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Ideas53:59Thucydides, Part 2: Lessons from the plague of Athens

Thucydides, Part 2: Lessons from the plague of Athens

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Duration 53:59

The plague of Athens struck in 430 BC, violently killing up to half of the Greek city's population. The chronicler Thucydides documented the grim symptoms, as well as the social and psychological fallout. His vivid account holds enduring lessons for us today. *This episode originally aired on June 23, 2020.

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