Thucydides
/θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A great ancient Greek historian (c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BCE war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BCE.
Example
More examples"The poets, Thucydides and Euripides, were students of Anaxagoras."
Etymology
From Latin Thūcȳdidēs, from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “ruler, god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”) + -ῐ́δης (-ĭ́dēs, patronymic suffix).