02677cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000300012624501810015626400510033730000470038833600260043533700260046133800360048750000310052350501270055450801910068152011830087253400450205565300570210065300310215770000310218870000340221985600430225399900190229665972UtSlPG20260610134525.0mcr n260607r2021||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a16012432  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aSprat, Thomas,d1635-171314aThe Plague of Athens, which hapned in the second year of the Peloponnesian Warre :bFirst described in Greek by Thucydides; then in Latin by Lucretius. Now attempted in English 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2021  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2021-08-010 aDedication to Dr. Walter Pope -- Thucydides, lib. 2, as it is excellently translated by Mr. Hobbs -- The plague of Athens.  aSonya Schermann, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"The Plague of Athens, which hapned in the second year of the Peloponnesian Warre" by Tho. Sprat is a historical account written in the mid-17th century. The book provides a detailed exploration of the devastating plague that afflicted Athens during the Peloponnesian War. It chronicles the suffering and chaos experienced by the Athenians as the disease ravaged their city.  The text captures the harrowing experience of the plague's onset and its impact on the social fabric of Athenian life. Sprat draws extensively from Thucydides' original Greek account and Lucretius' Latin works to convey the horror and despair of the illness. The narrative vividly describes the physical symptoms of the disease, the overwhelmed healthcare system, and the psychological toll on the population. It highlights a breakdown of societal norms, as fear and desperation led to a loss of faith in divine intervention and a rise in moral decay among the citizens. Through poetic language and poignant imagery, Sprat illustrates the plague's role not just as a physical illness but as a metaphor for human suffering and the fragility of civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aGreece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.  aPlague -- Greece -- Athens1 aHobbes, Thomas,d1588-16791 aThucydides,d456? BCE-396 BCE40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65972  c106794d106794