Thucydides

[thoo-sid-i-deez]

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c460–c400 b.c., Greek historian.

Thucydides

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?460–?395 _bc , Greek historian and politician, distinguished for his History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides

An ancient Greek historian and general. Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War, in which he fought, is famous for its careful reporting of events and its sharp analysis of causes and effects.

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He was the first to print editions of Aristotle, Thucydides, Herodotus and Sophocles; the first to use italic type; and the first to use the semicolon in its modern sense.

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Schumer was also received by Xi, who said the Thucydides Trap is “not inevitable.”

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The statement also said the notion that a rising power and declining power are destined for war, the so-called Thucydides Trap, is false.

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Several years ago, Harvard political scientist Graham Allison coined the term “Thucydides’ trap.”

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The Greek historian Thucydides described how this cycle of hatred convulsed city after city during the Peloponnesian War.

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