The absence of romance in my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest. — Thucydides
The absence of romance in my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest.
In the original Greek
καὶ ἐς μὲν ἀκρόασιν ἴσως τὸ μὴ μυθῶδες αὐτῶν ἀτερπέστερον φανεῖται:
History of the Peloponnesian War · 404 BC
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Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1.
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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 1.
