雅典大瘟疫

雅典大瘟疫是一场在大约公元前430年左右爆发的一场瘟疫，發生在伯罗奔尼撒战争的第二年，幾乎摧毀了希腊城邦，据说这场瘟疫导致将近过半的古希腊人惨死当中。一般認為瘟疫是從比雷埃夫斯進入雅典的，比雷埃夫斯是雅典的港口，也是唯一食物及補給的來源。地中海東部的許多地區也有發生瘟疫，但影響較小[1]。瘟疫後來又在公元前429年及西元前427（426）年的冬天出現。目前提出可能造成這次瘟疫的病原體已達30種[2]。

雅典大瘟疫，由米歇尔·斯威特斯所繪，約在1652-1654

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外部連結

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Women in Classical Athens

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[1] Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.48.1

[Papagrigorakis-2] Manolis J. Papagrigorakis, Christos Yapijakis, and Philippos N.Synodinos, ‘Typhoid Fever Epidemic in Ancient Athens,’ in Didier Raoult, Michel Drancourt, Paleomicrobiology: Past Human Infections, Springer Science & Business Media, 2008 pp.161-173.