Capture of Sphacteria Book IV Ch 141 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781151948977
ISBN-10: 1151948977
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The Capture of Sphacteria Thucydides Book IV Ch
The Capture of Sphacteria Thucydides Book IV Ch (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781141496013
ISBN-10: 1141496011
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Cleonis Oratio
Cleonis Oratio [Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781110922093
ISBN-10: 1110922094
Genre: Nonfiction
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Complete Writings The Peloponnesian War
Complete Writings the Peloponnesian War (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780394309514
ISBN-10: 0394309510
Genre: History
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De Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo
De Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781117354361
ISBN-10: 1117354369
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De Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo Volume 3
De Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo Volume 3 [Greek Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142515096
ISBN-10: 1142515095
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Easy Selections From Thucydides
Easy Selections From Thucydides [1885] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781120190734
ISBN-10: 1120190738
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre
Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781142283964
ISBN-10: 1142283968
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The Eighth Book Of Thucydides' History
The Eighth Book of Thucydides' History [1893] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781104387525
ISBN-10: 1104387522
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Volume 10
The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Volume 10 (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781142001629
ISBN-10: 1142001628
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Volume 11
The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Volume 11 (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781141473151
ISBN-10: 1141473151
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Volume 3
The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Volume 3 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143623448
ISBN-10: 1143623444
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Volume 5
The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Volume 5 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781141961184
ISBN-10: 1141961180
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The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Volume 7
The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Volume 7 (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781142024215
ISBN-10: 1142024210
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Historiae [Oxford Classical Texts Series] (Hardcover)Hardcover
Le Storie [Classici greci - Italian Edition] (Other)
L'epitafio Di Pericle [Italian Edition] (Paperback)Paperback
The Speeches of Pericles [Milestone of thought] (Paperback)
Thucydides Book 1 [German Edition] (Paperback)
Thucydides Book 4 [1-41 - Cambridge Elementary Classics: Greek - Bk. 4, 1-41] (Hardcover)
Thucydides Book 6 [Bryn Mawr commentaries] (Paperback)
Thucydides Book III [Pitt Press - Bk. 3] (Hardcover)
Thucydides I 123 [1906 - German Edition] (Paperback)
Thucydides the Peloponnesian War Book II [Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics] (Hardcover)Paperback
Thucydidis I [ii - Volume 1] (Paperback)
Thukydides' Siebentes Buch [1889 - German Edition] (Paperback)
Thukydides Volume 2 [German Edition] (Paperback)
The War That Still Goes On [Oberon Modern Plays] (Paperback)
Works Bk 1 [Classics] (Hardcover)
Works Bk 2 [Classics] (Hardcover)
Works Bk 3 [Classics] (Hardcover)
Works Bk 4 [Classics] (Hardcover)
Works Bk 7 [Classics] (Hardcover)