Thucydides: Lessons from the Plague of Athens


part 1, on Thucydides as the first journalist, is available on the CBC website*

the blurb on part 2:
The plague of Athens struck in 430 BC, violently killing up to half of the Greek city's population. Thucydides was on hand to document the grim symptoms, as well as the social and psychological fallout. His vivid account holds enduring lessons for us during pandemic times today.



*a link – see a note on notes and links

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