Thucydides

Summary

Thucydides is a human^[1]. His place of birth was Alimos Municipality^[2]. He was born on 460 BC^[3]. He died in Athens^[4]. He died on 395 BC^[5]. He worked as a historian^[6] and writer^[7]. He ranks in the top 0.62% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,848 views/month, #6,206 of 1,000,298).^[8]

Key Facts

• Thucydides was born in Alimos Municipality^[2].
• Thucydides's place of birth was Halimous^[9].
• Thucydides died in Athens^[4].
• Thucydides was born on 460 BC^[3].
• Thucydides died on 395 BC^[5].
• Burial took place at Tomb of Thucydides in Athens^[10].
• Thucydides's father was Olorus^[11].
• Thucydides held citizenship in Classical Athens^[12].
• Thucydides's professions included historian^[6].
• Thucydides's professions included writer^[7].
• Thucydides's field of work was History of ancient Greece^[13].
• Thucydides held the position of Athenian strategos^[14].
• A notable work attributed to Thucydides is History of the Peloponnesian War^[15].
• Thucydides was influenced by Homer^[16].
• Thucydides is recorded as male^[17].
• Thucydides's instance of is recorded as human^[18].
• Thucydides's Commons category is recorded as Thucydides^[19].
• Thucydides's military, police or special rank is recorded as strategos^[20].
• Thucydides's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thucydides^[21].
• Thucydides studied under Antiphon of Rhamnus^[22].
• Thucydides's depicted by is recorded as Bust of Thucydides, Antirrio park^[23].
• Thucydides's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Thucydides's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Thucydides's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[26].
• Thucydides's described by source is recorded as Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia^[27].

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Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Alimos Municipality^[2], a municipality of Greece^[28], in Greece^[29], founded in 1968^[30], headquartered in Alimos^[31] and Halimous^[9], a deme^[32], in Classical Athens^[33]. Thucydides was born on 460 BC^[3]. His father was Olorus^[11].

Education

Thucydides studied under Antiphon of Rhamnus^[22].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include historian^[6] and writer^[7]. Thucydides's field of work was History of ancient Greece^[13]. He held the position of Athenian strategos^[14].

Works and Contributions

A notable work attributed to Thucydides is History of the Peloponnesian War^[15]. Things named for him include Thucydides Trap^[34], an international relations theory^[35] and 10137 he^[36], an asteroid^[37].

Death and Burial

Thucydides died on 395 BC^[5]. He died in Athens^[4]. He is buried at Tomb of him in Athens^[10].

Why It Matters

Thucydides ranks in the top 0.62% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,848 views/month, #6,206 of 1,000,298).^[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] He is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

He has been cited as an influence by Friedrich Nietzsche^[40], a philosopher^[41], 1844–1900^[42], of Kingdom of Prussia^[43] and Shelby Foote^[44], a historian^[45], 1916–2005^[46], of United States^[47], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship^[48].

Works attributed to him include History of the Peloponnesian War^[49], a historical non-fiction work^[50], founded in -0500^[51]; Pericles' Funeral Oration^[52], an oration^[53]; and Melian dialogue^[54], a literary work^[55]. Entities named for him include Thucydides Trap^[34], an international relations theory^[35] and 10137 he^[36], an asteroid^[37].

FAQs

Where was Thucydides born?

Born in Alimos Municipality^[2], Thucydides…

Where did Thucydides die?

Thucydides passed away in Athens^[4].

Who were Thucydides's parents?

Thucydides's father was Olorus^[11].

What did Thucydides do for work?

Thucydides worked as historian^[6] and writer^[7].

Who did Thucydides influence?

Thucydides has been cited as an influence by Friedrich Nietzsche^[40] and Shelby Foote^[44].