In Thucydides, "The Peloponnesian War", there is a specific passage that was rejected in antiquity and is still rejected now by most modern scholars, book 3 paragraph 84 It appears, however, that this paragraph was added by an almost would-be imitator of Thucydides because it seems to break his character. However, I believe this paragraph should be included in the rest of the book. Although the text is somewhat difficult to understand how it might fit Thucydides, it follows his train of thought throughout the books. My argument is that I wholeheartedly agree, that the passage in book 3, paragraph 84, is indeed by Thucydides, although it seems a little out of place, it fits in with the other themes of his work and this article will explain how. Thucydides appears on how humans interact with the environment around them. It seems that he looks not only at individuals but also at groups and masses. Human beings by nature are immoral, corrupt, evil, and astonishingly wicked. There are at least three different themes like this in the works of Thucydides mentioned in the rejected passage, but they all lead to one another. So, the first situation we encounter in our rejected passage concerns poverty. “…all sorts of reprisals undertaken by their subjects against violent and immoderate rulers who now paid the price; men seeking relief from their spiral of poverty and driven by their condition to render unjust verdicts in the hope of acquiring the property of their neighbors…” Although Thucydides does not state other paragraphs so bluntly, he provides other implications to this passage. For example, during the civil war in Corcyra, before the civil war there were some people who were rich and powerful, while others were poor and... half of paper... defects too typical of human nature. "Works CitedBoardman, John. 1992. The Early History of Cambridge Fifth Century BC. 360-361, 445. 2nd ed.Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press.Brunt, PA 1967. Thucydides and Human Irrationality. 278. The Review classical. vol. 17, no. 3. Cambridge University Press. Michael, Grant. 1980. Greek and Latin Authors 800 BC - 1000 AD 441. New York: The H. W. Wilson Company. Morrison, James V. 1956. Historical Lessons in the Episode Melian.Vol. 130. The JohnHopkins University Press.Reeve, CD C. 1999. The Peloponnesian War Martin Hammond. 169, 172, 301-307. New York: Oxford University Press Inc. Thucydides. 1993. On Justice, Power, and Human Nature. Translated and edited by Paul Woodruff