dicere laudes6.indd - Fondazione Canussio
... Despite Aristotle’s claim, the correct conclusion to draw from the Menexenus is not that it is easy to praise Athens to Athenians, but that it is easy for a non-Athenian to praise Athens to Athenians. When Quintilian quotes this passage of Aristotle he goes on to note that since praise is selected f ...
... Despite Aristotle’s claim, the correct conclusion to draw from the Menexenus is not that it is easy to praise Athens to Athenians, but that it is easy for a non-Athenian to praise Athens to Athenians. When Quintilian quotes this passage of Aristotle he goes on to note that since praise is selected f ...
Chapter 10 (Greek City States) - Bellbrook
... and political center of Greek life. • At first, each polis was made up of farming villages, fields, and orchards grouped around a fortified hill called an acropolis. • At the top of the acropolis stood the temple of the local god. • At the foot was the agora, an open area used as a marketplace ...
... and political center of Greek life. • At first, each polis was made up of farming villages, fields, and orchards grouped around a fortified hill called an acropolis. • At the top of the acropolis stood the temple of the local god. • At the foot was the agora, an open area used as a marketplace ...
centauromachy - Astro*Synthesis
... Alexander Mantis, “Parthenon Central South Metopes; New Evidence” from Diana Buitron-Oliver (ed.), The Interpretation of Architectural Sculpture in Greece and Rome, National Gallery of Art (Hanover, ...
... Alexander Mantis, “Parthenon Central South Metopes; New Evidence” from Diana Buitron-Oliver (ed.), The Interpretation of Architectural Sculpture in Greece and Rome, National Gallery of Art (Hanover, ...
Thucydides and the invention of political science
... have endorsed the life plan described as “best” by Herodotus’ Solon. While granting that few men, if any, would ever achieve Tellus’ level of happiness, they would have seen nothing in their communities that would have made living such a life an unreasonable aspiration. In this sense, we may say tha ...
... have endorsed the life plan described as “best” by Herodotus’ Solon. While granting that few men, if any, would ever achieve Tellus’ level of happiness, they would have seen nothing in their communities that would have made living such a life an unreasonable aspiration. In this sense, we may say tha ...
THREE FLEETS OR TWO
... evidently in favour at Athens, so an earlier date than his naval defeat of 388/7 appears to be required. 13 This cuts Chabrias out of the picture, as his expedition came later. Dissatisfied with the identification of the fleet of Lysias 19 with that led by Philocrates, Stylianou proposed that the fl ...
... evidently in favour at Athens, so an earlier date than his naval defeat of 388/7 appears to be required. 13 This cuts Chabrias out of the picture, as his expedition came later. Dissatisfied with the identification of the fleet of Lysias 19 with that led by Philocrates, Stylianou proposed that the fl ...
the classical agora
... consciously define the public space: theatre, athletics, military use and perhaps even the seeds of a democratic urge were being sown. Whatever the intention, the northwest corner of the Agora was being reshaped into a public space by a ‘deliberate effort to enlarge the area of the public square’. ...
... consciously define the public space: theatre, athletics, military use and perhaps even the seeds of a democratic urge were being sown. Whatever the intention, the northwest corner of the Agora was being reshaped into a public space by a ‘deliberate effort to enlarge the area of the public square’. ...
Spartans change of tactics - Utrecht University Repository
... rebuilding after indicates that they were still functioning part of the state. If this is the case, this meant that there were no outside factors stopping them from fortifying their coastline to deal with problems of coastal attack as they arose. This leaves me with the question of why were both sit ...
... rebuilding after indicates that they were still functioning part of the state. If this is the case, this meant that there were no outside factors stopping them from fortifying their coastline to deal with problems of coastal attack as they arose. This leaves me with the question of why were both sit ...
- Enlighten: Theses
... course, this is a key component of how the polis prepares its warriors wherever we can 11prove that such training existed. However, it is by no means clear that it existed for all, or even most, states and therefore cannot be relied upon.1 Furthermore, the issues are more complex than this. Even in ...
... course, this is a key component of how the polis prepares its warriors wherever we can 11prove that such training existed. However, it is by no means clear that it existed for all, or even most, states and therefore cannot be relied upon.1 Furthermore, the issues are more complex than this. Even in ...
Battle of Marathon
... involve the Athenians in trouble by engaging them in wars with the Boeotians. The Plataeans, however, when the Lacedaemonians gave them this counsel, complied at once; and when the sacrifice to the Twelve Gods was being offered at Athens, they came and sat as suppliants about the altar, and gave the ...
... involve the Athenians in trouble by engaging them in wars with the Boeotians. The Plataeans, however, when the Lacedaemonians gave them this counsel, complied at once; and when the sacrifice to the Twelve Gods was being offered at Athens, they came and sat as suppliants about the altar, and gave the ...
Exploring the Role of Basic Motives in Foreign Policy
... and be accepted by larger communities, which can provide more protection and comfort than the actor would be able to secure for itself. In order to be part of such a community, an actor needs to accept and internalize, at least to some extent, that community's norms and rules of behavior. The most i ...
... and be accepted by larger communities, which can provide more protection and comfort than the actor would be able to secure for itself. In order to be part of such a community, an actor needs to accept and internalize, at least to some extent, that community's norms and rules of behavior. The most i ...
Trial of Socrates
... “I don’t like the idea of putting a man to death, but in the case of Socrates, I don’t think we have any other choice. Socrates was the teacher of Critias, who was one of the leaders of the Thirty Tyrants from Sparta who ruled Athens after the war. The Thirty Tyrants took away our rights and made li ...
... “I don’t like the idea of putting a man to death, but in the case of Socrates, I don’t think we have any other choice. Socrates was the teacher of Critias, who was one of the leaders of the Thirty Tyrants from Sparta who ruled Athens after the war. The Thirty Tyrants took away our rights and made li ...
Demosthenes and the Great man in `Against Conon`
... group of young men who called themselves “Triballi.” Together, these adolescents spent their time doing all sorts of impious acts, such as cussing and stealing the sacrifices to the goddess Hecate (54.38). Demosthenes then adds to this story that Conon plans to bring his sons before the court and sw ...
... group of young men who called themselves “Triballi.” Together, these adolescents spent their time doing all sorts of impious acts, such as cussing and stealing the sacrifices to the goddess Hecate (54.38). Demosthenes then adds to this story that Conon plans to bring his sons before the court and sw ...
038
... with which these small diagonal marks are incompatible.19 Phi. The establishment of either of the two letters automatically identifies the other: only Antiphon can be matched with the reading ]i.on (or with ].fon ). The next letter, 36, has suffered much damage; yet enough is left to show at once th ...
... with which these small diagonal marks are incompatible.19 Phi. The establishment of either of the two letters automatically identifies the other: only Antiphon can be matched with the reading ]i.on (or with ].fon ). The next letter, 36, has suffered much damage; yet enough is left to show at once th ...
A Day In Old Athens
... guidance. Rare happenings have been omitted and sometimes, to avoid long explanations, PROBABLE matters have been stated as if they were ascertained facts; but these instances are few, and it is hoped no reader will be led into serious error. The year 360 B.C. has been selected for the hypothetical ...
... guidance. Rare happenings have been omitted and sometimes, to avoid long explanations, PROBABLE matters have been stated as if they were ascertained facts; but these instances are few, and it is hoped no reader will be led into serious error. The year 360 B.C. has been selected for the hypothetical ...
4. Discord From Aspasia`s, Styphon returned to the
... After some reasonably good wine and brief entertainment presented by the future tyrants, when about half the diners had filed out, an Equal entered the mess fully armored with sheathed sword on his hip. He was Therykion, one of Brasidas' most trusted lieutenants, and ignoring all others he made a l ...
... After some reasonably good wine and brief entertainment presented by the future tyrants, when about half the diners had filed out, an Equal entered the mess fully armored with sheathed sword on his hip. He was Therykion, one of Brasidas' most trusted lieutenants, and ignoring all others he made a l ...
T he P elo P onnesian W ar
... What little we know of Thucydides comes from autobiographical traces we find in his work. He was Athenian, son of a man named Olorus. Thucydides operated gold mines in Thrace which gave him wealth and influence (1.1.1, 4.104.3). He began recording the events of the war immediately from the time it ...
... What little we know of Thucydides comes from autobiographical traces we find in his work. He was Athenian, son of a man named Olorus. Thucydides operated gold mines in Thrace which gave him wealth and influence (1.1.1, 4.104.3). He began recording the events of the war immediately from the time it ...
THE SO-CALLED DEFENSIVE POLICY OF PERICLES
... On examining the military operations during the first two and a half years of the war, i.e. while Pericles was general,7 some interesting facts can be gleaned from the History of Thucydides. Since Pericles was either himself a leader of such operations, or as strategos directed affairs in Athens, i ...
... On examining the military operations during the first two and a half years of the war, i.e. while Pericles was general,7 some interesting facts can be gleaned from the History of Thucydides. Since Pericles was either himself a leader of such operations, or as strategos directed affairs in Athens, i ...
PDF-Version - University of Manitoba
... office. Jebb asserts that the defendant delivered his speech before the Athenian Senate around 392 (24041). The speech can be divided into five parts, the first of which encompasses sections 1-3 and contains both the prooimion ‘introduction’ and a portion of the prothesis ‘proposition,’ the case to ...
... office. Jebb asserts that the defendant delivered his speech before the Athenian Senate around 392 (24041). The speech can be divided into five parts, the first of which encompasses sections 1-3 and contains both the prooimion ‘introduction’ and a portion of the prothesis ‘proposition,’ the case to ...
Speaking to the Deaf: Herodotus, his Audience, and the Spartans at
... monic states, Athens and Sparta, is without doubt the most important. Throughout his work, Herodotus privileges these two among the Greek states: they were the most important at the time of Croesus (cf. .–) and dominate the narrative of the struggle against Xerxes. Much has been written recentl ...
... monic states, Athens and Sparta, is without doubt the most important. Throughout his work, Herodotus privileges these two among the Greek states: they were the most important at the time of Croesus (cf. .–) and dominate the narrative of the struggle against Xerxes. Much has been written recentl ...
Sparta - wildehistory
... The prehistory of Sparta is difficult to reconstruct because the literary evidence is far removed in time from the events it describes and is also distorted by oral tradition.[24] However, the earliest certain evidence of human settlement in the region of Sparta consists of pottery dating from the M ...
... The prehistory of Sparta is difficult to reconstruct because the literary evidence is far removed in time from the events it describes and is also distorted by oral tradition.[24] However, the earliest certain evidence of human settlement in the region of Sparta consists of pottery dating from the M ...
Socrates` Life Synopsis
... teaching, while Plato writes Socrates explicitly denied accepting payment, citing his poverty as proof. Socrates married Xanthippe, a younger woman, who bore him three sons—Lamprocles, Sophroniscus and Menexenus. There is little known about her except for Xenophon's characterization of Xanthippe as ...
... teaching, while Plato writes Socrates explicitly denied accepting payment, citing his poverty as proof. Socrates married Xanthippe, a younger woman, who bore him three sons—Lamprocles, Sophroniscus and Menexenus. There is little known about her except for Xenophon's characterization of Xanthippe as ...
Athenian Democracy: a brief overview
... century we can estimate the adult male population of Athens, and thus the number of men eligible to participate in an Assembly, to have been , – ,, and in the th century, , – ,. But the number of Athenians in attendance at a given meeting seems to have been considerably lower. ...
... century we can estimate the adult male population of Athens, and thus the number of men eligible to participate in an Assembly, to have been , – ,, and in the th century, , – ,. But the number of Athenians in attendance at a given meeting seems to have been considerably lower. ...
table of content - Franz Steiner Verlag
... and the struggle for power in the Aegean Sea.............................................. 17 Chapter One. From Naupactus to Samos: Conon the Democratic Strategos............................................................................................................ 39 The Battle of Notium and C ...
... and the struggle for power in the Aegean Sea.............................................. 17 Chapter One. From Naupactus to Samos: Conon the Democratic Strategos............................................................................................................ 39 The Battle of Notium and C ...
English PDF
... There are stoas from the gate [the Dipylon] to the Kerameikos, and in front of them are bronze statues ofthose men and women who had title to fame. . . . In front of the temple [ofApollo Patroos] is one Apollo by Leochares, and another, called Averter of Evil, by Kalamis. . . . Farther up stand stat ...
... There are stoas from the gate [the Dipylon] to the Kerameikos, and in front of them are bronze statues ofthose men and women who had title to fame. . . . In front of the temple [ofApollo Patroos] is one Apollo by Leochares, and another, called Averter of Evil, by Kalamis. . . . Farther up stand stat ...
The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes
... even those who had been sold abroad 38 (however he managed that). Next, he freed the hektemoroi from the sixth-parts and allowed them to hold their land free of obligations;39 but he set himself against a redistribution of the land,40 and for ever after the archon on entering office had to proclaim ...
... even those who had been sold abroad 38 (however he managed that). Next, he freed the hektemoroi from the sixth-parts and allowed them to hold their land free of obligations;39 but he set himself against a redistribution of the land,40 and for ever after the archon on entering office had to proclaim ...
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.