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Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, Book 2, chapter 48 (search)
It first began, it is said, in the parts of
Ethiopia above Egypt, and thence descended into Egypt and Libya and into
most of the king's country.
Suddenly falling upon Athens, it first attacked the population in
Piraeus,—which was the occasion of their saying that the
Peloponnesians had poisoned the reservoirs, there being as yet no wells
there—and afterwards appeared in the upper city, when the deaths
became much more frequent.
All speculation as to its origin and its causes, if causes can be found
adequate to produce so great a disturbance, I leave to other writers,
whether lay or professional; for myself, I shall simply set down its nature, and explain the symptoms by
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