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"We [Greeks] are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness."

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Ancient Greece

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About Thucydides

Thucydides was an ancient Greek historian and Athenian general best known for History of the Peloponnesian War. His approach to evidence and causation made his work foundational for later political and historical analysis.

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