Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The History of the Peloponnesian War
Complete text of "The History of the Peloponnesian War" by Thucydides. Available for download or for reading on the internet.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Thucydides
This site from the Fordham University provides an extensive biography of Thucydides and his writing of history. It details his life as a statesman, traveller and writer. He was schooled in rhetoric and philosophy. His intention in...
Indiana University
Indiana University: The Plague in Athens During the Peloponnesian War
Provides the historic background to Thucydides' description of the death caused by the plague and the efforts made to cure the sick.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Thucydides
Provides a brief biography of Thucydides as an aristocrat and explains the reasons he wrote the history of the Peloponnesian War.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thucydides
(471 B.C.- ?) Great historian of the Peloponnesian War
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thucydides
An eminent historian, born in Athens, Greece, about 471; died about 400 B.C. He was a son of Olorus, and studied oratory under Antiphon and philosophy under Anaxagoras.