Antigone
... Key facts and events to know • Unwritten Laws: – Antigone claims that “unwritten and unfailing rules,” or her own beliefs and values, led her to bury Polyneices (her brother). – The subject of how much power such “unwritten” laws had when they came into conflict with civic laws was a matter of deba ...
... Key facts and events to know • Unwritten Laws: – Antigone claims that “unwritten and unfailing rules,” or her own beliefs and values, led her to bury Polyneices (her brother). – The subject of how much power such “unwritten” laws had when they came into conflict with civic laws was a matter of deba ...
Cimon`s Dismissal, Ephialtes` Revolution and the Peloponnesian Wars
... of Archidamus' heroics, which saved the city from the helots, may be no more surely founded than his story of the providential hare, which saved the younger boys from collapsing buildings (Cim. 16.5-7). However, there are two more fragmentary but probably more reliable bits of evidence in the best f ...
... of Archidamus' heroics, which saved the city from the helots, may be no more surely founded than his story of the providential hare, which saved the younger boys from collapsing buildings (Cim. 16.5-7). However, there are two more fragmentary but probably more reliable bits of evidence in the best f ...
Transcript PBS The Greeks Part 3
... This is the assembly area of the Pnyx, home of the Athenian democracy, a system that gave every Athenian citizen a say in the running of their state. Here Pericles had to stand before his fe ...
... This is the assembly area of the Pnyx, home of the Athenian democracy, a system that gave every Athenian citizen a say in the running of their state. Here Pericles had to stand before his fe ...
Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics
... and especially members of the foreign trading community (sections 4-6). Meanwhile, there is good reason to believe that, after a hiatus in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War, Athens became an increasingly important center of Aegean trade. By the 330s BC, it appears that Athenian revenues were eq ...
... and especially members of the foreign trading community (sections 4-6). Meanwhile, there is good reason to believe that, after a hiatus in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War, Athens became an increasingly important center of Aegean trade. By the 330s BC, it appears that Athenian revenues were eq ...
Antigone and Greek Drama Vocabulary
... Key facts and events to know • Unwritten Laws: – Antigone claims that “unwritten and unfailing rules,” or her own beliefs and values, led her to bury Polyneices (her brother). – The subject of how much power such “unwritten” laws had when they came into conflict with civic laws was a matter of deba ...
... Key facts and events to know • Unwritten Laws: – Antigone claims that “unwritten and unfailing rules,” or her own beliefs and values, led her to bury Polyneices (her brother). – The subject of how much power such “unwritten” laws had when they came into conflict with civic laws was a matter of deba ...
Impact of the plague in Ancient Greece
... Ignoring the ongoing threat of an unsubdued foe in the main theatre of battle, the Athenians wrecklessly opened a second front in the west. They were seduced by the oratory of Alcibiades, a political knave who was less concerned with the welfare of Athens than with his own self-advancement. The resu ...
... Ignoring the ongoing threat of an unsubdued foe in the main theatre of battle, the Athenians wrecklessly opened a second front in the west. They were seduced by the oratory of Alcibiades, a political knave who was less concerned with the welfare of Athens than with his own self-advancement. The resu ...
Personalities and the Peloponnesian War: Alcibiades
... at its destination when orders came recalling him to Athens to stand trial. He set out in his own ship as if to sail back to Athens, but in southern Italy he jumped ship and disappeared. Back in Athens, Alcibiades was tried in absentia and condemned to death. And in the meantime, the Sicilian campai ...
... at its destination when orders came recalling him to Athens to stand trial. He set out in his own ship as if to sail back to Athens, but in southern Italy he jumped ship and disappeared. Back in Athens, Alcibiades was tried in absentia and condemned to death. And in the meantime, the Sicilian campai ...
essay on delian league
... Athens. He continued the ongoing existence and expansion of the League, which resulted in Athens becoming more ruthless toward the allies. Pericles directed the great wealth that came into the treasury and restored the temples destroyed by the Persians and built many new structures, the most impress ...
... Athens. He continued the ongoing existence and expansion of the League, which resulted in Athens becoming more ruthless toward the allies. Pericles directed the great wealth that came into the treasury and restored the temples destroyed by the Persians and built many new structures, the most impress ...
The Athenian Embassies to Sardis and Cleomenes` Invasion of Attica
... The condemnation of the embassy clearly resulted from the terms it accepted, which in turn means those terms - submission to Persia - were refused by the Athenians.10 Now, it is possible that upon the envoys' return Cleisthenes was confronted by an unexpected anti-Persian sentiment among the people ...
... The condemnation of the embassy clearly resulted from the terms it accepted, which in turn means those terms - submission to Persia - were refused by the Athenians.10 Now, it is possible that upon the envoys' return Cleisthenes was confronted by an unexpected anti-Persian sentiment among the people ...
Marathon 490 BC: The First Persian Invasion Of Greece
... possibly divorced his first wife when Hippias gave his daughter away to Aiantides of Lampsakos. Lampsakos, on the opposite side of the Hellespont, was the arch-rival of the Thracian Chersonese. He took as his second wife Hegesipyle, daughter of the Thracian king Oloros. His son and heir Kimon was bo ...
... possibly divorced his first wife when Hippias gave his daughter away to Aiantides of Lampsakos. Lampsakos, on the opposite side of the Hellespont, was the arch-rival of the Thracian Chersonese. He took as his second wife Hegesipyle, daughter of the Thracian king Oloros. His son and heir Kimon was bo ...
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... crops to promote trade, extended citizenship to foreign born artisans, and allowed all citizens to participate in the Assembly and law courts a) Solon ...
... crops to promote trade, extended citizenship to foreign born artisans, and allowed all citizens to participate in the Assembly and law courts a) Solon ...
Thucydides
... remembered of what was said—or, perhaps, what he thought ought to have been said. • it can be argued that, unless a historian were to write them down, these speeches would not have been otherwise archived at all, which is certainly not the case in the modern era, when records and archives abound. • ...
... remembered of what was said—or, perhaps, what he thought ought to have been said. • it can be argued that, unless a historian were to write them down, these speeches would not have been otherwise archived at all, which is certainly not the case in the modern era, when records and archives abound. • ...
Greece 60-80 - Copley-Fairlawn City Schools
... •The only other city-state that could rival Athens’s power •“It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.” - Pericles •They accepted his plan •This was risky because while the Athens navy was far superior, Sparta could easily defeat them on land ...
... •The only other city-state that could rival Athens’s power •“It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.” - Pericles •They accepted his plan •This was risky because while the Athens navy was far superior, Sparta could easily defeat them on land ...
Marathon 490 BC - Liberty Manufactured Homes
... possibly divorced his first wife when Hippias gave his daughter away to Aiantides of Lampsakos. Lampsakos, on the opposite side of the Hellespont, was the arch-rival of the Thracian Chersonese. He took as his second wife Hegesipyle, daughter of the Thracian king Oloros. His son and heir Kimon was bo ...
... possibly divorced his first wife when Hippias gave his daughter away to Aiantides of Lampsakos. Lampsakos, on the opposite side of the Hellespont, was the arch-rival of the Thracian Chersonese. He took as his second wife Hegesipyle, daughter of the Thracian king Oloros. His son and heir Kimon was bo ...
Solon and the Early Athenian Government Athens may be
... Solon’s reforms involved major compromise for all segments of Athenian society, and as a result he realized that none would be entirely happy with them. He made the Athenians swear to obey his laws and constitution for ten years to see if it worked. Then, according to legend, he left Athens for a de ...
... Solon’s reforms involved major compromise for all segments of Athenian society, and as a result he realized that none would be entirely happy with them. He made the Athenians swear to obey his laws and constitution for ten years to see if it worked. Then, according to legend, he left Athens for a de ...
Campaigns against Persia and revolts in the `Delian League`
... Description of events 474-473BC: Scyrus, an Island northeast of Euboea, was inhabited by nonConquest of Scyrus Greek pirates who were interfering with trade. Plutarch says that Cimon and the fleet were urged to capture the island and that an oracle bade them bring home the bones of the legendary Ath ...
... Description of events 474-473BC: Scyrus, an Island northeast of Euboea, was inhabited by nonConquest of Scyrus Greek pirates who were interfering with trade. Plutarch says that Cimon and the fleet were urged to capture the island and that an oracle bade them bring home the bones of the legendary Ath ...
Alex Gottesman, Politics and the Street in Democratic Athens
... appears to nuance his argument near the end, admitting that frequent appeals to pity suggest that “the conclusion of the speech was seen as an acceptable occasion for such displays,” and claiming that “the people who dominated the Athenian institutions did not so much seek to eliminate theatricality ...
... appears to nuance his argument near the end, admitting that frequent appeals to pity suggest that “the conclusion of the speech was seen as an acceptable occasion for such displays,” and claiming that “the people who dominated the Athenian institutions did not so much seek to eliminate theatricality ...
Individual and the Family in Athenian Society
... institution that enabled the husband to take his place in the political community as an individual citizen” (Nagle, 303). Aristotle believed that the “polis is a partnership of households” (Nagle, 20), and that individuals were members of a polis simply by being members of an identifiable and authe ...
... institution that enabled the husband to take his place in the political community as an individual citizen” (Nagle, 303). Aristotle believed that the “polis is a partnership of households” (Nagle, 20), and that individuals were members of a polis simply by being members of an identifiable and authe ...
AHIS3051 - University of Newcastle
... you read, the more you will know); however, it is particularly important that everybody reads the relevant ancient sources. A lively and interesting tutorial discussion depends very much upon the people who make up the group, and every individual’s contribution helps. ...
... you read, the more you will know); however, it is particularly important that everybody reads the relevant ancient sources. A lively and interesting tutorial discussion depends very much upon the people who make up the group, and every individual’s contribution helps. ...
Political selection and the path to inclusive meritocracy Ernesto Dal
... Athenian public officials. A modern economist might think that such a policy would discourage competent people from going into politics, as it does not compensate for opportunity costs. The Athenian oligarchs had a different theory. They judged that only the wealthy would be able to devote time to p ...
... Athenian public officials. A modern economist might think that such a policy would discourage competent people from going into politics, as it does not compensate for opportunity costs. The Athenian oligarchs had a different theory. They judged that only the wealthy would be able to devote time to p ...
A-level Classical Civilisation Mark scheme Unit 01B
... role of lawcourts: dealt with not just criminal / civil cases (graphai / dikai), disputes over liturgies, quadrennial assessment of tribute etc. but any alleged malfeasance in political / administrative official’s conduct; in particular any irregularities discovered by Boule during their routine che ...
... role of lawcourts: dealt with not just criminal / civil cases (graphai / dikai), disputes over liturgies, quadrennial assessment of tribute etc. but any alleged malfeasance in political / administrative official’s conduct; in particular any irregularities discovered by Boule during their routine che ...
1 Susan Lape Work in Progress Before Race: Theorizing Athenian
... appear to have much in common: both are defined with reference to a belief in shared ancestry and an association with a specific territory (inter alia).viii In addition, both recruit kinship ideology to figure the individual’s connection and obligation to the larger collectivity.ix The difference be ...
... appear to have much in common: both are defined with reference to a belief in shared ancestry and an association with a specific territory (inter alia).viii In addition, both recruit kinship ideology to figure the individual’s connection and obligation to the larger collectivity.ix The difference be ...
View Michael Peters` presentation in print
... time, the Spartans were emboldened by the plague seeing it as a positive sign from the gods. The Athenians found even greater fault with Pericles and were eager to come to terms with Sparta. Pericles , believing firmly in his strategy, encouraged them to hold on. In addition, he explicitly linked th ...
... time, the Spartans were emboldened by the plague seeing it as a positive sign from the gods. The Athenians found even greater fault with Pericles and were eager to come to terms with Sparta. Pericles , believing firmly in his strategy, encouraged them to hold on. In addition, he explicitly linked th ...
Study Guide Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War
... Thucydides recreates the debate in Athens in 427 BC over how to deal with rebellious former allies in Mytilene: should Athens kill and enslave the rebels, or pardon them? The debate raises questions of morality versus expediency in foreign policy. Can a democracy rule an empire? Are the people wise ...
... Thucydides recreates the debate in Athens in 427 BC over how to deal with rebellious former allies in Mytilene: should Athens kill and enslave the rebels, or pardon them? The debate raises questions of morality versus expediency in foreign policy. Can a democracy rule an empire? Are the people wise ...