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Mark Carney invoked Thucydides at Davos – what people get wrong about this ancient Greek ...
The Conversation 22 Jan 2026
And this aphorism of Thucydides is presented as inevitable, as the natural logic of international relations reasserting itself.” ... “Exiled Thucydides knew.” ... But these are the words of characters in Thucydides’ narrative, not of Thucydides himself.
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Mark Carney invoked ancient Greek writer Thucydides at Davos – what people get wrong about ...
The Conversation 22 Jan 2026
And this aphorism of Thucydides is presented as inevitable, as the natural logic of international relations reasserting itself.” ... “Exiled Thucydides knew.” ... But these are the words of characters in Thucydides’ narrative, not of Thucydides himself.
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Taxing the Rich Necessitates Control of Everyone – The Thucydides Trap
Armstrong Economics 15 Jan 2026
That was minimal ... But it got worse ... 1969 ... Since the Day of Sparta, and the Thucydides Trap which is a concept in international relations that describes the heightened risk of conflict when an emerging power challenges an established ruling power ... ....
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Trump’s “Don-roe” Doctrine: The Thucydides Lessons the White House Cannot Ignore
Greek Reporter 05 Jan 2026
Thucydides has some important things to tell Donald Trump ... Thucydides ... The core of Thucydides’ theory is found in the Melian Dialogue ... Thucydides would recognize ... Thucydides ... Thucydides’ lesson is clear.
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A History Written to Be Believed
Roman Empire Times 14 Dec 2025
His final period is represented by On Thucydides and its appendix, the Second Letter to Ammaeus, and On Dinarchus ... Another significant Roman connection was Quintus Aelius Tubero, the recipient of On Thucydides.
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Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery
Dissident Voice 12 Dec 2025
The ancient Greek historian Thucydides records that when imperial Athens confronted the small island of Melos in 416 BC, the Athenians declared that “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer ...
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Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War
Greek Reporter 06 Dec 2025
Thucydides’s account, History of the Peloponnesian War, is considered a classic, as well as being one of the earliest known history books ... Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War breaks off before the story is over ... Thucydides would have agreed.
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A Roman’s Manual for Survival
Roman Empire Times 27 Nov 2025
By the eighteenth century, the situation had not improved ... Public domain ... Thucydides had declared that his work would be “a possession for all time,” its insights into human nature allowing future readers to foresee and avoid calamity.
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Benefit Your Friend, Hurt Your Enemy: Ancient Greek Tribal Justice
Greek Reporter 26 Nov 2025
In Ancient Greece, justice often meant benefiting one’s friends so as to punish one’s enemies, reflecting the tribal structure of society. Credit. Jack W Pearce, CC BY SA 2.0, Flickr ... Historians such as Thucydides document similar patterns ... Credit ... ....
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America Is Setting a Trap for Itself
New York Times 21 Nov 2025
The United States, not China, seems determined to upend the global order ... .
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How Thucydides Described Greeks and “Barbarians” in the Northern Settlements
Greek Reporter 21 Oct 2025
The Case of Thucydides,” Xydopoulos examines how Thucydides represented Macedonians, Thracians, and other groups inhabiting the coastal regions of the northern Aegean, as well as how southern Greeks ...
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Why Spartan Men Had Long Hair
Greek Reporter 18 Oct 2025
An Ancient Greek vase depicting warriors with long, flowing locks. Credit. Public Domain. In ancient Greece, hair was an important indicator of class and place of origin ... The particular hairstyle was called krobylos ... According to Oxford classicist R.R.R.
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