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Fortune Favors The Prepared? Τύχη In The History Of The Peloponnesian War, Liam O'Toole
Fortune Favors The Prepared? Τύχη In The History Of The Peloponnesian War, Liam O'Toole
Parnassus: Classical Journal
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Applying Modern Immunology To The Plague Of Ancient Athens, Juhi C. Patel
Applying Modern Immunology To The Plague Of Ancient Athens, Juhi C. Patel
Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee
During the 5th century BCE, ancient Athens and Sparta were involved in a major war during which an epidemic disease broke out in Athens, claiming the lives of a substantial part of the population. Although the ancient Greek historian Thucydides provides a first-hand account of the symptoms of the plague, modern historians have not been able to definitively identify the pathogen that caused the deadly epidemic. In 1994, a burial tomb of Athens was unearthed that unveiled the likely remains of plague victims. In 2005, scientists conducted molecular testing on the dental remains and used suicide PCR to compare …