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Let's talk about Thucydides.
Thucydides is an Athenian.
Athens is a Greek state.
Thucydides was from Athens.
He was born there.
His father's name is Olorus.
Thucydides told us that
the area of Athens is called the Dam of Helemus.
Thucydides was from there.
We know about his early life.
When Thucydides was 10 or 12 years old,
he went to Agora of Athens with his father.
Agora of Athens is a place called the square.
People used to sit in Athens and have a conversation.
Thucydides gave a lecture of Herodotus in Agora of Athens.
Thucydides was a small child.
He gave a lecture of Herodotus.
He cried and decided to write history.
He decided to write history.
He was influenced by Herodotus.
Thucydides was plagued by a plague in Athens in 430 BC.
It was the second year of the Peloponnesian War.
Pericles died.
Thucydides survived the plague.
Thucydides had gold mines.
This is a coastal area of Thrace, which is now divided between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.
Thucydides says that there were gold mines there.
Thucydides says that he was sent to Thassos as a general in 424 BC.
When Basidas attacked Amphipolis in 423 BC, the Battle of Amphipolis began.
Euclid, the Athenian commander of Amphipolis, called Thucydides for help.
Basidas was aware of the presence of Thucydides in Thassos.
He also knew that the people of Amphipolis were affected by Thucydides.
He was afraid that if help came from the sea, he would be harmed.
He acted quickly and presented moderate conditions for the surrender of the Amphipolitans.
They accepted the conditions.
When Thucydides arrived, Amphipolis had already captured Sparta.
Amphipolis was an area of strategic importance.
Thucydides was responsible for this problem.
Thucydides claimed that it was not his fault that he did not reach on time.
He could not save Amphipolis.
But to help Thucydides reach on time, Amphipolis was considered a crime.
He was exiled for the crime.
When Thucydides was exiled from Athens, he could travel freely in the Peloponnesian allies.
He was able to see the perspectives of both sides.
Herodotus wrote that Oloros, the father of Thucydides, was related to Thrace and royalty.
Thucydides was related to the Athenian statesman and general Miltiades.
Thucydides was associated with the aristocracy.
If we look at all this evidence, it seems that his family had a large estate in Thrace.
Thrace also had gold mines.
The gold mines had a great influence on the Thracian family.
Thrace was a wealthy family due to its ownership of gold.
Thucydides fame is due to his history book, Peloponnesian Wars.
