Epidemics rank among the worst traumas that can befall a society. Their impact goes far beyond the sheer loss of human lives, every one of them valuable. Disease can recast the fates of peoples, ...
In the summer of 2017, in the last few weeks of Steve Bannon’s tenure at Donald Trump’s side, an otherwise obscure Greek name kept getting trotted out during policy discussions— Thucydides of Athens ...
All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Plague of Athens VR Plague of Athens tells the story of Nikos of Athens, a physician during history’s first recorded pandemic, 429 BCE, who struggles to ...
Plague in an Ancient City, circa 1652, by Michiel Sweerts, which is believed to reference the mysterious epidemic in Athens. Illustration: Public Domain, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Fair Use) ...