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... fifth century) often favored an aggressive stance toward Sparta or its allies (e.g., Ephialtes, Pericles, Cleon). By conservative I mean to connote those individuals who resisted such liberalization, and who (in the fifth century) usually preferred peace with Sparta to a policy that might antagonize ...
... fifth century) often favored an aggressive stance toward Sparta or its allies (e.g., Ephialtes, Pericles, Cleon). By conservative I mean to connote those individuals who resisted such liberalization, and who (in the fifth century) usually preferred peace with Sparta to a policy that might antagonize ...
World Literature
... Legacy of the Period The ancient Greeks laid the intellectual and cultural foundations of Western civilization. They debated basic questions about the nature of the universe, the purpose of life, and the meaning of truth. The Greeks not only strove to answer these questions, they also created a logi ...
... Legacy of the Period The ancient Greeks laid the intellectual and cultural foundations of Western civilization. They debated basic questions about the nature of the universe, the purpose of life, and the meaning of truth. The Greeks not only strove to answer these questions, they also created a logi ...
A Mind at War: Erga Paraloga in Thucydides` History
... between ktêma, “possession” and khrêma, “use” or “want,” is both sincere and important. Rhetoric, as has been and always will be noted by readers of Thucydides, holds incredible sway over the vulnerable mind. The volatile Athenian democracy, in particular, was at the mercy of words and ideas that wo ...
... between ktêma, “possession” and khrêma, “use” or “want,” is both sincere and important. Rhetoric, as has been and always will be noted by readers of Thucydides, holds incredible sway over the vulnerable mind. The volatile Athenian democracy, in particular, was at the mercy of words and ideas that wo ...
I.F. Stone Breaks the Socrates Story:
... And now, in A.D. 1979, you have discovered something newsworthy – excuse the expression – about a trial that the wire services covered 2378 years ago? This obsession with the trial of Socrates is not mine alone. Scholars and historians have been puzzled by it for centuries, and still are. What’s the ...
... And now, in A.D. 1979, you have discovered something newsworthy – excuse the expression – about a trial that the wire services covered 2378 years ago? This obsession with the trial of Socrates is not mine alone. Scholars and historians have been puzzled by it for centuries, and still are. What’s the ...
from athens to alexander
... imposed by Persia - the original common enemy that had earlier brought the two Greek powers together in the first place. And Waldemar Heckel ends his account of Alexander's startling conquest by emphasising the young conqueror's lack of foresight in establishing a clear succession, a lapse that mean ...
... imposed by Persia - the original common enemy that had earlier brought the two Greek powers together in the first place. And Waldemar Heckel ends his account of Alexander's startling conquest by emphasising the young conqueror's lack of foresight in establishing a clear succession, a lapse that mean ...
Demosthenes on Distrust of Tyrants
... faith of Athens towards foreign rulers like Leucon, tyrant (or, more diplomatically, 'archon') of Bosporos, must be maintained for the sake of the commercial advantages granted Athens by that generous monarch. 10 In the Against Aristocrates (108), the Olynthians are represented as having begun to di ...
... faith of Athens towards foreign rulers like Leucon, tyrant (or, more diplomatically, 'archon') of Bosporos, must be maintained for the sake of the commercial advantages granted Athens by that generous monarch. 10 In the Against Aristocrates (108), the Olynthians are represented as having begun to di ...
The Pheidippides Legend
... up the hundreds of marble steps to the Acrocorinth—a spot both sacred and safe. Pity any Persian who tried to ascend the Acrocorinth. He would be buried beneath a flow of boulders and stones long before the heavy spears began coming down on him. Pheidippides saw himself standing near the Temple of ...
... up the hundreds of marble steps to the Acrocorinth—a spot both sacred and safe. Pity any Persian who tried to ascend the Acrocorinth. He would be buried beneath a flow of boulders and stones long before the heavy spears began coming down on him. Pheidippides saw himself standing near the Temple of ...
LYKOURGAN SPARTA AND THE CLASSICAL WRITERS THAT
... one must examine the history, institutions, and the education system of Sparta to determine where the opinions of the Athenians agreed with the those of modern scholars. That shall be the order followed in this thesis. In the end, class differences between the supporters of Athens and the supporters ...
... one must examine the history, institutions, and the education system of Sparta to determine where the opinions of the Athenians agreed with the those of modern scholars. That shall be the order followed in this thesis. In the end, class differences between the supporters of Athens and the supporters ...
Independent Colonies Emerge into Flourishing Independent City
... Athens was very important to Aristides and that there may have been an advantageous agenda behind the agreement. Since Aristodes was one of the leading Athenian commanders in power, he certainly would have commended the idea of having a colony in such great geographic and trade positioning under th ...
... Athens was very important to Aristides and that there may have been an advantageous agenda behind the agreement. Since Aristodes was one of the leading Athenian commanders in power, he certainly would have commended the idea of having a colony in such great geographic and trade positioning under th ...
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... whom she had murdered in order to give Jason further pain. Medea then took refuge with Aegeus, the old king of Athens, having promised him that she would use her magic to enable him to have more children. She married Aegeus and bore him a son, Medus. But Aegeus had another son, Theseus. When Theseus ...
... whom she had murdered in order to give Jason further pain. Medea then took refuge with Aegeus, the old king of Athens, having promised him that she would use her magic to enable him to have more children. She married Aegeus and bore him a son, Medus. But Aegeus had another son, Theseus. When Theseus ...
20th Year of Artaxerxes - Bible Student Chronology
... instance. Reliable history proves, rather, that Xerxes reigned for 11 years only. 826 The famous Greek historian, Thucydides, is regarded by both ancient and modern critics to be the most exact chronicler of the period in question. He was born in 471 B.C., and thus lived during the reign of Artaxer ...
... instance. Reliable history proves, rather, that Xerxes reigned for 11 years only. 826 The famous Greek historian, Thucydides, is regarded by both ancient and modern critics to be the most exact chronicler of the period in question. He was born in 471 B.C., and thus lived during the reign of Artaxer ...
The political and jurisdictional structures in Homer
... 1.1 The thesis The thesis is organised in three parts, corresponding to three questions, each aiming at answering the initial question: Whence came Athenian democracy? I. Is it methodologically sound and theoretically possible that Greek and Ancient Near Eastern political structures resemble each ot ...
... 1.1 The thesis The thesis is organised in three parts, corresponding to three questions, each aiming at answering the initial question: Whence came Athenian democracy? I. Is it methodologically sound and theoretically possible that Greek and Ancient Near Eastern political structures resemble each ot ...
THE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE OF ANCIENT GREEK TRAGEDY
... people essentially relying on the advice and direction of their leaders (Griffith, 43). Rhodes suggests that tragedy was connected to the formation of the polis for all Greek cities, not just Athens (Rhodes, 118). Finally, Carter takes a similar view of Macleod suggesting that tragedy is political b ...
... people essentially relying on the advice and direction of their leaders (Griffith, 43). Rhodes suggests that tragedy was connected to the formation of the polis for all Greek cities, not just Athens (Rhodes, 118). Finally, Carter takes a similar view of Macleod suggesting that tragedy is political b ...
PLATO: The Philosopher-King
... did not have enough knowledge to make proper choices for a state. The second problem with a democracy was the populistic promises of politicians. Politicians knew that they require support from the denizens of Athens to attain their votes. This train of thought led politicians to make promises to th ...
... did not have enough knowledge to make proper choices for a state. The second problem with a democracy was the populistic promises of politicians. Politicians knew that they require support from the denizens of Athens to attain their votes. This train of thought led politicians to make promises to th ...
Agamemnon - UW Canvas
... As I was going down to Death. Nothing Is more grim or more shameless than a woman Who sets her mind on such an unspeakable act As killing her own husband. ...
... As I was going down to Death. Nothing Is more grim or more shameless than a woman Who sets her mind on such an unspeakable act As killing her own husband. ...
The Early Development of the Polis: Boundaries, Balance, and
... Analogy, a way of defining language change through a series of analogies during different time periods. 6 When two forms come into competition for one function, the newer form may take over that function while the older form may become relegated to a subcategory of its earlier function. For example, ...
... Analogy, a way of defining language change through a series of analogies during different time periods. 6 When two forms come into competition for one function, the newer form may take over that function while the older form may become relegated to a subcategory of its earlier function. For example, ...
Socrates Role Play 2014 Script
... worshipping false gods and corrupting the youth of Athens. He questions the wisdom of making governmental decision by majority vote, but still gives a speech in his defense before the court of fellow citizens. Anytus: A wealthy tanner, and respected citizen of Athens. His reasons for bringing charge ...
... worshipping false gods and corrupting the youth of Athens. He questions the wisdom of making governmental decision by majority vote, but still gives a speech in his defense before the court of fellow citizens. Anytus: A wealthy tanner, and respected citizen of Athens. His reasons for bringing charge ...
Gadfly on Trial: Socrates as Citizen and Social Critic
... of Athenian courtroom oratory, but its content is distinctive. While it is not possible to determine how accurate the Apology is as record of how the historical Socrates actually defended himself on that day in ; it is, I think, safe to claim that Plato’s text is an accurate record of Plato’s ...
... of Athenian courtroom oratory, but its content is distinctive. While it is not possible to determine how accurate the Apology is as record of how the historical Socrates actually defended himself on that day in ; it is, I think, safe to claim that Plato’s text is an accurate record of Plato’s ...
Τόπος και Χρόνος Γέννησης Τόπος και Χρόνος Θανάτου Κύρι
... aforementioned verse ‘rude, unrefined, for great things well endued’. Nevertheless, a different source reports that he could sing and play the lyre.4 Ancient literary sources inform us about his love for women5 and the incestuous relations with his step-sister Elpinice.6 Cimon took advantage of his ...
... aforementioned verse ‘rude, unrefined, for great things well endued’. Nevertheless, a different source reports that he could sing and play the lyre.4 Ancient literary sources inform us about his love for women5 and the incestuous relations with his step-sister Elpinice.6 Cimon took advantage of his ...
Athens: Its Rise and Fall - University of Macau Library
... ambition of the pamphleteer. Though designing this work not for colleges and cloisters, but for the general and miscellaneous public, it is nevertheless impossible to pass over in silence some matters which, if apparently trifling in themselves, have acquired dignity, and even interest, from brillia ...
... ambition of the pamphleteer. Though designing this work not for colleges and cloisters, but for the general and miscellaneous public, it is nevertheless impossible to pass over in silence some matters which, if apparently trifling in themselves, have acquired dignity, and even interest, from brillia ...
Socrates
... Socrates’ best pupils and yet both of them were openly hostile to Athenian democracy. Alcibiades, one of Socrates’ most devoted followers, once commented at Sparta that democracy is “acknowledged folly”. In the eyes of Socrates’ Athenian critics, this must represent the teaching of Socrates. ...
... Socrates’ best pupils and yet both of them were openly hostile to Athenian democracy. Alcibiades, one of Socrates’ most devoted followers, once commented at Sparta that democracy is “acknowledged folly”. In the eyes of Socrates’ Athenian critics, this must represent the teaching of Socrates. ...
Plato, humanity and globalisation
... inference from these definitions it would be that to be human, to be humane, to be humanitarian, and to have or show humanity, is to promote the welfare of, and to show kindness and mercy to, all hüman beings. As human beings are not born good, or weil mannered, or kind and merciful, there is a code ...
... inference from these definitions it would be that to be human, to be humane, to be humanitarian, and to have or show humanity, is to promote the welfare of, and to show kindness and mercy to, all hüman beings. As human beings are not born good, or weil mannered, or kind and merciful, there is a code ...
THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ASYMMETRIES
... force might have been about 10.000 hoplites without cavalry, reinforced by 600 hoplites from the Boetian city of Plataea, and very few light troops, if any. It was commanded by polemarch Callimachus and the battle plan was conceived by Miltiades, who knew the Persian ways, since he was the “governor ...
... force might have been about 10.000 hoplites without cavalry, reinforced by 600 hoplites from the Boetian city of Plataea, and very few light troops, if any. It was commanded by polemarch Callimachus and the battle plan was conceived by Miltiades, who knew the Persian ways, since he was the “governor ...
The Lesser Mysteries of Eleusis
... at the Lovatelli urn we can clearly see three distinct ritual actions. The first scene shows Herakles holding a pig over a low altar. This altar is called an eskhara, and is used when making offerings to chthonic deities. From this we can infer that the offering was given to Persephone. In his other ...
... at the Lovatelli urn we can clearly see three distinct ritual actions. The first scene shows Herakles holding a pig over a low altar. This altar is called an eskhara, and is used when making offerings to chthonic deities. From this we can infer that the offering was given to Persephone. In his other ...
Residential Restrictions on the Athenian Ostracized
... the time to do independent or far-ranging research for the Nomoi, a work that, to the best of our knowledge, was synthetic and possibly prescriptive in character. A serious shortcoming of Raubitschek's hypothesis is that it compels him to argue that the account of ostracism in Diod. 11.55.3 is deriv ...
... the time to do independent or far-ranging research for the Nomoi, a work that, to the best of our knowledge, was synthetic and possibly prescriptive in character. A serious shortcoming of Raubitschek's hypothesis is that it compels him to argue that the account of ostracism in Diod. 11.55.3 is deriv ...
Epikleros
An epikleros (ἐπίκληρος; plural epikleroi) was an heiress in ancient Athens and other ancient Greek city states, specifically a daughter of a man who had no male heirs. In Sparta, they were called patrouchoi (πατροῦχοι), as they were in Gortyn. Athenian women were not allowed to hold property in their own name; in order to keep her father's property in the family, an epikleros was required to marry her father's nearest male relative. Even if a woman was already married, evidence suggests that she was required to divorce her spouse to marry that relative. Spartan women were allowed to hold property in their own right, and so Spartan heiresses were subject to less restrictive rules. Evidence from other city-states is more fragmentary, mainly coming from the city-states of Gortyn and Rhegium.Plato wrote about epikleroi in his Laws, offering idealized laws to govern their marriages. In mythology and history, a number of Greek women appear to have been epikleroi, including Agariste of Sicyon and Agiatis, the widow of the Spartan king Agis IV. The status of epikleroi has often been used to explain the numbers of sons-in-law who inherited from their fathers-in-law in Greek mythology. The Third Sacred War originated in a dispute over epikleroi.