Thucydides (disambiguation)

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Thucydides generally refers to Thucydides, son of Olorus, (circa 460-before 394 BC) a Greek historian. It may also refer to:

  • 10137 Thucydides, a main-belt asteroid
  • Thucydides, son of Melesias (5th century BC), prominent politician of ancient Athens
  • Thucydides II, son of Melesias II (4th century), grandson of Thucydides, son of Melesias featured in Plato's Laches
  • Thucydides Trap, where a rising power causes fear in an established power which escalates toward war