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-	'''Thucydides''' (c. 460 – c. 400 BC) was an [[Classical Athens|Athenian]] [[historian]] and [[general officer|general]]. His ''[[History of the Peloponnesian War]]'' recounts [[Peloponnesian War|the 5th century BC war]] between [[Sparta]] and [[Athens]] to the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.	+
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-	He has also been called the father of the school of [[political realism]], which views the political behavior of individuals and the subsequent outcomes of relations between states as ultimately mediated by and constructed upon the emotions of [[fear]] and [[self-interest]]. His text is still studied at both universities and military colleges worldwide. The [[Melian dialogue]] is regarded as a seminal work of [[international relations theory]], while his version of [[Pericles' Funeral Oration]] is widely studied in political theory, history, and [[classical studies]].	+
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-	More generally, Thucydides showed an interest in developing an understanding of human nature to explain behaviour in such crises as [[Plague (disease)|plague]], [[List of events named massacres|massacres]], as in that of the Melians, and [[civil war]].	+
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-	== See also ==	+
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-	* [[Speech of Hermocrates at Gela]]	+
-	* [[Thucydides Trap]]	+
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-	* [[Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 16]]	+
-	* [[Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 17]]	+
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