Socrates and the Plague of Athens

What can ancient Greece tell us about pandemic?

What can ancient Greece tell us about pandemic?

[Socrates] was so well-disciplined in his way of life that on several occasions when plague broke out in Athens he was the only man who escaped infection. — Diogenes Laertius

In 430 BC, Athens was devastated by plague. We don’t know exactly what caused it but it’s been speculated that it was a form of typhus…