History of the Plague of Athens

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The object of the following pages is to give a more accurate version than, as it is believed, has yet appeared of Thucydides' account of the so-called plague of Athens, together with a commentary which may serve to elucidate passages which, hitherto, from want of professional knowledge, have either been misunderstood or ill appreciated.