| 单词 | Thucydides |
| 例句 | Thucydides reported, enveloped the city in “a great degree of lawlessness.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She studied history written by Herodotus and Thucydides, which included political and military events of the past, and memorized the speeches of Demosthenes to learn the fine points of public speaking and debate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Into politics, of which I have taken final leave....I have given up newspapers in exchange for Tacitus and Thucydides, for Newton and Euclid; and I find myself much happier.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Aldus was the first to print Aristotle, Thucydides, Herodotus and Sophocles, among others in the Greek canon. A Grolier Club Tribute to the Printer Aldus Manutius 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Believers and skeptics alike came to read Scripture as if they were poring over Thucydides or Plutarch. What Is the Meaning of Sacred Texts? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z WEISS: There’s a reason you can still read Thucydides and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later. Game of Thrones Creators: ‘We Know What Happens in Each Scene’ of Season 8 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Brown also turns, consciously or not, to Thucydides for inspiration. Gordon Brown invokes Demosthenes and Cicero - badly 2010-05-04T17:36:00Z Cummings was a lone wolf in the corridors of power, a man once described by Cameron, the former prime minister, as a “career psychopath,” who liked to quote Thucydides and Otto von Bismarck. Brexit Is Dividing Britain. So Is a Brexit Movie. 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Pessoa is a genius and is there with Proust, Joyce, Montaigne and my all-time favorite, Thucydides. André Aciman Would Like to Demote Virginia Woolf From the Canon 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z He earned a master’s degree there, too, after completing a thesis on Thucydides and Herodotus. William H. McNeill, Professor and Prolific Author, Dies at 98 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z To illustrate his hero’s character he even retells the story of Gylippus from Thucydides’ “History of the Peloponnesian War.” ‘African Kaiser’: A sweeping military history that reads like a novel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z She wrote several books on ancient historian Thucydides. French classics scholar Jacqueline de Romilly dies 2010-12-19T18:31:05Z Only a handful of early writers, such as Cicero and Thucydides, admonished people not to delay. Procrastination rules 2012-07-02T01:00:00Z This account examines the historians and artists who have shaped our current understanding of the world, covering chroniclers from Thucydides and Voltaire to Winston Churchill and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Newly Published, From a Nixon Insider to Margaret Atwood 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Kagan liked to invoke Thucydides’ conclusion that wars were fought out of a combination of fear, self-interest and honor. Donald Kagan, leading neo-conservative historian, dead at 89 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The other book he recommended was Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, the ancient Greek historian’s chronicle of the fight between Sparta and Athens in the 5th century, BC. Gore Vidal’s reading list for America 2012-08-02T20:25:00Z Thucydides was his model historian and Kagan shared the ancient Greek scholar’s dark views of human nature, how among nations power triumphed over morality. Donald Kagan, leading neo-conservative historian, dead at 89 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z BENIOFF: When I was reading Thucydides this morning, I was like, wait, what? Game of Thrones Creators: ‘We Know What Happens in Each Scene’ of Season 8 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z The idea was to teach leadership through an eclectic curriculum of classic texts, case-studies and crisis simulations, incorporating thinkers and topics from Thucydides, Sun Tzu, and Machiavelli to the Cold War. Leader of Prestigious Yale Program Resigns, Citing Donor Pressure 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The Landmark series presents classics of ancient history — previous volumes focused on the works of Herodotus, Thucydides and Julius Caesar — in a format that makes even annotated editions look skimpy. Review | 7 beautiful books that transport you to the worlds of Bond, Tolkien, Spider-Man and beyond 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z As Thucydides, the father of history, said, “Most people, in fact, will not take trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.” Are We Traveling the ‘Road to Unfreedom’? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Thucydides’s “The History of the Peloponnesian War,” or at least the Cliff Notes. John Lewis Gaddis: By the Book 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Schumer was also received by Xi, who said the Thucydides Trap is “not inevitable.” As world roils, US and China seek to ease strained ties and prepare for possible Biden-Xi summit 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The statement also said the notion that a rising power and declining power are destined for war, the so-called Thucydides Trap, is false. Schumer faults China for initial failure to condemn Hamas’ attacks 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Several years ago, Harvard political scientist Graham Allison coined the term “Thucydides’ trap.” How do we manage China’s decline? | Bret Stephens 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Thucydides wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War that remains the single most significant account of the war to this day. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Herodotus and Thucydides are considered the first true historians because they examined the past to rationally explain the causes and effects of human actions. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Thucydides Trap is a political term for the tendency of major clashes when an emerging power challenges an existing power. As world roils, US and China seek to ease strained ties and prepare for possible Biden-Xi summit 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z “The Thucydides Trap is not inevitable, and Planet Earth is vast enough to accommodate the respective development and common prosperity of China and the U.S.,” the statement said. Schumer faults China for initial failure to condemn Hamas’ attacks 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z The Greek historian Thucydides described how this cycle of hatred convulsed city after city during the Peloponnesian War. Opinion | I found hope for democracy in an unexpected place 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z "It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable," Thucydides noted in "The History of the Peloponnesian War." A return to permanent war is here: First it will bankrupt America, then destroy it 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z In History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides employed objectivity to explain the politics, events, and brutality of the conflict in a way that is similar in some respects to the approach of modern historians. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The approaches Thucydides used in his work still guide historians today. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mulder notes that Thucydides wrote about what may have been the first use of sanctions, when Athens instituted a commercial ban against merchants from the city of Megara in 432 B.C. Review | Economic sanctions were designed as a severe threat. Now they’re a default policy option. 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Dr. Kagan’s model historian was Thucydides, the ancient Greek scholar with whom he shared dark views of human nature, including how among nations power triumphed over morality. Donald Kagan, celebrated historian of ancient Greece, dies at 89 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The Greek historian Thucydides observed that wars are caused not only by fear and self-interest but also by the intangible feeling we describe as “pride.” Opinion | Joe Biden’s fundamental challenge is to root out the domestic insurgency 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z The philosophical schools of Plato and Aristotle, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, the plays of Athenian dramatists, and the art of Greek sculptors, architects, and painters have inspired European thinkers and artists for centuries. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Athens and the historian Thucydides learned this the hard way in the struggle against Sparta more than two millennia ago. Killing democracy in America: The military-industrial complex as a cytokine storm 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Quoting ancient Greek historian Thucydides, the authors write: “There will be justice … when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.” Drugs, money and misleading evidence 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z He liked to invoke Thucydides’s conclusion that wars were fought out of a combination of fear, self-interest and honor. Donald Kagan, celebrated historian of ancient Greece, dies at 89 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z You can see by my name my heritage, Thucydides made the dangers of what ‘the voters would probably be most inclined to do’ quite clear and it ain’t pretty.” Presenting your Senate Power Rankings 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z The primary lesson of plague literature, from Thucydides onwards, is how predictably humans respond to such crises. The end of coronavirus: what plague literature tells us about our future 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z "At the beginning, the doctors were quite incapable of treating the disease because of their ignorance of the right methods," wrote Thucydides. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Socrates had evidently acquired immunity from his earlier exposure to the disease, just as Thucydides himself, who had survived infection, recognised that this made him immune from reinfection. What Boris Johnson's Greek hero teaches us about epidemics 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z In the fifth century B.C., the Greek historian Thucydides reported that survivors of the Plague of Athens were commandeered to administer to those suffering from it. ‘You Could Lick the Benches’: Life for the First Wave of U.S. Survivors 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Come to that, is Thucydides such an evolutionary thinker, or doesn’t he emphasise the power of unchanging basic human motives in a way that has some affinities with, let’s say, Hobbes? Inside the mind of Dominic Cummings 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z “There was particularly high mortality among doctors because of their particular exposure,” Thucydides wrote 2,500 years ago in a sentence that could appear in tomorrow’s paper. The end of coronavirus: what plague literature tells us about our future 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z According to the historian Thucydides, the plague came from faraway Ethiopia and entered the city by ship. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z But surprisingly, none has drawn attention to the lesson Thucydides himself intended. What Boris Johnson's Greek hero teaches us about epidemics 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z The Greek historian Thucydides, writing about the Peloponnesian Wars thousands of years ago, associated the gutting of language with the dissolution of the state. The war on words in Donald Trump’s White House 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z And from that perspective, I only hope that, rather than figuring as an amalgam of Thucydides and Stephen Hawking, he doesn’t end up looking more like an unnerving cross between Robespierre and Dr Strangelove. Inside the mind of Dominic Cummings 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The “Thucydides trap” to which Mr. Wang referred is a theory popularized by the Harvard scholar Graham Allison that a rising power and an established power are likely bound for war. China’s Global Message: We Are Tough but Not Threatening 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Fortunately, the Democratic field includes one person familiar with Thucydides’s warning, and who is unafraid to assert its contemporary pertinence. Opinion | Michael Bennet might be the Democrats’ best chance to beat Trump 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Both orations were reported by the contemporary historian Thucydides, whose searing description of the Great Plague is worth reading for its literary virtuosity alone. What Boris Johnson's Greek hero teaches us about epidemics 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Despite the mutual awareness of the Thucydides trap – and the recognition that history is not deterministic – China and the US seem to be falling into it anyway. Could the US-China trade row become a global cold war? | Nouriel Roubini 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Over the course of the day conversation spans the work of Athenian historian Thucydides, the trial of Mexican drug dealer El Chapo, the proper etiquette of Polo, and one of his boyhood heroes, Robin Hood. 'Don't teach me democracy!': an uneasy audience with Indonesia's Prabowo 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z As Thucydides said: “The strong do what they can; the weak do what they must.” When multilateralism crumbles, so does our rules-based order | Mark Medish 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z As early as the fifth century B.C., the Greek historian Thucydides contrasted the self-control and stoicism of Spartans with the more indulgent and freethinking citizens of Athens. Perspective | How different cultures shape children’s personalities in different ways 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Only war wins in the Thucydides trap, and contrary to Trump’s approach to China everything must be done to avoid it. The 5 key trends in globalization during 2018 that will change America and the world 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z In the 21st century, the Thucydides trap would swallow not just the US and China, but the entire world. Could the US-China trade row become a global cold war? | Nouriel Roubini 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z “I don’t like to lead with this about myself,” he said during a discussion group on Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War, “but I’m a veteran and I’ve been to war.” They served their country. Why aren’t elite colleges serving them better? 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z It is praised for its ethnic purity — maintained through the policy of xenelasia, or the expulsion of foreigners, mentioned by the historian Thucydides — and, of course, for its military discipline. Perspective | Guess who’s championing Homer? Radical online conservatives. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z China’s real problem isn’t the so-called Thucydides trap, which holds that a rising power like China must clash with an established power like the U.S., the way ancient Athens clashed with Sparta. Opinion | Imperialism Will Be Dangerous for China 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The question of how an established power deals with the rise of a new global power is one at least as old as Thucydides. Opinion | We responded with urgency to 9/11. Now we need to respond as urgently to China. 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z It’s just a mess: a mess of stuff from here, from there, a little bit of the Crusades, a little bit of Thucydides there, some crazy, Catholic, right-wing theology. Opinion | The Devil in Steve Bannon 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Athens and Sparta, old allies, went to war 2,500 years ago, according to the historian Thucydides, when plucky Athens grew powerful enough to rival Sparta, then the pre-eminent Greek power. Trump Shakes the International Order. Could It Break? 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Perhaps if Bundy had studied Thucydides — and his brilliant interpreter Gaddis — that judgment would have been decided differently. Review | How great leaders make good and terrible military decisions 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z It was Lenin, not Thucydides, who foresaw the challenge the People’s Republic is now facing: He called it imperialism and said it led to economic collapse and war. Opinion | Imperialism Will Be Dangerous for China 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z That’s how we got to ancient Greek history and Thucydides, the author of the “History of the Peloponnesian War.” Politics and chicken farming: Meet the new GOP leader in Washington’s state House 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z For me, they led to Herodotus’ The Histories, Thucydides, Peloponnesian War, and the ancient Greek playwrights like Sophocles and Euripides. New Sentences: From Emily Wilson’s Translation of the ‘Odyssey’ 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s a universe where the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must, as Thucydides said. Perspective | Trump is so obsessed with winning that he might make America lose 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The book was Thucydides’ “The Peloponnesian War,” a history of the 5th-century BC geopolitical and military contest between Athens and Sparta, which through the centuries has remained an essential work of international relations theory. Review | How great leaders make good and terrible military decisions 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z I myself have derived great pleasure and intellectual stimulation from reading, analyzing and discussing the works of Aristophanes, Thucydides and Aristotle, along with many others. Arizona Republicans Inject Schools of Conservative Thought Into State Universities 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z “When we talk about civil discord, when Thucydides wrote about the civil war in Athens, that tells you how awful it can get,” he said, with Mount Rainier looming in the distance. Politics and chicken farming: Meet the new GOP leader in Washington’s state House 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z In the choice between Trump and Bannon is only one winner, and it was not the former naval officer, investment banker and film producer fond of quoting Thucydides. How Bannon turned on Trump … and how their bromance may not be over 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Their stories and countless others might have been lost had historians like Thucydides, Xenophon and Pausanias followed the imperative recognizable to athletes and journalists today: stick to sports. Memo to Trump after his NFL rant: sport is, and always has been, political 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Thucydides, regarded as the original progenitor of the school of political realism, famously observed that “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” Review | How great leaders make good and terrible military decisions 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z In May a group of staff at the National Security Council reportedly received a briefing from Graham Allison, who wrote a recent book about the “Thucydides trap.” From Cicero to Trump, They’re All in Plutarch’s ‘Lives’ 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z This “other Thucydides trap” encapsulates the real dilemma faced by the US in east Asia. Could Trump’s blundering lead to war between China and Japan? 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Thucydides, an ancient historian, wrote of the Peloponnesian war of 431-404 BC that “It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable.” Will America and China go to war? 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z For a man who's been dead for more than 2,000 years, the Ancient Athenian historian Thucydides is proving surprising relevant. The White House, Wonder Woman and What to Know About Thucydides 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Allison finds risks of Thucydides’ Trap on both sides of the divide: the rising power feels frustrated and the established one feels threatened. Are China and the United States Headed for War? 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z One does not need to subscribe to pessimistic versions of Graham Allison’s “Thucydides Trap” as it relates to worries about how China as a rising power may fill the vacuum left by the United States. Opinion | After 75 years of progress, was last week a hinge in history? 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z Peloponnesian War recounted by the ancient Greek historian Thucydides. Opinion | The Thucydides Trap is a bit of a stretch 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z It might also help China and the United States avoid the Thucydides Trap about which Mr. Allison warns. Opinion | How Trump could avoid the Thucydides Trap 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z But, though Thucydides may be having a moment, theorists of international relations have always looked to his writings for guidance on approaching international conflicts. The White House, Wonder Woman and What to Know About Thucydides 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z The reason, he says, can be traced to the problem described in the fifth century B.C.E. in Thucydides’ account of the Peloponnesian War. Are China and the United States Headed for War? 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Xi and President Barack Obama even discussed the Thucydides Trap at their 2015 summit, but could not agree what to do to escape it. Perspective | How Trump and China’s Xi could stumble into war 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Thucydides attributed the war to the “growth in power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta,” spurring the latter to launch what became a 27-year war. Opinion | The Thucydides Trap is a bit of a stretch 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Thucydides had the strutting Athenians sneer at the vanquished Melians that “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must”. Trump’s lies are not the problem. It’s the millions who swallow them who really matter | Nick Cohen 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z In one of his most famous lines, Thucydides stated his belief that war between Athens and Sparta became inevitable as the former's power grew and thus inspired fear in the latter. The White House, Wonder Woman and What to Know About Thucydides 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Since at least the time of Thucydides, the “agora’’ came to represent the public heart of a city, a cornerstone of democratic ideals. So Many Protests, So Little Space 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z As Thucydides explained about the war that destroyed the two great city states of ancient Greece, “It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable.” Perspective | How Trump and China’s Xi could stumble into war 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Despite competitiveness and even spikes in chariness between the United States and China, that’s a normal, manageable and very different dynamic than the “collision course for war” that Allison and his Thucydides Trap intrepidly predict. Opinion | The Thucydides Trap is a bit of a stretch 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z But he never forgot his comrades and the words of Thucydides: “We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.” Helping Our Heroes Heal 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z "In the History, Thucydides shows that power, if it is unrestrained by moderation and a sense of justice, brings about the uncontrolled desire for more power," according to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The White House, Wonder Woman and What to Know About Thucydides 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Most important, the U.S.-China relationship must be prevented from becoming a “Thucydides trap” in which a rising power and an established one view each other with such suspicion that conflict appears inevitable. Donald Trump’s Top Priority Must Be a Strong China Strategy 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z This pattern, which I call the “Thucydides Trap,” recurs often. Perspective | How Trump and China’s Xi could stumble into war 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z The Thucydides Trap further stretches history and credulity by presuming equivalence with other distant wars. Opinion | The Thucydides Trap is a bit of a stretch 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z This is the so-called “Thucydides Trap”, a reference to the Athenian historian’s account of the seemingly inevitable conflict between the rising city-state of Athens and the status quo power Sparta in the fifth century BC. Obama’s failed ‘Asian pivot’ leaves China ascendant | Simon Tisdall 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Almost 2,500 years ago, the Greek historian Thucydides wrote that poverty was "no disgrace to acknowledge but a real degradation to make no effort to overcome." Racial, partisan divides shape American views of poverty and the poor 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Experts call it the Thucydides Trap, after the ancient Greek historian’s observations about the war between Athens and Sparta. Formidable challenges loom in Boeing’s next century 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z Well, hope, as Thucydides famously said, is the prop of the desperate. Republicans are scrambling (again) for a third party candidate: Why it won’t work and misses the point 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The biggest demagogue was the Athenian general Cleon, described by fellow general and historian Thucydides as “the most violent man in Athens.” How Anti-Trade Nativism Wrecked the Ancient Greeks 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z As Thucydides was forced to acknowledge of tyrants: “They adorn the city beautifully.” This Is What Ancient Greeks Would Have Called Donald Trump 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z After eight months in the job he quit, pronounced Mr Duncan Smith “incompetent…a worse prime minister than Tony Blair” and retired to an underground bunker in Durham to study Russian literature and Thucydides. An optimistic Eurosceptic 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z In September, Xi himself addressed the theory — called the Thucydides Trap — head-on in Seattle during his state visit to the U.S. China's president is the country's most-traveled leader since Communism -- and maybe the strongest 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z Thucydides identified it as the trend which led an up-and-coming Athens to war with Sparta in the 5th Century BC. Collision course? Rise of China a stress for the US - BBC News 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The life of Richard Nixon still awaits his Boswell, and his presidency awaits his Thucydides. Watergate reporter: Nixon is still tricky after all these years 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Athens insisted that Melos join its alliance, noting threateningly that the powerful do what they want and the weak must accept it, according to the historian Thucydides in his famous "Melian Dialogue." Greece's debt crisis explained, in mythological terms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Over 2,500 years ago, Thucydides, known as the father of scientific history because he relied on facts and his observations rather than divine intervention to explain events, once described a plague that struck Athens. The Three Signs Of The Coming Greek Plague 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z “There is no such thing as the so-called Thucydides Trap,” he said. China's president is the country's most-traveled leader since Communism -- and maybe the strongest 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z Thucydides noted that fear compounded the damage caused by the disease itself, often leading people to abandon their responsibilities to others. Was Ebola the culprit in the ancient Plague of Athens? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The ancient Greek inventors of democracy vigorously debated this issue, having painful historical experience of it – recorded by Thucydides – and theoretical solutions – discussed by Aristotle. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z At tonight’s Seder, I would suggest that the cautionary words of Thucydides, who predated the Haggadah by six hundred years, be added to Rabbi Eliezer’s and Rabbi Akiva’s imaginings of plagues. A Nuclear Deal on the Eve of Passover 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z But even Thucydides, one of the first historians, was afflicted by the fog of memory. Brian Williams and the fog of memory 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z You will learn far more about leadership from reading Thucydides’s hymn to Pericles than you will from a thousand leadership experts. Philosopher kings 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z As the disease progressed, Thucydides noted that people became so dehydrated that some plunged themselves into wells in futile attempts to quench their unceasing thirst. Was Ebola the culprit in the ancient Plague of Athens? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Anyone who relaxes by reading Thucydides on ancient and endless wars knows something about playing the long game. The Insurance Industry Is Risky. Federal Regulation May Be the Answer 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The assigned readings, dealing with the ethics of war, include Thucydides and Thomas Aquinas. A General in a Classroom Takes on the Ethics of War 2014-02-08T02:32:01Z The analysts said the Chinese are well aware of the example of the Peloponnesian War that was caused, according to the ancient Greek historian Thucydides, by the fear that a powerful Athens instilled in Sparta. China to Seek More Equal Footing With U.S. in Talks 2013-05-28T18:47:21Z Keegan takes you through the entire history of war, from the ancient Greek battles chronicled by Thucydides right up through the Cold War and the First Gulf War. RIP Military Historian John Keegan, Who Saw War as Product of Culture Rather than Biology 2012-08-06T01:15:06.397Z Not only was the famed historian Thucydides, who chronicled the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, a witness to the Athenian disease, he also contracted it himself and survived. Was Ebola the culprit in the ancient Plague of Athens? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z He chills out by reading Thucydides and Homer in ancient Greek. The Insurance Industry Is Risky. Federal Regulation May Be the Answer 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Why did Athens between 440 and 380 B.C. produce Plato, Socrates, Thucydides, Herodotus, Euripides, Aeschylus and Aristophanes, all in the same place and time? America’s ‘genius cluster’ in sports 2012-06-29T18:21:33Z In his history of the Peloponnesian War, a clash between the city-states Athens and Sparta, Thucydides recounted a negotiation between Athenians and leaders of Melos, an island kingdom striving to remain neutral. What Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us about Drones and Cyber-War 2012-06-12T21:45:02.633Z Homer, Thucydides, Æschylus, Plato, Virgil, and the rest, as well as Dante, Cervantes, Goethe, and the innumerable host of Continental immortals, can very well wait a bit. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The illness, also called Thucydides syndrome, began with an abrupt onset of fever, headache, fatigue and pain in the stomach and extremities, accompanied by furious vomiting. Was Ebola the culprit in the ancient Plague of Athens? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z After luncheon he read Thucydides on the plague at Athens. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z His style, modelled on that of Thucydides and unreservedly praised by Photius, is on the whole pure, though somewhat rhetorical and showing a fondness for Latinisms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Here the product of the age of Pericles remains unsurpassed still; the works of Herodotus and Thucydides standing along with those of Pheidias as models for all time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Thucydides, who quotes this passage to show the ancient character of the Delian festival, seems to have no doubt of the Homeric authorship of the hymn. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Thucydides relates, that after the plague of Athens several of the inhabitants forgot their own names and those of their parents and friends. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The oldest king," says Thucydides, "of whom tradition tells us that he possessed a fleet was Minos. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z His aim was as definite as that of Thucydides, or Schiller, or Napier or any other writer who has made his subject a particular war; only he determined to treat it in a certain way. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Poetry, as Thucydides complained, is a most imperfect medium for fact. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Thucydides notices as a popular mistake the belief that Hipparchus was the eldest son of Peisistratus, and that consequently he was the reigning “tyrant” when he was killed by Aristogiton. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Thucydides mentions a people of Ætotia, called Ophionians; and the temple of Apollo at Petara, in Lycia, seems to have had its first institution from a priestess of the same name. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z The reality of the peace has been doubted, because there is no allusion to it in the pages of Thucydides, and it may be that it was never formally drawn up. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Thucydides is content with a single introductory book, forming little more than one-eighth of his work; Herodotus has six such books, forming two-thirds of the entire composition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z In Thucydides a higher art than that of Herodotus was combined with a higher science. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Against the theory which sees in Peisistratus the author of the first complete text of Homer we have to set the absolute silence of Herodotus, Thucydides, the orators and the Alexandrian grammarians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z It has the force, the finish and the compression of Thucydides. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Their seafaring abilities were still celebrated 1,000 years later by Greek historian Thucydides, who credited the Minoans with building the world's first navy and ridding the seas of pirates. Underwater archaeology: Hunt for the ancient mariner 2012-01-25T18:50:24.357Z Study Greek a good deal, reading Thucydides and Aristophanes. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The first Roman historian who rose to the conception of a science and art combined was Sallust, the student of Thucydides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Herodotus and Thucydides seem to tell us all that they know of Peisistratus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Another indication of the difference between the Cromartian and Attic forms of speech is given by Sir Thomas in the same treatise in the name Αλεξἁνδηρ, which Thucydides would have written Αλἑξανδρος. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z It requires a longer familiarity with the mind and heart of antiquity to realise and enjoy the full meaning of Sophocles, Thucydides, or Aristophanes, than of Homer, Euripides, or Theocritus. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The general Miltiades perished in prison; Aristides the just, Cimon and many others fell the victims of ostracism, and died in exile, as did the great historians, Herodotus and Thucydides. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z From Livy to Tacitus the gulf is greater than from Herodotus to Thucydides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z "Janus" had passed lightly over the Council of Trent, the subject of a work by Fra Paolo Sarpi which Macaulay considered second only in historical value to the books of Thucydides. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z Thucydides describes the operations of the Peloponnesian War with the practical knowledge of one who had been in charge of a fleet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The union of an original and independent personality with the utmost sincerity of thought and speech is a characteristic in which Lucretius resembles Thucydides. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The judgement of Thucydides, that both Europe and Asia could not resist the Scythians united, has been verified by the experience of all ages. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z The criticism of him as an historian begins with Thucydides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z “Many,” says Thucydides, “though seeing well the perils ahead, are forced along by fear of dishonour—as the world calls it—so that, vanquished by a mere word, they fall into irremediable calamities.” The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Thucydides was only thirteen years younger than Herodotus; but the intellectual space between the men is so great that they seem to belong to different ages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z In his account of the plague of Athens, in which he enters into much greater detail than Thucydides, he displays the minute observation of a physician, as well as the profound thought of a moralist. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Thucydides alludes to volcanic eruptions which occurred five hundred years before the Christian era. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z For the period that extends from the end of the Heroic Age to the end of the Peloponnesian War27 the two principal authorities are Herodotus and Thucydides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Besides the portraits of saints and martyrs, there are portraits of the old historians, whose names, to prevent confusion, are attached to their resemblances, as Aristotle, Anarcharsis, Thucydides, Plutarch, &c. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z Herodotus is the first artist in historical writing; Thucydides is the Thucydides. first thinker. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The word annales suggests a different idea of history from that entertained and exemplified by Herodotus and Thucydides. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The Style of Immortality.—Thucydides and Tacitus both imagined immortal life for their works when they executed them. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z It was from them, rather than from Herodotus, Thucydides or Xenophon that the Roman world obtained its knowledge of the history of Greece in the past, and its conception of its significance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Hebrew was included, while the Greek and Latin classics were neglected; the Homilies of Macarius took the place of Thucydides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The subject of Thucydides is the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The whole work terminates with an account of the Plague at Athens, closely following that given by Thucydides. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z If the community, however, collapses utterly and anarchy reigns supreme, there arises the state of nature: an absolutely ruthless inequality as recounted by Thucydides in the case of Corcyra. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z The scientific spirit of Thucydides was alien to the temper of the 4th century, and hardly more congenial to the age of Cicero or Tacitus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z A liberal reading must also include the Greek historians Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z This is what Thucydides means when he calls his work “a possession for ever.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The grounds from which he starts, his method of reasoning, and the nature of his conclusions remind a reader of the positive tendencies of Thucydides, as they are displayed in the introduction to his history. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Thucydides estimated the size of Sicily by the time it took to sail round it. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z All that is characteristic of Thucydides is absent in Xenophon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The smallest complement, as Thucydides observes, was fifty, the largest one hundred and twenty. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Thucydides takes a great chapter of contemporary history and traces the causes which are at work throughout it, so as to give the whole a scientific unity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Thus Thucydides, in general so reserved in his expression of personal feeling, treats, with a manifest irony, all supernatural pretences to foresee or control the future. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Is it not because Homer sang, Phidias wrought, and Plato, Aristotle, Demosthenes, Thucydides, with a host of others, thought and wrote? Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z The first two books are intended as a continuation of Thucydides’ work. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z But perhaps the most remarkable evidence of the exaggerated value which the Greeks attached to athletic prowess is a casual expression which Thucydides employs when describing the 445 enthusiastic reception of Brasidas at Scione. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Strong as is the contrast between Herodotus and Thucydides, their works have yet a character which distinguish both alike from the historical work of Xenophon in the Anabasis and the Hellenica. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The attraction which the artifices of rhetoric had for his mind is as noticeable in his style as a similar attraction is in the speeches of Thucydides. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z I have not the slightest intention of entering the field of polemics; I wished merely to direct attention to the widely diverging results of this principle, when applied by Thucydides, or the Abbé Raynal. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z The style even of Thucydides is immature, as compared with that of Isocrates and Plato. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Thucydides said nearly twenty-five hundred years ago, "There is very little difference among men, only a few of them rise above the great mass because they have gone through hard things when they were young." Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z But the several parts of the story are not grouped around any central idea, such as a divine Nemesis is for Herodotus, or such as Thucydides finds in the nature of political man. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z But neither Lucretius nor Thucydides can be called the slave of rhetorical forms. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z And they use the word in the masculine gender, ὁι αὐλῶνες, as Thucydides does in his fourth book; and as, in fact, all prose writers do. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z His rival, Thucydides, son of Melesias, forms a solitary exception to this statement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z There are other passages of Thucydides where his grim humour comes much nearer to the modern idea of pleasantry.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z He was, at best, one of the most serious, if you please, of the logopoioi, or chroniclers, who are always being contrasted with critical historians such as Thucydides. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z The petty independent provinces of Greece afford a parallel; for Thucydides has marked this period in society, when plunder well fought for was honoured as an heroic enterprise. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Thucydides says in his first book, "When they are defeated they are least of all people inclined to ἀναπίπτειν." The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z It would have been fortunate if all ancient writers who lacked the critical genius of Thucydides had been content to adopt the practice of Herodotus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Ever since I read it—I think over forty years ago—I have borne to it my feeble testimony by declaring that it comes nearer to Thucydides than any historical work I have ever read. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z It is the authority of Thucydides which has imposed upon the learned an artificial chronology. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Xenophon wrote with a swan’s quill, Plato with a pen of gold, and Thucydides with a stylus of bronze. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Or where has Thucydides made the slightest mention of Socrates, this soldier of Plato's? The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The Persian Wars form the proper subject of Herodotus’s work; the Peloponnesian War is the subject of Thucydides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z For Thucydides, although he brings forward only the principal idea, and discards what is collateral, yet frequently employs long and involved periods. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Nobody rates Thucydides higher than I do, wherever he is really competent to give an unbiassed opinion. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z I meet with nothing before Thucydides but romances similar to the Amadis, and far less amusing. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z And what eminent and notorious exploit did he perform; for indeed there was actually no battle at all at that time, as Thucydides tells us. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Thucydides is at once the father of contemporary history and the father of historical criticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z And when he—by good luck, as Thucydides considers—was killed in battle, he was succeeded by Hyperbolus, a caricature of himself—as a pun of the comic poets' puts it, a "Cleon in hyperbole." Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z As Thucydides was not inspired, he must have drawn these things from some authority; as he mentions no state documents it has been conjectured that his source was here the work of Antiochus of Syracuse. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Thucydides mentions eruptions in the 8th and 5th centuries B.C., and others are mentioned by Livy in 125, 121 and 43 B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z And yet does Thucydides make no mention of this valour of his, nor even any poet either. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The distinction between the occasion and the cause is constantly present to the mind of Thucydides, and it is his tendency to make too little rather than too much of the personal factor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Thucydides tells us of a long debate between the Athenian envoys and the Melian Council and professes to report the arguments used on each side. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z We find no list of victors recognised by the early historians, and we have the strongest negative evidence that no such list existed in the days of Thucydides. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z What do we say to Homer, Plato, Æschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Aristotle, Demosthenes, and the rest of the great Hellenic cluster which these represent! The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z For this Dog flatters Socrates in many particulars, on which account we must not believe either of them, keeping Thucydides for our guide. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z He has been charged, too, with failure to do justice to the statesmanship of Alcibiades.29 There are cases, undoubtedly, in which the balance of recent opinion will be adverse to the view of Thucydides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z All Greece—we have the emphatic and disinterested testimony of Thucydides for the statement—was gradually corrupted and embittered by the long war. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z For Thucydides, in addition to his just influence as a great writer, has enlisted in his favour all those to whom Greek grammar with its intricacies is the most divine of all pursuits. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z One might compare with it Pericles' famous speech in Thucydides, ii., where the emphasis is laid on Athenian "plain living and high thinking" and the freedom of daily life. Medea of Euripedes 2011-03-03T03:00:47.283Z Thucydides never had his works puffed in a newspaper, Virgil and Horace never poetized or lectured for a lyceum; Charlemagne never saw a locomotive, nor did St. Thomas Aquinas ever use a friction match. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z It was not given to Xenophon, as it was to Thucydides, to discriminate between the circumstances that are essential and those that are not essential to the comprehension of the story. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z And we can not but feel the intention with which Thucydides continues his story. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z It is conceded that Thucydides must have used Antiochus of Syracuse as his principal source in narrating the archæology of Sicily. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z In spite of faults of taste and fairness, Macaulay’s resplendent gifts enabled him to achieve for the period from Charles II. to the peace of Ryswick what Thucydides had done for the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Thucydides thinks that Minos’s main object was to put down piracy, and protect commerce; and this is probably the case, though we are without evidence on the point. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Thucydides was a contemporary of the Twenty-Seven Years’ War in the fullest sense of the term. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Why then this large place in Thucydides' brief and severe narrative? Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z It seems thankless to complain of what Thucydides has not done, instead of acknowledging what he undertook to do and has performed with extraordinary ability. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Some of the great orations of the world's literature that are poetry are those that were never really delivered but composed by the historians, like the emotional speeches in Thucydides and Tacitus. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z According to Thucydides’s accurate detail,62 the wall to Phalerum was nearly four miles, that to Peiræus four and a half. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Such inaccuracies as have been brought home to Thucydides on the strength, e.g. of epigraphic evidence, are, as a rule, trivial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Agathon, the tragic poet; Timotheus, the now famous musician whom Euripides had once saved, so the story ran, from suicide; Zeuxis, the greatest painter of the time; and perhaps also Thucydides, the historian. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Müller-Strübing especially, as has been freely exposed by his opponents, has advanced from criticism to censure, from censure to contempt of Thucydides. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Thucydides's Peloponnesian War and Carlyle's French Revolution contain much poetry though they deal with the particular, but they are made poetry by the ecstasy. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Thucydides tells us that a garrison of 16,000 inferior soldiers, old men, boys, and metics, sufficed to do this work. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Nowhere is the contrast between the historical methods of Herodotus and Thucydides more apparent than in the treatment of the causes of events. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z He knows Herodotus as well as he knows Hume, Thucydides as intimately as Gibbon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Thucydides was a very great historian, and whoever cannot recognize it, shows that he has no proper appreciation for this kind of genius. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Why are some of Bossuet's funeral orations, or Thucydides's speech in prose, poetry? The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z This strikes us all the more when so reticent a writer as Thucydides, who seldom gives us anything but war or politics, goes out of his way to describe the wall-building of the Peiræus. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The greater part of his narrative is, however, derived from Ephorus, who appears to have had before him little authentic information for this period of Greek history other than that afforded by Thucydides’ work. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z “For the later kindness done in season, though small in comparison, may cancel a greater previous wrong”—Thucydides I. 42. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z It is our peculiar good fortune to have these two wars narrated respectively by the two greatest historians that Greece produced,—Herodotus and Thucydides. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z He puts into the mouths of his historical characters speeches after the manner of Livy and Thucydides, and some of these speeches are masterpieces of Italian oratory. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z That of Hypereides, very mutilated as it is, seems to me the finest next to that of Thucydides. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The object of a Thucydides is to ascertain a fact, or to exhibit it in its true relations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In reality he sat behind a hedge in an east wind and contended with Thucydides. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z Our whole picture of the splendour of Athens in her greatest moment is derived not so much from the vague phrases of the speeches in Thucydides as from the deeply interesting facts preserved by Plutarch. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z It was to Reuchlin that Argyropulos, after having heard him read and translate a passage of Thucydides, exclaimed with a sigh, "Lo! through our exile Greece has flown across the Alps." The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z After being granted a doctorate for her thesis on Thucydides and Athenian imperialism, she taught at the University of Lille and the Sorbonne before accepting a chair at the Collège de France. Jacqueline de Romilly, Studied Greek Culture, Dies at 97 2010-12-21T02:38:57Z Thucydides and Tacitus wrote for a few; Virgil sang the labors of the shepherd in old Ascræan verse, but only to the wealthy wits of Rome. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z The sea is now about 7 m. distant, and the river is navigable only for about 2 m. from the mouth; but in the time of Thucydides ships could anchor off Aspendus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" We should indeed rejoice could we confront this Aristotle with Thucydides, and see what truth there is in his departure from our received histories. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z But even had the genius of Rome been capable of producing a Thucydides, the circumstances of the time would have reduced him to silence. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Although known as a specialist on the historian Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War, she wrote dozens of books on philosophy and political thought in ancient Greece, on the tragedians Aeschylus and Sophocles, and on Homer. Jacqueline de Romilly, Studied Greek Culture, Dies at 97 2010-12-21T02:38:57Z In three months Mr. Macaulay has more readers in America than Thucydides and Tacitus in twelve centuries. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z The language of Thucydides, however, seems decisive with regard to the existence of three walls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" One other Greek authority shares with him this pre-eminence—the historian Thucydides. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z I feel an inclination sometimes to write the history of the last three years, in imitation of Thucydides. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams The interest of history to Thucydides and Polybius lies in the political lessons which it may teach posterity. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius His maps and plans to the works of Thucydides, Xenophon, &c., exhibit much erudition, and materially advanced the science of ancient geography. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Her models are Thucydides, Polybius and Xenophon, and her style exhibits the striving after Atticism characteristic of the period, with the result that the language is highly artificial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Such a statement cannot be reconciled with Pausanias' account, who placed the innovation three centuries before Thucydides' time. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z The notion of the Scholiast to Thucydides, adopted by Larcher, that each king had only one vote, though it had the force of two, is ridiculous. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 Nor can we forget his description of one of the saddest of all scenes in Greek history, which moved even Thucydides to a restrained pathos,—the retreat of the Athenians from the walls of Syracuse. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Here Plato and Aristotle, Herodotus and Thucydides always had room to breathe, without ever being called upon to endure the contamination of worm-eaten bibliophily. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He wrote a History of Sicily from the earliest times to 424, which was used by Thucydides, and the Colonizing of Italy, frequently referred to by Strabo and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Thucydides, at the opening of his second book, fixes his main date by the year of the priestess of Hera at Argos, by the Spartan ephor, and by the Athenian archon. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Thucydides leaves us to guess the fate of the 2000 Helots who, after having been destined for the field, suddenly disappeared. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 Tacitus, like Thucydides, is too much absorbed in the social tragedy of his time to have any thought to spare for its artistic efforts. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius He almost learned the translations of Thucydides and Sophocles, of Horace and Cicero. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Thucydides was a Greek historian; "The Birds," a Greek comedy; Tacitus, a Latin historian. Tom Brown at Rugby I think the case of Thucydides to be closely analogous to that of Aristotle. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Thus there were regulations concerning persons, and the time of admitting foreigners: and hence the earlier writers, such as Thucydides, Xenophon, and Aristotle, always speak of ξενηλασίαι in the plural number. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 An attack on Eion was foiled by the arrival of Thucydides, the historian, at the head of an Athenian squadron. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Our little head boy had prepared a speech, which would have borne witness that he had read Thucydides to some purpose. The Children of the World My father was a man of great common sense and few words: he administered to me a sound thrashing, which had the desired effect of restoring my attentions to Cicero and Thucydides. John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced This man was evidently an antiquarian no wiser or more scientific than his fellows; Thucydides betrays their method by dating all the foundations downwards from that of Syracuse. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z I infer that the authorities of Eusebius in this part of the history no longer followed the public register of Sparta.2000.According to Thucydides, with reference to the date Olymp. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 It ranks with the paintings of similar calamities by Thucydides, Defoe and Manzoni. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Thucydides expressly refers to the old basileia as patrikê, that is "derived from the gens," and states that it had well defined functions. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State According to Thucydides, the ships which the Athenians built at the instigation of Themistocles, and which they used at Salamis, were not fully decked. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Martin used to sit in the same room reading his Homer, but concentration was rendered difficult by Robert's habit of roaring when he came to a speech in the text of Thucydides. Years of Plenty Thucydides tells us frankly that the speeches which he interweaves with his narrative were his own composition. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Thucydides is the first to mention the employment of divers for mechanical work under water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" She read Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristophanes, the Tragedians and Polybius under suitable guidance, and without assistance mastered the writings of the church fathers. Women of Early Christianity This last tradition, which was received as an undoubted fact both by Thucydides and Aristotle, has during the last few years received striking confirmation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" In the mornings he read Thucydides and Cicero's Letters, smoking and swearing continuously. Years of Plenty Herodotus had set Thucydides the example, and it was universally followed. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 His style, though marred by Latinisms, is clearer than that of his model Thucydides, and his narrative shows the hand of the practised soldier and politician; the language is correct and free from affectation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" "You have consumed so much Thucydides and Tacitus, dry or liquid," said the guest, filling the glasses, "and yet have become neither a Thucydides nor a Tacitus!" A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 I only saved a 'Thucydides' from my books, and took it with me in my travelling-bag. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) Thucydides says that Athens was at this time the instructress of Greece, as she was the source of its supplies. Greek Women Not the enthusiastic wisdom of Plato; not the gilded ivory of Phidias; not Homer and not Thucydides gave me what I wanted! A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 The beginning of this Passage, as it here stands, though it is found thus in all the Editions of Thucydides, is certainly faulty, θεραπείας ἀναπιμπλάμενοι being no good Sense. A Discourse on the Plague Herodotus and Thucydides treat the event as matter of serious history. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion It is mentioned by Thucydides, and it must be the eruption to which Pindar and Æschylus allude. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions Thucydides and Herodotus wrote, the one from what he had actually seen and heard of contemporary events, the other partly from the same sources and partly from tradition of short date. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Fraser spent the earlier years of his manhood in Oxford, as a tutor in Oriel College, teaching Thucydides and Aristotle. Studies in Contemporary Biography The character of Cleon is represented by Aristophanes and Thucydides in an extremely unfavourable light. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" An illustration of this truth is furnished in profane history by the account which Thucydides has given us of the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" It is mentioned by Thucydides as having commenced in the sixth year of the Peloponnesian War. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions Hobbes in his time was a friend of, and, it is said, a translator for, Lord Bacon; and Ben Jonson, that ripe scholar, revised his sound translation of "Thucydides." Old and New London Volume I A remarkable illustration of the secret principle divulged by Aristotle, and described by Thucydides, appears in the recent confession of a man of genius among ourselves. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Thucydides, a man of strong oligarchical prejudices, had also been prosecuted for military incapacity and exiled by a decree proposed by Cleon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" And yet the theory of retribution had not been without its influence upon Thucydides. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Hence it resulted that, while Plato, Thucydides and Demosthenes were the most universally popular of the classical prose-writers, the text of Demosthenes, the most widely used perhaps of all, was also the least pure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Thucydides expresses an opinion that meets with the applause of all modern Philistines. Woman under socialism The age represents a galaxy of great men: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Socrates, Thucydides, Phidias, Ictinus, and others. History of Human Society He also composed commentaries on the lyric and comic poets and on Thucydides and Demosthenes; part of his commentary on this last author was first published in 1904. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Hobbes' first literary effort indeed, his version of Thucydides, is planned as a warning to England against civil discord and its ills. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe For example, Demosthenes copied in his own handwriting Thucydides’ History eight times, merely to make himself familiar with the style of that great man. Confessions of a Neurasthenic In such a social atmosphere, it was natural for Thucydides to utter the saying that woman was worse than the storm-lashed ocean's wave, than the fire's glow, than the cascade of the wild mountain torrent. Woman under socialism Hobbes also translated the Greek historian, Thucydides, Homer's Odyssey, and the Illiad. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." The principal prose authors were Thucydides, parts of Plato and Demosthenes, with Aristotle, Plutarch’s Lives, and, above all, Lucian, who is often imitated in the Byzantine age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" His sympathies with the Stoic sect were instinctive, but in his reserve and deep reticence he resembles, not Seneca, but Machiavelli or Thucydides. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Is the History of Thucydides less entertaining or instructive, because its Subject is confined to narrow Bounds, than that of Raleigh, which hath the World for its Subject? Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and Postscript Thucydides states that the Greeks, as well as the barbarous peoples inhabiting the islands and along the coasts, were pirates, and the calling was a noble one. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso Such are the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, the annals of Sallust and Tacitus, the narratives of Homer, Livy, and Gibbon. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 In dealing with Thucydides they would discuss the plan of his book and the artistic elements in its composition; also the critical standards of the author, his methods, his objectivity, and his personal bias. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College A passage in the Annals may fitly represent the impression of reserve which these three mighty spirits, Tacitus, Thucydides, and Machiavelli, at moments convey. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Its authors were inspired, perhaps, just as Homer, or Thucydides, or Cicero were inspired, but not differently. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors This fallacy, first uttered by the aristocrat Thucydides, was repeated over and over again until it became a statesmanlike creed. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 He felt that nothing had yet been done by any Roman writer which would stand beside Thucydides. Helps to Latin Translation at Sight Thucydides tells us that the time was in Sparta when stealing was right. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character They at all times, even at banquets and festivals, wear swords; a custom which that excellent author Thucydides tells us the Athenians were the first of the Greeks to lay aside. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Hence the historians, who date occurrences by the Olympiads, as Thucydides, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Diodorus Siculus, and Pausanias, almost always express the Olympiad by the name and country of the victors in that race. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Sophocles and Euripides were contemporary with Pericles and Phidias; the same age witnessed the Clouds of Aristophanes, the death of Socrates, and the history of Thucydides. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 From Thucydides he probably borrowed the idea of his introductions, the imaginary speeches and the character portraits; from Cato the picturesque descriptions of the scenes of historical events and the ethnographical digressions.’—Cook. Helps to Latin Translation at Sight Thucydides, however, proceeds to say that the cunning which enabled a man to plot with success against an enemy, or still more to discover his hostile purposes, was highly esteemed. Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Yet, to the scholar, a raid in Thucydides is more than a campaign in Xenophon. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The similarity of Sallust’s style to that of Thucydides, whom he tried to emulate, was remarked by the ancients. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors The strongest evidence as to the free-thinking of the Periclean age is, however, to be met with in the historical writing of Thucydides. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity "No, Thucydides," laughed Dan—for we will adopt his suggestion, and call him no longer by his plantation name. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives He narrates like a witness, unlike Thucydides, who sums up like a judge. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life But Thucydides himself, a true-hearted Athenian, brings out the tyrannical side in the Athenian temper. Progress and History In 1842, he published his excellent work, which has since become classical: “The Life, Labors and age of Thucydides.” Principles Of Political Economy Now, Thucydides is not only a fellow-countryman and younger contemporary of Pericles, but he also sees in Pericles his ideal not only as a politician but evidently also as a man. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The Iliad is constructed on the same principles as the Principia of Newton, or the history of Thucydides. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. The inscription contains exactly what the statements of Thucydides and Herodotus would lead us to expect; the names of those Greek states which took an active part in the defeat of the Persians. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Greece had gone through the bitter experiences of the Peloponnesian War, and the shadow of it lay on them, as on its historian Thucydides. Progress and History His earliest publication was a singularly vigorous, if not always scholastically exact, translation of Thucydides into English, which appeared in 1629. A History of Elizabethan Literature Curiously enough, even in antiquity this connexion was observed; in a biography of Thucydides it is said that he was a disciple of Anaxagoras and accordingly was also considered something of an atheist. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Thucydides tells us that an eclipse of the moon delayed the departure of the expedition against the Syracusans. Moon Lore To him Thucydides was a true support, and he felt in himself something of the spirit which had animated the great Athenian. The Explorer And after that dialogue comes, in Thucydides' great drama, the fall of Athens. Progress and History The Athenians, indignant, banished Thucydides for twenty years, and probably Eucles also—a just sentence, since they did not keep the bridge over the Strymon properly guarded, nor retained the Athenian squadron at Eion. Ancient States and Empires We find indications of it as early as Thucydides. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Mr Grote has wisely left some names—as Thucydides—in the old English form; in matters of this kind nothing is gained by too rigid a consistency. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 As far, however, as Roman could approach to Greek, I conceive Sallustius has approached to Thucydides. Notes and Queries, Number 78, April 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Alcibiades!" shouted Hardy; "you fresh from Rugby, and not know your Thucydides better than that? Tom Brown at Oxford The banishment of Thucydides gave him leisure to write the history on which his great fame rests—the most able and philosophical of all the historical works of antiquity. Ancient States and Empires If we return for a moment to Polybius, we shall find that his conception of Tyche strikingly illustrates the distance between him and Thucydides. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Thucydides and Xenophon would not deny that poets like Sophocles and Horace have had at least as much influence on the world as they themselves.” Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities This is not a very elevated taste; but I own, to my shame, that I would willingly give the whole of Thucydides for an authentic memoir of Aspasia, or of one of Pericles' slaves. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 You'll find Livy and Tacitus worked out there, just as Herodotus and Thucydides are here; and the pins are stuck for the Second Punic War, where we are just now. Tom Brown at Oxford Herodotus and Thucydides have never been surpassed as historians, while the Sophists who succeeded the more earnest philosophers of a previous age, gave to Athenian youth a severe intellectual training. Ancient States and Empires Even Thucydides hardly ventures to lift the veil which separates the civilization of his own age from that of an earlier period; he lifts it for a moment, then drops the curtain and passes on. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Thucydides was ostracized, and to the end of his life, Pericles reigned the undisputed master of the public policy of Athens. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History An eruption mentioned by Thucydides happened in the year 426 B.C. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror "I suppose, now, Mr. Brown," he began, "you don't find any difficulty in construing your Thucydides?" Tom Brown at Oxford He also was a great student of Thucydides, and copied his whole history, with his own hand, eight times. Ancient States and Empires In the early settlements, as Thucydides tells us, necessity was the ruling motive. On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay Thucydides, the original Greek historian most read in our time, makes the fate of everything good in Greece turn upon that of Athens. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The third eruption, which was in 477 B.C., is mentioned by Thucydides, and it must have been the same eruption to which Pindar and Æschylus allude. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Take the picture, then, out of Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon, how you will—you won't mend the matter much. Tom Brown at Oxford Thucydides has left a graphic and mournful account of this pestilence, analogous to the plague of modern times. Ancient States and Empires Let writers remember that Greece, in spite of her Æschylus, Sophocles, Xenophon, Thucydides, Demosthenes, Plato, and Aristotle, perished because her independent states would not combine against a common foe. The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. A Monthly Magazine to Interest and Help All Literary Workers Thucydides made an effective speech; but Pericles immediately rose and offered to execute the buildings at his own expense, if the citizens would allow him to put his own name upon them instead of theirs. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Pericles followed as leader of the people, and Thucydides, who was connected by marriage with Cimon, of the opposition. The Athenian Constitution It has excited surprise that Thucydides should speak of Antiphon, the traitor to the democracy, and the employer of assassins, as “a man inferior in virtue to none of his contemporaries.” A Lecture on the Study of History Encles and Thucydides, the historian, to whom the defense of the place was intrusted, had means ample to prevent the capture had they employed ordinary precaution. Ancient States and Empires He read the works of Thucydides, the great historian, so carefully that he was able to write them all out from memory after an accident had destroyed the manuscript. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality During the rest of his career "there was," says the historian Thucydides, "in name a democracy, but in reality a government in the hands of the first man." Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History As to Nicias and Thucydides, nearly every one agrees that they were not merely men of birth and character, but also statesmen, and that they ruled the state with paternal care. The Athenian Constitution But neither here nor elsewhere does Thucydides pass moral judgments.—Jowett, A Lecture on the Study of History Then," writes Thucydides, "we are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness. The Approach to Philosophy Thucydides, the historian, thinks it likely that the Greeks had to farm the neighboring lands for food. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality To Thucydides and the old rhetoricians he was ardently devoted, and these, with personal instruction by the orator Is�us, did most to form his style. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Source material, use by Thucydides and Tacitus, 12–16; modern, 20, 22; newspapers, 29–32, 83–97; manuscript, 85, 91, 143, 294. Historical Essays Cicero in his most serious pieces studies the diction, and copies the manner of the Greek Philosopher; and it evidently appears, that Thucydides has taken many a glowing Metaphor from the Odes of Pindar. An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients Homer, Hesiod, Demosthenes, Herodotus, Thucydides, Isocrates, and Lysias were indebted to the gods for all their science. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Thus he tells us in three or four different places that Sophocles and Thucydides "play at hide-and-seek with the reader." Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Of illustrious men," says Thucydides, "the whole earth is the sepulcher. America First Patriotic Readings Grote, George, on Thucydides, 7; on references, 33; business training, 78. Historical Essays To read Plutarch is to commune with noble spirits; to read Thucydides is almost to come into immediate contact with facts. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. In our time, when even the contemporaneous evidence of Herodotus, Thucydides, Livy, or Jornandes is sifted by the most uncompromising scepticism, we must not expect a more merciful treatment for the annals of Buddhism. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion It has "only lately," it appears, been discovered that Thucydides had no personal knowledge of the events of that remote period, but "copied from Dionysius of Syracuse," and hence "the whole tradition requires careful consideration." Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Here was Charles, busy with Aristotle and Euripides, Thucydides and Lucretius, yet all the while growing towards the Church, "to the measure of the age of the fulness of Christ." Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert Tacitus could indeed have drawn inspiration from the Greek, while Gibbon had lessons from both, showing a profound study of Tacitus and a thorough acquaintance with Thucydides. Historical Essays We read of Thucydides, on hearing Herodotus read his history at Olympia, being incited to attempt a similar work, though of an entirely different and of an original structure. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin “I am, but the eternal friend is at least two forms higher; he, let me tell you, is a star of no ordinary magnitude; he’s in the Thicksides”—meaning the Thucydides’ class. St. Winifred's, or The World of School The ancient historians, as Herodotus and Thucydides, aimed at a pleasing narrative. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism And as the manuscripts of Thucydides vary widely from one another and in certain passages leave us quite helpless, so do the manuscripts of the New Testament. The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour From Thucydides we have twenty-four years of contemporary history of his own country. Historical Essays Yet he is said to have transcribed Thucydides many times over in the formation of his style. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin "Thucydides of Athens wrote up the war of the Peloponnesians and Athenians." The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 Thucydides says that for thirty years Pericles never dined away from home but once. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators And then he will go over the whole of the Eighth Book of Thucydides, and deluge the man, till before he is aware Miletus is captured, and Alcibiades is in exile the second time. Plutarch's Morals I do not know how it will compare in volume with either of the similar examinations of Thucydides and Tacitus; but the criticism is of a different sort. Historical Essays Then I began to make an analysis of Thucydides in Gibbon's style. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin A Confederate commentary on Thucydides, on the scale of the remarks just made on the name of the war, would outrun the lines of this study. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 Fortunately, Thucydides was big enough himself to take the measure of a great man. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Thucydides indeed tells us, since envy necessarily follows ability, that "he is well advised who incurs envy in matters of the highest importance." Plutarch's Morals The only guarantee of the honesty of Tacitus, wrote Sainte-Beuve, is Tacitus himself;69 and a like remark will apply to Thucydides. Historical Essays Historians begin, “Herodotus, of Halicarnassus, publishes his researches;” or, “Thucydides, the Athenian, has composed an account of the war.” The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin Thucydides, it is true, gives us a minute account of the plague. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 Thucydides, a contemporary of Pericles, who outlived him by nearly half a century, wrote his life. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators For it is not the punishment that follows as closely as possible upon wrong-doing, as Thucydides said,818 but that which is more remote, that observes decorum. Plutarch's Morals Tacitus treats of a comparatively short epoch, Thucydides of a much shorter one: both histories are brief. Historical Essays Another man, in politics and in the legislature, tells me that every night before going to bed he reads over a page or two of Thucydides to keep his mind fresh. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge Thucydides himself insists on the recurrence of the same or similar events in a history of which human nature is a constant factor. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 Thucydides says his words were like the honey of Hymettus—persuasion sat upon his lips. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators For, as Thucydides says, "It is not disgraceful to admit one's poverty, but it is very much so not to try to mend it." Plutarch's Morals But it is safe to say that Thucydides tells us as much that is worth knowing as Macaulay. Historical Essays If L. desires to find Greek authority for the general sentiment only, I would refer him to passages, equally to Sir A. Alison's purpose, in Thucydides, iii. 83., viii. Notes and Queries, Number 197, August 6, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The debates in Thucydides would be a quarry for the debates in either Congress, as they had been a quarry for centuries of rhetorical historians. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 The Thucydides is handsome, but far inferior to the glory of the princeps Homer. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 The procession of ancients was brilliant and long, Aristotle and Plato were there, Thucydides, too, and Tacitus strong, And Plutarch, and Sappho the fair. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries A historian will adapt himself naturally to the age in which he lives, and Thucydides made use of the matter that was at his hand. Historical Essays The periods of Thucydides and Cicero are not easily rendered into our idiom without some knowledge of the links that connect an English sentence. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition I went from my books to the front, and went back from the front to my books, from the Confederate war to the Peloponnesian war, from Lee and Early to Thucydides and Aristophanes. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 The Thucydides has a grand page, over twelve inches by eight; the Sophocles is about seven by four. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Such a sadness in the bosom of a young student, is like the tears of Thucydides, when he heard Herodotus read his history at the Olympic Games, and receive the plaudits of assembled Greece. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition The merits we ascribe to Thucydides, diligence, accuracy, love of truth, impartiality, are his. Historical Essays In construing, from Thucydides especially, I have found Rules 5, 30, 34, 36, 37, and 40a, of great use. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition "The war," without any further qualification, served the turn of Thucydides and Aristophanes for the Peloponnesian war. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 The type of both is small, and, though distinct, especially the Thucydides, not at all what we should call elegant. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Thucydides is by nature no reveller, yet religion is to him, in the main, a rest from toil. Human Traits and their Social Significance “In the describing and reporting whereof,” Plutarch writes, “Thucydides hath gone beyond himself, both for variety and liveliness of narration, as also in choice and excellent words.” Historical Essays Thucydides has forgotten himself and his feelings; he sees only the disastrous day when he sailed up the Struma with his ships and found the gates of Amphipolis closed against him. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Let us pass from Thucydides to the other contemporary chronicler who turns out some sides of the "Doric war" about which Thucydides is silent. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 If editors in our enlightened time have contrived so soon to give the history of Burns a mythical character, what safety have we in trusting to such ancient narrations as those of Plutarch or Thucydides? Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852 The comparison of it to that of Thucydides is more dignified than that of the text, but less true. The Life of St. Paul It is impossible to paraphrase the fine parts of Thucydides, but Macaulay lends himself readily to such an exercise. Historical Essays What he or Thucydides thought in each case can only be guessed at. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield There was no such epidemic as still shows its livid face in the pages of Thucydides and the verses of Lucretius. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 What a mockery that such an one should be reputed wise, and Thucydides be esteemed the statesman's manual! The Confidence-Man To-day there came to visit us a writer who is not yet an author; his name is Thucydides. Obiter Dicta Second Series Everywhere we see in Tacitus, as in Thucydides, a dislike of superfluous detail, a closeness of thought, a compression of language. Historical Essays In the thinkers the main and fundamental problems stand clearly out, and Plato and Thucydides take us straight to them. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield We find no longer the rich succulence of Herodotus, no longer the strong filament of Thucydides, but thoughts fit only for the slave, and language for the rustic and the robber. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Plato, Aristotle, Thucydides, and Cicero, have all written long ones. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Horace, Thucydides, Herodotus, and Roman antiquities, more algebra, geometry and botany, the second term; while Horace, Homer, geometry, mensuration, and the application of algebra to geometry completed the year. The University of Michigan To sum up, then: Thucydides and Tacitus are superior to the historians who have written in our century, because, by long reflection and studious method, they have better digested their materials and compressed their narrative. Historical Essays As for Thucydides, his knowledge of men, the fruit of patient experience deepened by disappointment, is felt behind every line of his book, as one descries it in the features of his undegenerate descendant Venizelos. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Thucydides, twice or thrice, inserts a few sentences of Pericles: but Thucydides is an emanation of Pericles, somewhat less clear indeed, being lower, although at no great distance from that purest and most pellucid source. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Dionysius of Harlicarnassus has made an elaborate attack on Thucydides for the unskilful choice of his subject, and his manner of treating it. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 When Thucydides announced that he intended his history to be a "possession for all time," there was no mistaking the tone of authority. Life And Adventures Of Peter Wilkins, Vol. I. (of II.) He will have grasped the generalizations and methods of physical science, but he must know to the bottom his Thucydides and Tacitus. Historical Essays Now Thucydides and Plato give us no help for the League of Nations. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Thucydides! the most generous, the most unprejudiced, the most sagacious, of historians. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection I do assure you that there is no prose composition in the world that I place so high as the Seventh book of Thucydides. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Thucydides could have written it down word for word without ever having heard me deliver it. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton On the other hand, Grote thinks that he has found Thucydides in error,—in the long dialogue between the Athenian representatives and the Melians. Historical Essays Yet turn to the opening chapters of Thucydides’ book. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Now, Lucullus, you whose judgment in style is more accurate than any other Roman’s, do tell me whether a commander, desirous of writing his Commentaries, could take to himself a more perfect model than Thucydides? Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Mahaffy pronounces Herodotus an Ionic story-writer, who never became an Attic one—the chief master of Ionic, as Thucydides was of Attic prose. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Thucydides thought war a noble school of heroism, the exercise ground of the nations. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History Mahaffy declares that, “although all modern historians quote Thucydides with more confidence than they would quote the Gospels,” the Athenian has exaggerated; he is one-sided, partial, misleading, dry, and surly. Historical Essays Thucydides, of course, had a sensitive and emotional temperament. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The Athenians," Thucydides quietly says, "thereupon put to death all who were of military age and made slaves of the women and children. Memories and Studies I am meditating to begin Thucydides one day; perhaps this winter. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 Thucydides tells us that as soon as the crews of the Athenian ships, weatherbound at Pylos in the spring of the year B.C. Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The works of Thucydides and Tacitus are not like our compendiums of history, which merely touch on great affairs, since want of space precludes any elaboration. Historical Essays But by what right, it will be asked, in this age of Wissenschaft and Fachmenschen, of specialism and research-institutes and organized intellectual production, do you speak of Thucydides as a scientific historian? The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The envoys meet, and hold a debate which Thucydides gives in full, and which, for sweet reasonableness of form, would have satisfied Matthew Arnold. Memories and Studies I am reading the sixth Book of Thucydides—the Sicilian expedition—very interesting—indeed I like the old historian more and more and shall be sorry when I have done with him. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 This paragraph is certainly not in the place mentioned; nor can I find it after a diligent search through Thucydides. Notes and Queries, Number 190, June 18, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. It seems to me that one special merit of Thucydides and Tacitus is their compressed narrative,—that they have related so many events and put so much meaning in so few words. Historical Essays A modern historian would have recorded and discussed aspects of the history of fifth-century Greece which Thucydides ignores. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Thucydides, contemporary of Pericles, iii, 93; v, 185; vii, 15, 24. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians I mean to take down a Thucydides, to feed on: like a whole Parmesan. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 We know, that the Acropolis was still officially called πολις in Thucydides' day; and πόλις so used would have no meaning if the Acropolis itself was not the ancient city. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Between our compendiums, which tell too little, and our long general histories, which tell too much, are Thucydides and Tacitus. Historical Essays Thucydides has told the bare facts, objectively, as if they related to some one else, without a comment, without a word of protest, excuse, explanation or regret on the crowning disaster of his life. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield “Are we to be prepared with a choice quotation from Thucydides, or is it a hint that we are to remember duty first and pleasure afterwards?” Louis' School Days A Story for Boys I am only got half way in the third book of Thucydides: but I go on with pleasure; with as much pleasure as I used to read a novel. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 The Olympieum mentioned by Strabo and Thucydides cannot therefore be the famous structure begun by Pisistratus and dedicated by Hadrian: we must look for another on the northwest side of the Acropolis. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 As Thucydides himself, in the funeral oration of Pericles, said of the works which the Athenian saw around him, “the daily delight of them banishes gloom.” Historical Essays In prose the unperiodic style of Herodotus is succeeded by the style of Thucydides; while Plato and the various orators develop different types of writing. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Himself an historian and orator, the excellences of Demosthenes and Thucydides made a deep impression upon his kindred mind. A Smaller History of Rome The Scholiast upon Thucydides speaks to the same purpose. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Thucydides tells us 166 that the Ionian Athenians carried the festival Anthesteria with them from Athens, and that they continued until his day to celebrate it. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Living in an age of books and libraries, he drew more from the written word than did Thucydides; and his method of working, therefore, resembled more our own. Historical Essays If a reader new to the classics opened Thucydides, his first impression would probably be one of jejuneness, of baldness. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Sallust made Thucydides his model, and took great pains with his style. A Smaller History of Rome I read through Thucydides, Homer and Xenophon's Hellenica and some other Greek books in that year. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 It is interesting in connection with Thucydides' statement that the Ionian Athenians in his day still held the Anthesteria, to examine the record of this festival in the Ionic cities of Asia Minor. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 “Herodotus and Thucydides belong to an age in which the historian draws from life and for life,” writes Professor Jebb. Historical Essays There is many a lesson in common honesty to be learnt by our politicians and public in the speeches of Thucydides. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Just as he was passing in front of Demosthenes & Thucydides' drug-store, he was observing casually to a gentleman, who, our informant thinks, is a fortune-teller, that the Ides of March were come. Editorial Wild Oats His father compelled him to read Thucydides into English at sight, and to go over it again and again, until he had got the best possible rendering of the Greek into English. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 The location of the fourth hieron of Thucydides can best be determined by means of the festivals, more particularly the dramatic festivals of Dionysus. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Does not the common rating of Thucydides and Tacitus refute the dictum that history within the memory of men living cannot be written truthfully and fairly? Historical Essays We have dwelt upon some of the special directions in which Thucydides and Plato can be of help to us. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Thucydides commanded an Athenian squadron, and Tacitus filled the offices of prætor and consul. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 8: France in the Eighteenth Century And the reason for their confidence and security is not far to seek, if we remember the statements of Thucydides and Herodotus. The Sea-Kings of Crete Both here and elsewhere I give their words for what they are worth; not that I rank Proclus with Thucydides, or the Et. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 If, like Thucydides and Tacitus, the American historian chooses the history of his own country as his field, he may infuse his patriotism into his narrative. Historical Essays If this had been said in the presence of Thucydides, the keenest practical brain that applied itself to Greek political thinking, he simply would not have known what it meant. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Without minutely criticizing these details, we ascertain, at least, that Thucydides was the peculiar object of his study and imitation. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions No one now dreams of hesitating to accept the statements of Herodotus and Thucydides as to the great sea-empire of Crete. The Sea-Kings of Crete The apophthegm of Pericles, or rather of Thucydides, “that woman is best who is least spoken of among men, either for good or evil,” is not so rigidly enforced. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View |
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