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History of the Peloponnesian War

Author: Thucydides

Referenced in 4 episodes

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Episodes Referencing This Book

March 20, 2023

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Referenced as 'the history of the Peloponnesian War by an Athenian general called Thucydides, which Plato would undoubtedly have read' - cited as source for earthquake and tsunami events

October 25, 2021

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Referenced as 'his book, his history' when discussing Pericles' funeral speech and how Thucydides' work describes how over-optimism based on a sense of living through a golden age dragged Athens into decades of war.

November 30, 2020

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Discussed as the work Thucydides wrote to be 'a possession for all time,' referenced in context of military academies studying it for lessons about the 'Thucydides trap'

November 23, 2020

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Referenced when discussing Thucydides as 'the next great historian who follows after Herodotus' who provided a rationalist perspective on the Trojan War, believing it was about wealth and trade routes rather than Helen.