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 Greek poet and grammarian, flourished about 400 BC. Scarcely anything is known of his life. His poetical efforts were not generally appreciated, although he received encouragement from his younger contemporary Plato. His chief works were: an epic __Thebais__, an account of the expedition of the Seven against Thebes and the war of the Epigoni; and an elegiac poem __Lyde__, so called from the poet's mistress, for whose death he endeavoured to find consolation telling stories from mythology of heroic disasters. Greek poet and grammarian, flourished about 400 BC. Scarcely anything is known of his life. His poetical efforts were not generally appreciated, although he received encouragement from his younger contemporary Plato. His chief works were: an epic __Thebais__, an account of the expedition of the Seven against Thebes and the war of the Epigoni; and an elegiac poem __Lyde__, so called from the poet's mistress, for whose death he endeavoured to find consolation telling stories from mythology of heroic disasters.
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 ===== Thucydides ===== ===== Thucydides =====
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 +Greek historian and Athenian general. His __History of the Peloponnesian War__ recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" because of his strict standards of evidence-gathering and analysis in terms of cause and effect without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work. He has also been called the father of the school of political realism, which views the relations between nations as based on might rather than right. His text is still studied at advanced military colleges worldwide, and the Melian dialogue remains a seminal work of international relations theory. More generally, Thucydides showed an interest in developing an understanding of human nature to explain behaviour in such crises as plague, massacres, as in that of the Melians, and civil war.
  
 [[classical:thucydides|Thucydides Page]] [[classical:thucydides|Thucydides Page]]
  
 ===== Xanthus ===== ===== Xanthus =====
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 +Native Lydian historian and logographer who, during the mid-fifth century BC, wrote texts on the history of Lydia known as __Lydiaca__ (Λυδιακά). Xanthus also wrote occasionally about geology. It is believed that Xanthus was the earliest historian to have written a significant amount on the topic of Lydian history. He is also believed to have written a work entitled __Magica__ (Mαγικά), as well as one entitled __Life of Empedocles__. It is believed that Xanthus had some knowledge of Persian traditions, and it is plausible that he, a Lydian, would write about Persian religion, but it seems unlikely due to the available evidence.
  
 [[classical:xanthus|Xanthus Page]] [[classical:xanthus|Xanthus Page]]
  
 ===== Xenophon ===== ===== Xenophon =====
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 +Greek historian, soldier, mercenary, philosopher and a contemporary and admirer of Socrates. He is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the 4th century BC, preserving the sayings of Socrates, and descriptions of life in ancient Greece and the Persian Empire.
  
 [[classical:xenophon|Xenophon Page]] [[classical:xenophon|Xenophon Page]]
  
 ===== Zeuxis ===== ===== Zeuxis =====
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 +Painter who flourished during the 5th century BC.
  
 [[classical:zeuxis|Zeuxis Page]] [[classical:zeuxis|Zeuxis Page]]
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