A Dissent at Athens ca 424
... to detect Aristophanic echoes and historical persons behind the dramatic masks.7 The historical episode most generally accepted as an item of evidence is an Athenian defeat near Delion in 424. Its immediate aftermath may provide a terminus post quem for the play. After that battle, the Thebans would ...
... to detect Aristophanic echoes and historical persons behind the dramatic masks.7 The historical episode most generally accepted as an item of evidence is an Athenian defeat near Delion in 424. Its immediate aftermath may provide a terminus post quem for the play. After that battle, the Thebans would ...
What was democracy in ancient Athens?
... they were at a particular time. The water bodies, hills and mountains in Greece are very similar now to what they were 2500 years ago. However, boundaries and cities have changed greatly. Athens is much bigger than it once was and Sparta is no longer a city. To understand history, it is really impor ...
... they were at a particular time. The water bodies, hills and mountains in Greece are very similar now to what they were 2500 years ago. However, boundaries and cities have changed greatly. Athens is much bigger than it once was and Sparta is no longer a city. To understand history, it is really impor ...
Alex Gottesman, Politics and the Street in Democratic Athens
... despite criticism against appeals to pity in law court speeches, litigants never hesitated to appeal to a perceived sensibility of their jurors and to cast them as protectors (and often avengers) who could intervene in cases of wrongdoing.2 But he is, I think, mistaken to view such appeals to pity a ...
... despite criticism against appeals to pity in law court speeches, litigants never hesitated to appeal to a perceived sensibility of their jurors and to cast them as protectors (and often avengers) who could intervene in cases of wrongdoing.2 But he is, I think, mistaken to view such appeals to pity a ...
Peloponnesian War: Sparta - Carolina International Relations
... burn Athens to the ground, but it was defeated by the heavily outnumbered Athenian army at the Battle of Marathon, when the heavy Greek phalanx proved superior to the lightly-‐armed Persians in close ...
... burn Athens to the ground, but it was defeated by the heavily outnumbered Athenian army at the Battle of Marathon, when the heavy Greek phalanx proved superior to the lightly-‐armed Persians in close ...
The Peloponnesian War – Video 26 – Siege of Syracuse Athenians
... The hunters (Athens) are becoming the hunted (by Syracuse plus allies). Both sides take winter quarters. ___________ sends word to Athens asking for permission to ___________, or for Athens to send ___________. (Athens does still dominate the ___________ around Sicily). Athens refused to give up. __ ...
... The hunters (Athens) are becoming the hunted (by Syracuse plus allies). Both sides take winter quarters. ___________ sends word to Athens asking for permission to ___________, or for Athens to send ___________. (Athens does still dominate the ___________ around Sicily). Athens refused to give up. __ ...
Greek Myths
... led him back, he said quietly, “Let’s go home.” Opening the gate, which was never locked (for no one had ever returned), the Athenians stole out. The day had passed, and the city was now shadowed with night. They moved down to the harbor and found Princess Ariadne waiting for them in the shadows by ...
... led him back, he said quietly, “Let’s go home.” Opening the gate, which was never locked (for no one had ever returned), the Athenians stole out. The day had passed, and the city was now shadowed with night. They moved down to the harbor and found Princess Ariadne waiting for them in the shadows by ...
English PDF
... Once the decision to build had been made, the labor force was assembled. It would be headed by the architect ( C ~ ~ X I T ~ K T C W ) , the man responsible both for the design and for the supervision of actual construction. Buildings were carefully planned before work began, but it is clear from th ...
... Once the decision to build had been made, the labor force was assembled. It would be headed by the architect ( C ~ ~ X I T ~ K T C W ) , the man responsible both for the design and for the supervision of actual construction. Buildings were carefully planned before work began, but it is clear from th ...
Frey_Harrison_Joseph
... The cost of fighting determines the offense-defense balance (Glaser and Kaufmann 1998, 51; Glaser 2010, 113; Powell 110-113; Wilson 2010, 20). The cost of fighting is “the cost of forces the attacker requires to launch a successful blitzkrieg to the cost of the defender’s forces” (Glaser and Kaufman ...
... The cost of fighting determines the offense-defense balance (Glaser and Kaufmann 1998, 51; Glaser 2010, 113; Powell 110-113; Wilson 2010, 20). The cost of fighting is “the cost of forces the attacker requires to launch a successful blitzkrieg to the cost of the defender’s forces” (Glaser and Kaufman ...
Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics
... the preferences of foreigners – and especially foreign traders. In light of the striking growth of Athenian revenues in the later fourth century, there is every reason to suppose that more foreigners did in fact chose to do more business in Athens. This chapter suggests that these correlations are ...
... the preferences of foreigners – and especially foreign traders. In light of the striking growth of Athenian revenues in the later fourth century, there is every reason to suppose that more foreigners did in fact chose to do more business in Athens. This chapter suggests that these correlations are ...
Radical Reprints Roderick T. Long The Athenian Constitution
... the selection really was random, and to make cheating extremely difficult) is one of the most distinctive features of the Athenian constitution. We think of electoral politics as the hallmark of democracy; but elections were almost unknown at Athens, because they were considered paradigmatically an ...
... the selection really was random, and to make cheating extremely difficult) is one of the most distinctive features of the Athenian constitution. We think of electoral politics as the hallmark of democracy; but elections were almost unknown at Athens, because they were considered paradigmatically an ...
THE MAIN RULES OF TRIBUTE PAYMENT IN MID 5th CENTURY
... 454 B.C., the money of allies had been more often used not on military purposes of the League, as they were supposed to, but primarily on Athenians’ personal interests. Thucydides mentions that the biggest sum collected on Acropolis during Pentekontaetia was 9 700 talents (probably in 449 B.C.). He ...
... 454 B.C., the money of allies had been more often used not on military purposes of the League, as they were supposed to, but primarily on Athenians’ personal interests. Thucydides mentions that the biggest sum collected on Acropolis during Pentekontaetia was 9 700 talents (probably in 449 B.C.). He ...
A-level Classical Civilisation Mark scheme Unit 02D
... leadership initially; then with other Greek cities Athens accepted Spartan Pausanias as leader until he revealed ‘the arrogance of his nature’; key point: other states approached Athens to protect them (so in a sense they got themselves into the position of subservience to Athens quite willingly); T ...
... leadership initially; then with other Greek cities Athens accepted Spartan Pausanias as leader until he revealed ‘the arrogance of his nature’; key point: other states approached Athens to protect them (so in a sense they got themselves into the position of subservience to Athens quite willingly); T ...
democracy and aristocracy in ancient athens
... upon their followers (hetairoi).14 According to Aristotle’s Politics in oligarchies ‘the magistrates . . . are filled from high property-grades or from political clubs (hetairon)’.15 Perhaps the Athenian constitution before Solon which was ‘in all respects oligarchic’ could be an example of this.16 ...
... upon their followers (hetairoi).14 According to Aristotle’s Politics in oligarchies ‘the magistrates . . . are filled from high property-grades or from political clubs (hetairon)’.15 Perhaps the Athenian constitution before Solon which was ‘in all respects oligarchic’ could be an example of this.16 ...
A-level Classical Civilisation Mark scheme Unit 02D
... interventions by Athens to prevent them from leaving; this had occurred from the early League days (Naxos, Thasos) but seems to have reached a crisis point in the 440s; credit for students who introduce here the inscriptions giving the terms imposed on Erythrai, Khalkis, Miletus etc; points of relev ...
... interventions by Athens to prevent them from leaving; this had occurred from the early League days (Naxos, Thasos) but seems to have reached a crisis point in the 440s; credit for students who introduce here the inscriptions giving the terms imposed on Erythrai, Khalkis, Miletus etc; points of relev ...
a spear butt from the lesbians - The American School of Classical
... Mytilene in 428/7 B.C., an event described in some detail by Thucydides in his account of the Peloponnesian war.5 At first the Athenians attacked only with their fleet, but later they brought in one thousand hoplites and besieged the city from land and sea. In a desperate move the people of Mytilene ...
... Mytilene in 428/7 B.C., an event described in some detail by Thucydides in his account of the Peloponnesian war.5 At first the Athenians attacked only with their fleet, but later they brought in one thousand hoplites and besieged the city from land and sea. In a desperate move the people of Mytilene ...
Athens animation lengthened
... Then along came Solon, making the first set of laws. They were nicer laws. ...
... Then along came Solon, making the first set of laws. They were nicer laws. ...
The Athenian citizen
... Fortunately for us, the stone, metals, and pottery which the Athenians used are relatively imperishable, so that we have much of this primary evidence to supplement and illustrate the literature and history written by ancient authors. These material remains, as illustrated here, fall into several cl ...
... Fortunately for us, the stone, metals, and pottery which the Athenians used are relatively imperishable, so that we have much of this primary evidence to supplement and illustrate the literature and history written by ancient authors. These material remains, as illustrated here, fall into several cl ...
Solon was an ancient Athenian leader who came into power in 594
... Solon (pron.: /ˈsoʊlɒn/ or /ˈsoʊlən/; Greek: Σόλων, c. 638 BC – 558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic, and moral decline in archaicAthens. His reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often cre ...
... Solon (pron.: /ˈsoʊlɒn/ or /ˈsoʊlən/; Greek: Σόλων, c. 638 BC – 558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic, and moral decline in archaicAthens. His reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often cre ...
Who was Solon? http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why+was+it+necessary+
... Solon (pron.: /ˈsoʊlɒn/ or /ˈsoʊlən/; Greek: Σόλων, c. 638 BC – 558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic, and moral decline in archaicAthens. His reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often cre ...
... Solon (pron.: /ˈsoʊlɒn/ or /ˈsoʊlən/; Greek: Σόλων, c. 638 BC – 558 BC) was an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic, and moral decline in archaicAthens. His reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often cre ...
Sea-Power in Greek Thought
... form of empire, the implicit conclusion of Pericles (Thucydides) is that the immorality of the Athenian Empire is to be accepted and defended because related to the glory of sea-power. A remarkable statement in this speech of Pericles is that neither have the Athenians ever reflected on this subject ...
... form of empire, the implicit conclusion of Pericles (Thucydides) is that the immorality of the Athenian Empire is to be accepted and defended because related to the glory of sea-power. A remarkable statement in this speech of Pericles is that neither have the Athenians ever reflected on this subject ...
Mr. Belanger Adapted from Plutarch`s Life of Theseus
... girls. This tribute had to be paid because of the murder of Androgeus, the eldest son of King Minos of Crete, while he had been a guest of Aegeus in Attica. Minos avenged the death of his son with war, and in addition to the damage done to the Athenians by Minos' army, the gods also punished the lan ...
... girls. This tribute had to be paid because of the murder of Androgeus, the eldest son of King Minos of Crete, while he had been a guest of Aegeus in Attica. Minos avenged the death of his son with war, and in addition to the damage done to the Athenians by Minos' army, the gods also punished the lan ...
Milestone Documents in World History Funeral Oration of Pericles
... on Sparta increased when its colony Potidaea, under Athenian control as part of the Delian League, received an ultimatum to destroy its walls and expel Corinthian magistrates. Sparta acquiesced in summoning the league after Athens issued the Megarian Decree, which created an embargo on goods from Me ...
... on Sparta increased when its colony Potidaea, under Athenian control as part of the Delian League, received an ultimatum to destroy its walls and expel Corinthian magistrates. Sparta acquiesced in summoning the league after Athens issued the Megarian Decree, which created an embargo on goods from Me ...
Pericles
... accused Cimon of being a sympathizer to Sparta (Athens' main rival) and managed to get him ostracized for ten years. With Cimon gone, Pericles could finally pursue the policies he had in mind. One of his earliest edicts was to let the government pick up the tab so the poor could come and watch theat ...
... accused Cimon of being a sympathizer to Sparta (Athens' main rival) and managed to get him ostracized for ten years. With Cimon gone, Pericles could finally pursue the policies he had in mind. One of his earliest edicts was to let the government pick up the tab so the poor could come and watch theat ...
Strategy and Changing Moods in Thucydides
... The favor of most of Hellas is with the Peloponnesian allies. (Thucydides used eunoia, good minds.) This is because there is general indignation against the empire. Many in it wish to escape, and others fear subjugation. Once again, Perikles wishes to restrain Athens from seeking more. Its empire h ...
... The favor of most of Hellas is with the Peloponnesian allies. (Thucydides used eunoia, good minds.) This is because there is general indignation against the empire. Many in it wish to escape, and others fear subjugation. Once again, Perikles wishes to restrain Athens from seeking more. Its empire h ...
Pericles
... young person Pericles turned out to be. Pericles was a man of a new age and came under the influence of a school of thinking, a school called Sophists, which was a way of looking at the world through debunking illogical mythical and religious beliefs. What made it possible for Pericles to be in powe ...
... young person Pericles turned out to be. Pericles was a man of a new age and came under the influence of a school of thinking, a school called Sophists, which was a way of looking at the world through debunking illogical mythical and religious beliefs. What made it possible for Pericles to be in powe ...
Trireme
A trireme (derived from Latin: triremis ""with three banks of oars;"" Ancient Greek: τριήρης triērēs, literally ""three-rower"") was an ancient vessel and a type of galley that was used by the ancient maritime civilizations of the Mediterranean, especially the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks and Romans.The trireme derives its name from its three rows of oars, manned with one man per oar.The early trireme was a development of the penteconter, an ancient warship with a single row of 25 oars on each side (i.e., a double-banked boat), and of the bireme (Greek: διήρης, diērēs), a warship with two banks of oars, probably of Phoenician origin, The word dieres does not appear until the Roman period. ""It must be assumed the term pentekontor covered the two-level type"". As a ship it was fast and agile, and it was the dominant warship in the Mediterranean during the 7th to 4th centuries BC, after which it was largely superseded by the larger quadriremes and quinqueremes. Triremes played a vital role in the Persian Wars, the creation of the Athenian maritime empire, and its downfall in the Peloponnesian War.The term is sometimes also used to refer to medieval and early modern galleys with three files of oarsmen per side as triremes.