PLAGUE OF ATHENS
\plˈe͡ɪɡ ɒv ˈaθɪnz], \plˈeɪɡ ɒv ˈaθɪnz], \p_l_ˈeɪ_ɡ ɒ_v ˈa_θ_ɪ_n_z]\
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A febrile disease, which raged at Athens during the Peloponnesian war, in the 5th century before the Christian era; and a description of which is given in Thucydides. It was characterized by a cutaneous eruption, accompanied by small ulcerations, vomiting, affection of the respiratory organs, and diarrhoea. It began in the far East, and, before reaching Athens, ravaged Egypt, and the greater part of the Persian Empire.
By Robley Dunglison
