Gary Bass discusses the Athenian Plague for the New Yorker

Painting Plague in an Ancient City by Michael Sweerts — Plague in an Ancient City Michael Sweerts (1618, Brussels - 1664, Goa)

Professor Gary Bass discusses the Athenian Plague, and Thucydides's account of it's effect on the democracy for The New Yorker. "For anyone hopeful that democracy is the best system for coping with the current coronavirus pandemic, the Athenian disaster stands as a chilling admonition."

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-athenian-plague-a-cautionary-tale-of-democracys-fragility

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