History-Makers: Thucydides

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Ahh ancient Greece, it has been entirely too long. Today we'll take a look at the foundational work of my entire career path - Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian war, a book that almost single-handedly set the standard for how we engage in historical inquiry. Also it has the added benefit of being about Ancient Greece so win-win!
SOURCES & Further Reading: "History of the Peloponnesian War" by Thucydides, "Histories" by Herodotus, "Hellenica" by Xenophon, and the 4 straight years I spent studying this in university - Boy do I love doing a video about a topic I'm specifically trained in.
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Even history books don’t want to finish themselves.

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Banzai Bot ... because History is never finished.

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I remember somebody wrote "in case of flood, stand on this book" in one of my high school history books. Still makes me chuckle.

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If the person writing a history book doesn't even want to finish it, then why should we have to either

[@ImperatorIke573]

Here's a story my professor once told me about how she got into teaching history: As a college student she was given a History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides and LOVED IT. She loved it so much her classmates would visit her in her dorm and she would help them understand the material in her class. Fast forward a decade or so and she finds herself at a garage sale where she found a couple copies of a History of the Peloponnesian War, she bought one and another older gentleman was buying one too. She got into a conversation with him and she asked him why he was buying it, he said when he was in college he read it as a history major, he wanted to see if it was still as terrible as he remembers and he claims he hated it so much he switched majors

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Are they married now?

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@@ImperatorIke573 Would make for a better story now I am not sure what the point of your last paragraph was?

[@ImperatorIke573]

@@MrElionor The point was she got into teaching because she loved it so much, but when he took a class with that as required reading he hated it so much he changed his major

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Actually no @@fawaaza.7743 it's literally in my username...

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Is it a new intro? I thought it was just a segue into the topic

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Legends say that Thucydides and Herodotus would jointly teach the people. Although, Herodotus was more into talking about stories and tropes, ending all his lectures with "...so...yeah", and Thucydides was a lot more into the history talk. He also really insisted upon Sparta. Like, he would find a way to talk about it somehow in most of his lectures. You don't need to cite my sources. Just trust me.

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Wish someday I'd be worthy of 'Ma boi'

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"I want a untitled Zeus game" -zeus

[@timothymclean]

We know what he's like, so he only gets an ENtitled Zeus Game.

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@@timothymclean And in this game you fly around Greece trying to find attractive girls to fuck over!

[@morganrobinson8042]

Basically a dating sim but there are only bad ends, no exclusivity in relationships or even consent, and eventually one of your offspring kills you through sheer statistical certainty.

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@@morganrobinson8042 Zeus was surprisingly good at avoiding that end-look at how he handled Thetis. I'd say a dating sim where your partners all meet bad ends but none of them count as game overs.

[@morganrobinson8042]

@@timothymclean The Thetis thing is exactly my point. Eventually he's got to sire something capable and desirous to kill him. He's got literally forever to try and his behavior guarantees it. Eventually he's hit the karmic retribution jackpot. Besides Kratos.

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'Let's do some History' or, as the Spartans would say: *'HISTORY'*

[@nickmalachai2227]

They're quite laconic, yes.

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This. Is. HISTORY

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Laconic.

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Or as the Athenians would say: “HIS-TORY”

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You know, that actually sounds like a half decent H-game concept, thigh if it keeps on the animal disguises I probably wouldn't play it...

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Instead of 3 Zeus' in a trenchcoat, it's just Zeus in three animal disguises

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Thucydides: "I need to finish thi~" _ded_ Xenophon: _hides Thucydides under a table_ "...and after all of that. We'll continue." _clears throat_

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*Among Us killing noise intensifies*

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Xenophon doing a “Weekend at Bernie’s” for Thucydides’ book

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Greece be like: imagine being one unified nation

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well since we weren't the hre im fine with it

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Ancient Greece: Imagine being a nation together - not my style! - Renaissance Italy liked that - The modern United Kingdom will remember that

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Madness!

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Greece... or the US now

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America: I know right, so funny.

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"...Red graciously let me channel this new enthusiasm into my first ever history video. It is very bad and I am sorry that it exists" Well Blue, considering how great you are doing now and the fact that you made a more polished version later, I don't think it really matters how "bad" the start was.

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Everyone starts somewhere. There's no shame in things being rough at the start. :P

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As a person who grew up in Greece i took how fun history was as a granted... thanks ancient greek historians you made my school years a bit less miserable!

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Helps when your culture basically started western history

[@moonwolf8470]

@@matthewjohnson4583 ironic that Greece is just a old man with his crippling debts and his glory days becoming a shadow of himself

[@lirazel6414]

I became so enamored with Thucydides' book -- read in a philosophy class about war and peace -- that I asked the professor to let me read an excerpt aloud in class. I chose the bit about how some bored Athenians who were waiting out a storm in a little cove began building a fort *because they were bored* and provoked one of the greatest battles of the war. The descriptions of the battle are as exciting as any movie. The moral pointed by my professor is that much of history just happens by accident. So yes! Please! How about the Theban Band next?

[@lsedge7280]

Wait which battle was this?

[@_jpg]

​@@lsedge7280The Battle of Pylos, you really have to read about it, it's hilarious 😂

[@casual-owl]

Blue: "Go read the Iliad." Me: *is in the middle of Book 22*

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Do you get people asking you why on earth you are subjecting yourself to that?

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@@cryptidflower9240 Because The Iliad is an amazing book. It features a talking horse.

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What version of it is good to start with?

[@cryptidflower9240]

@Simon X I know I’m reading it that’s why I’m asking because I get asked all the time 🤣 also correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t the Iliad cut off before the horse shenanigans (I haven’t finished it)

[@casual-owl]

@@stripedblueoranges525 I've been reading the Robert Fagles translation. I'm no expert, though.

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I myself am also a domosexual

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@@loganitee6046 Don't you mean Duomosexual?

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Blue? Likes domes? Noo

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Feels a little out of character don’t you think?

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For Trope Talk: Can you guys go over a musical trope called "Dies Irae". It's a musical trope with orgins over a millenium old, and is practically evrywhere un music scores. It's honestly amazing and I get super excited whenever a score uses it. The Dies Irae is the themesong for the Shining. It's used in Star wars and plenty of other movies. It is easily able ti be recognized as the whistle chant that AURORA sings in Frozen's "Into the Unknown". It would be pretty cool ig you guys could do a video on it

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the channel Sideways did a video on it. Very interesting topic.

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@@jennifermckay5585 Which video?

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I'm greek and your accent on that " ας κάνουμε ιστορία " was really good.

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I've never been this early so I have no joke prepared

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Last time I was this early Zeus hadn’t starting f*cking over Greece, figuratively and literally.

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[@thomasscaife6867]

Since he is mentioned in this video, I would like to share my favorite quote from Xenophon: "he made it honorable to steal as many cheeses as possible..." - on Lycurgus's Spartan Laws.

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Notable later quote: "That will take care of itself" - provided it is churned and renneted.

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Oh, also: "...he ordered others to beat these (the stealers of cheeses)."

[@allanolley4874]

I'm glad you acknowledged how complicated Thucydides Greek can be, I remember once having to translate a short excerpt in the class textbook that was basically impossible, it basically consisted of two dozens repetitions of indefinite articles in various declensions with a few negations etc. thrown in "My plan for this work is not this but this by way of this so that this and not that." this was supposed to make sense apparently (it is actually part of his explanation of his plan and style of work). Of course not all of his writings achieved that level of impenetrability another excerpt used in the same text book (copying from a translation I found on-line translator one Richard Crawley) goes: "For I suppose if Lacedaemon [Sparta] were to become desolate, and the temples and the foundations of the public buildings were left, that as time went on there would be a strong disposition with posterity to refuse to accept her fame as a true exponent of her power... Still, as the city is neither built in a compact form nor adorned with magnificent temples and public edifices, but composed of villages after the old fashion of Hellas, there would be an impression of inadequacy. Whereas, if Athens were to suffer the same misfortune, I suppose that any inference from the appearance presented to the eye would make her power to have been twice as great as it is." [because Athens had a lot more magnificent temples with large stone foundations.] from Book I, Chapter 1, section X. So Thucydides may not have been much of an anthropologist, but as an archaeologist I mentioned this to commented this is a worthwhile insight in Archaeology. My other favourite Thucydides quote is attributed by a later (Roman era) author Dionysius of Halicarnassus "`ιστορια φιλοσοφια 'εστιν 'εκ παραδειγματων" ("history is philosophy by way of examples")

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Good night.

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I am your god

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1:15: The caption guy didn't even try. That's hilarious.

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Im trying to remember if I see you in every OSP video or every tfs video. . . either way we have similar tastes

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@@chaotik7853 I don't comment on _every_ video on either channel. But I do engage with the KZbin comment section more often than most psychiatrists would advise.

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Indigo spares no expense in snarky editor's notes

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Last time I was this early, the Theodosian walls still stood unbreached.

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@@samrevlej9331 rookie. Last time I was this early there was a conflict regarding Rome vs Reme

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@@arthasmenethil7208 You complete and utter fool! Last time I was this early the Great Pyramids of Giza hadnt been built!

[@serenissima4092]

I'm Greek and I had to read both Thucydides and Xenophon in the original for my high school Ancient Greek classes. Thucydides' sentence construction is so complex it gives you a migraine and the text is drier than the Sahara desert. Xenophon on the other hand, is truly a joy to read. Much simpler sentences, without losing anything in depth and gravity. And the events are narrated in such an immediate and exciting way that sometimes you think you're reading an adventure novel - and yet it all happened!

[@acebalistic1358]

Imagine being a historian who dedicates there life to studying a historian who dedicated there life to studying a historian. There are historians out there like that

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There are almost certainly historians who study this entire concept.

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Might be tricky to do, considering the kinds of games Zeus gets up to...

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@@timothymclean... especially as a waterfowl!

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Who's to say the goose isnt already Zues faffing about. He got into all kinds of shape shifting phenomenon

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Blue: flexes by saying 'lets do some history in greek' Also Blue: still mispronounces hop-li-te

[@rozeico]

Ah yes. Learning college level ancient history while avoiding finishing my work in my college level early modern history class. What could I possibly be doing better with my life than this

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Josephus is a riot. Looking forward to his highly biased shenanigans!

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Economics? If you kept studying you would have been Green. Ha ha, **stonks**

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"Now you know better" _Knowing Better fans suddenly collectively gasp_

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Daddy knowing better

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"Plutarch took note of this because his characters f*quack" lol

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Only cares about the military and politics? r/hostorymemes would love him.

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They probably do. I really hope they do

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[@thefrogbert6295]

When my mom was still in high school she told my grandma she wanted to see the movie Grease my grandma went with my mom and her friends thinking it was a documentary about Ancient Greece

[@luthientinuviel3883]

I was in a skating duet doing Grease and I also thought it was about Greece -

[@thefrogbert6295]

Luthien Tinuviel Honestly if there was ever a Ice skating show about Ancient Greece I think Blue would be one of the first people in line for tickets

[@luthientinuviel3883]

@@thefrogbert6295 and I would love to be in it. I was so disapointed by our cotumes cause I wanted to dress in a Grecian style....

[@merrychristmasreaper]

At some point I heard "Thiccydides", and now I can't help but imagine dummy thicc historians goofing off

[@MrArgy333]

In the panhellenic exam (its like the SATs of Greece at the end of highschool) students have to translate a text from ancient attic Greek to modern Greek. The thing is that its a text that they do not study during their courses, but one they see for the first time during the exam. I remember that every year students were praying that it would not be a passage from Thucycides' work because my dude was writing like a 14 year old angry girlfriend. He would not use a period for the life of him, but also use very strange vocabulary. On the other hand everyone wanted Xenophon as his way of writing was far simpler. Of course when I took my exam it ended up being a Thucydides passage and Im still mad about it.

[@sentientmarshmallow4644]

8:54 “the absence of romance in my history, I fear will detract somewhat from its interest” Way to uphold this amatanormative society, Thucydides geez

[@ichimaru96]

amata-what-ative? is that where you normalise amaterasu

[@sentientmarshmallow4644]

Dylan Fell amatonormativity the societal assumption and pressure that everyone enjoys, desires, and needs a romantic relationship in life

[@ichimaru96]

@@sentientmarshmallow4644 Oh...i'm Not touching that with a ten foot pole

[@BonaparteBardithion]

Honestly, it just follows the same thinking big-budget movies do now. If you want it to be popular it's gotta have a romantic subplot (even though a significant portion of the audience finds them distracting).

[@Neptune0404]

8:58 I don't know if it's just because it caught me so much of guard but this made me laughing so hard one of my roomates checked to see if I was ok. Also I'm reading Thucydides' book for school this semester so having some background info is nice. (It also adds fuel to my theory of OSP stalking me and making videos relevant to my life as this is like the 17th time a video has been made just as the video's subject becomes relevant to me .... I'm on to you OSP)

[@kortmann9]

9:54 Very relatable moment from Xenophon.

[@lilycrawford]

The Athens emblem is an owl, as in Athena, the patron of Athens. Goddammit Blue you did it again

[@zachthomas8597]

Well that's because Athens also used an owl as their symbol. He's just using the symbol Athens used.

[@JoshSweetvale]

5:30... So the original Historian _immedeately_ jumped to Polandball/Hetalia anthromorphization. Classy.

[@zacharymarlow8161]

Alternate title: Thucydides the creator of Blue

[@sentientmarshmallow4644]

Ooo some OSP history, I feel so honored.

[@lunevermeil1400]

You still not knowing where you were going after you had a major gives me such light & hope. That and how something and artistically grand as assassins creed could spur you into your current self. Beautiful backstory Blue 💙

[@BaldricOutremer]

The History of the Peloponnesian War is pretty much the book that started my interest in Ancient Greek works. I absolutely loved it. It's true that the style can be described as rather dry, but I think that it goes well with the very rational and analytical approach of Thucydides. It's also true that the speeches appearing in the books are of dubious authenticity, and that Thucydides probably used them to convey general ideas and feelings, and didn't try to quote what had really been said in the most accurate manner. But the speeches are such masterpieces of rhetoric that their absence would diminish the book.

[@LadyOMyth]

It's okay to miss talking about Ancient Greece, Blue. Honestly, I've missed you talking about it.

[@maxbyrne8062]

I actually love this channel. It got me into history and mythology. Thanks for making awesome videos 👍🏻👍🏻

[@DerOerdl]

"Tries to emulate the style but gives up halfway through, it's hilarious" - you know what else is hilarious? This video

[@noahweathers4408]

I have really enjoyed your videos on history and Red’s on literature and mythology. The two of you provide very down to Earth information on some fascinating tales, combining witty, entertaining humor with a genuine passion for your interests. I can’t thank you enough for all your dedication.

[@TheBigBadBeowulf]

Hi historian here: there is no archeological evidence for Spartans yeeting their children off of cliffs. That rumor was probably started to make Spartans look barbaric compared to the other city-states. As far as we can tell there was no actual instance of this happening.

[@Elora445]

That reminds me of the "common knowledge" of the so called "ättestupan" in Swedish. It was supposed to be a place where people in ye olden times would make the old people throw themselves of a cliff (and/or where you threw them off the cliff). But, just as in your case - absolutely no archaeological evidence of it actually existing. Most likely it never did.

[@xavierfrendick6581]

In fairness, since the text about the baby pit came up during the discussion of possible bias, it might have been referring to supposed atrocities that would paint Sparta in an unfavorable light, not something that should be taken at face value.

[@xercesshal]

The mo' you know

[@UpSky2]

Wasn't there a reference in Plutarch's Life Of Lycurgus, about some sort of selection of children at birth, where they were examined... ? not that Life Of Lycurgus is anything much but Mythology... a-historical to a great degree - ?

[@jacobgraves3823]

Finally getting to watch one of these the day of release, two minutes after it's upload no less

[@milesph6905]

I didn't know how much I needed to hear Blue speaking Greek until I heard it.

[@maxhaddock6227]

To be honest, your Ancient Greek and Italian history videos are some of my all-time favorite content that exists on the internet, so please do go make more of these things

[@WillyV089]

For April fools you should do a history of Greece, but ita actually on the musical Grease.

[@yodamcyoda]

Thucydides had some great quotes in his history, my favorite goes something like this: ”it was the rise of Sparta, and the fear this instilled in the hearts of Athenians which made war inevitable” Paraphrased as I haven’t read many 2000 year old books lately

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

it was the other way around, ”it was the rise of Athens, and the fear this instilled in the hearts of Spartans which made war inevitable”

[@xercesshal]

@Norgafel @TeutonicEmperor1198 Only one of you could be right. This calls for a duel!

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@@xercesshal whooa there cowboy... this is how Peloponesian wars are started.😅

[@xercesshal]

@@tylerdurden3722 as a self-proclaimed god of mischief, that was my plan all along

[@GoblinsAreAGirlsBestFriend]

I can't even thank you enough for your channel and especially your videos about ancient Greece. I finished my BA degree in history, with a focus on ancient Greek and Roman history, about a decade ago and have ended up in the workforce in a completely different area (IT!). Your videos help me keep my base knowledge fresh on the subjects I love the most.

[@dreameater8548]

Blue: *pointing at some well-based narration of WWII or something like that* This is perfect BUT *pointing at Thucydides* I like this Also, your backstory was so moving, it almost made me cry. Such emotion

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“My boi” yes

[@alexisk.nielson9985]

I don't think anything will ever be as funny to me as 10:32

[@yessir916]

Idk this video just helped bring up my vibes when I was down. Love y’all work and wish you guys the best

[@hessanscounty3592]

I am glad that Thucydides brought your awesome videos to us!

[@TheLacedaemonian300]

Thucydides is Ma Boi as well. His book changed my life. It's simply brilliant.

[@wargriffin5]

@9:37 Speaking of Xenophon, have you guys ever considered doing a video on the life/works of this guy?

[@luthientinuviel3883]

Ooo, yeah, I read a book about his departure from Persia and it was hella interesting!

[@grumpygato99]

Always love these videos!

[@zanka53]

Prolly one of my favourite series on KZbin. Partially because it lets me score extra points with my history teachers so thanks for carrying me through my Abitur, Blue!

[@larenasheehan7465]

I'm requesting a history of Hellenica Xenophon just to complete the historical retelling. Really enjoying the history makers, Blue. Could I also request a stupor mundi OSP episode? I know controversial pick but very interesting history maker!

[@pjmeis5226]

Would love to see a video about the aftermath of Alexander the Alright’s death and the collapse of his empire please!

[@tylerdurden3722]

A short video won't do it justice. What we need is a well financed HBO series. It'll knock Game Of Thrones off it's pedestal with ease.

[@KaiserAfini]

History and philosophy are some of my greatest passions. It really makes me happy that you found a book that showed you how awesome it can be.

[@georgekaragiannakis6637]

Important to mention the modern coined term "The Thucydides Trap" to describe the increase friction and eventual hostilities when an emerging power threatens to displace an existing great power as hegemon.

[@DanielGalimidi]

5:22 If Thucydides stated the trend of viewing states as characters, does that mean he's responsible for making the first countryball comics?

[@tomsentaylor1268]

3:08 Athens: The Only Navy That Matters™

[@-undecided-1663]

Blue's over sarcasm is particularly on point in this video

[@Vexclorion]

Your athenian empire video and Alcibiades video is how I found you when j was in college and matched up perfectly with my class on ancient Greece at the time! I'm grateful for them, it's how I discovered this channel!

[@KyletheScott]

Blue: Talks about Greek History My Brain: Ooh I remember that from Assassin's Creed! Brasidas? more like BROsidas!

[@iainfull]

“Anti Persian death crusade” - I snorted that was so funny and true

[@qweadd6987]

The ending...just like the books! I liked this video, nice job Blue!

[@Rockstar-bq5fm]

You know I’d really love to see you guys do a video on Xenophon’s Anabasis. That would be a fantastic video

[@manosbaroulakis9446]

He said it in Greek, and φίλε, he said it right

[@captaindak5119]

"Only cares about war and politics" Same...although I also care about economics (since it's relevant to the previous two).

[@helenwalter6830]

If there is one thing I took away from my freshman history class, it's that no one will love me as much as my history teacher loved Thucydides.

[@pyrosianheir]

Some delightful backstory for the channel! Always fun to hear people talk about how they got to where they are now, particularly KZbinrs. Also, I would 100% buy a copy of Thucydides with a cover like that. Probably finally read it, too. XD

[@kingced741]

Thucydides is a crazy man like deadass a classical madman Edit: so you're telling me the author of the hellenica started the book with allow me to introduce myself Then started writing, goddam memes are ancients

[@camiblack1]

Thiccydides. Hi I'm Thucydides and in this essay I will...

[@Valery0p5]

Athens: Damn you Alcibiades!

[@dragonfell5078]

Dear Blue, could you maybe cover the Scythians at some point? I've been fascinated with them and their history, and would love to see a video on it!

[@just_tom_solomon1210]

Always a pleasure to open KZbin and see a new osp video.

[@hugosiu656]

any chance you can do sima qian the one who basically codified how the chinese do history?

[@endplanets]

07:10 I thought the whole "Spartans + cliff - babies = skull mountains" was debunked.

[@_oceanstar]

I was literally just rewatching some old videos and wanting some new content. my prayers have been answered

[@theanimeunderworld8338]

Look how far you've come, Blue. Good for you

[@stevenkim3689]

First Time watching Blue's videos?

[@henrywong2725]

Last time I was this early it was the cold war

[@otarthemad1782]

I love your Greece content, but I also love your video game content. Id love to see you do a let’s play of the assassins creed game that takes place in Greece, along with a companion series lambasting the inaccuracies of its historical plot points!

[@biteso2333]

Oo more lore!! We just started a subject on the peloponessian War in my classics class!