Thucydides’ description of the plague that struck Athens in 430 BC is one of the great passages of Greek literature. It focusses on the social response, both of those who died and those who ...

The evolution of the term "barbarian" in ancient Greek thought—from cultural outsider to a symbol of uncivilized otherness—is complex.

Allison derived his interesting metaphor, the "Thucydides Trap," from the fifth-century B.C. Peloponnesian War recounted by the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.

The intellectual and social upheaval of the Hellenic world during the fifth century B.C. created problems which remain relevant to crisis situations in the modern world. The study of Thucydides, the ...