Thoughts and Reflections On: How to Write History

Katie Taylor, World History Period 6.                                                  January 22, 2014
Thoughts and Reflections On: How to Write History 

By: Thucydidies 

Unlike many historians of the time period Thucydides was one who sought to write the truth. He did not write without either being there himself or talking to more than one eye witness and he tried to avoid depicting stories based off of people's stories if they had bias opinions. 

His writing was not romanticized or dramatized for the enjoyment of the public, instead Thucydides wrote for people who were looking for the truth about these historical events. He believed that his writing was not for the the immediate public but meant to last forever.