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‘Civilization is a very thin veneer’: What the plague of Athens can teach us about today’s pandemic

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The plague of Athens struck in 430 BC, violently killing up to half of the Greek city’s population. The chronicler Thucydides documented the grim symptoms, as well as the social and psychological fallout. His vivid account holds enduring lessons

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