ΘΟΥΚΥΔΙΔΗΣ, θουκυδιδης
THOUKYDIDĒS, thoukydidēs
Sounds Like: thoo-koo-DEE-dees
Translations: Thucydides
From the root: ΘΟΥΚΥΔΙΔΗΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Thucydides was an ancient Athenian historian and general. His 'History of the Peloponnesian War' recounts the 5th-century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC. He is often regarded as the father of 'scientific history' because of his strict standards of evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
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