Thucydides
Meanings
name
- 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.
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Etymology
From Latin Thūcȳdidēs, from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “ruler, god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”) + -ῐ́δης (-ĭ́dēs, patronymic suffix).
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