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Excerpt from Thucydides, Vol. 1 Thucydides, a native of Athens, was born in the year before Christ 471, thirteen years after Hero dotus, according to Aulus Cellins; and about three years before Socrates, as the birth of the latter is settled by Laértius. His father's name was 010 ms, and among his ancestors be reckoned the great Miltiades. The education of our author appears to have been such as might be expected from the splendor of his birth, the opulence of his family, and the good taste then prevailing in Athens; although the little information that can be gleaned on this sub ject from ancient writers is merely of a presumptive, though probable kind. Anaxagoras was his pre ceptor in philosophy, according to the testimony of Marcellinus; who adds, that it was whispered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.