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Thucydides
(redirected from Theucidides)

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Thu·cyd·i·des  (th-sd-dz) 460?-400? b.c.
Greek historian. Considered the greatest historian of antiquity, he wrote a critical history of the Peloponnesian War that contains the funeral oration of Pericles.
Thucydides [θuːˈsɪdɪˌdiːz]
n
(Biographies / Thucydides (?460 bc-?395 bc) M, Greek, HISTORY: historian, POLITICS: politician) ?460-?395 bc, Greek historian and politician, distinguished for his History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydidean  adj
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Noun1.Thucydides - ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)Thucydides - ancient Greek historian remembered for his history of the Peloponnesian War (460-395 BC)
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Thucydides [θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz] N → Tucídides
Thucydides [θuːˈsɪdɪˌdiːz] n (History, Literature) → Tucidide m
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