A Political Biography - Assets
... I am interested in Pericles’ ideas and in his role as a leader. However, unlike Thucydides, I attempt to elucidate or reconstruct the factors that made Pericles into the man Thucydides and Plutarch found so fascinating. It has become fashionable to avoid using admittedly anachronistic terms like “st ...
... I am interested in Pericles’ ideas and in his role as a leader. However, unlike Thucydides, I attempt to elucidate or reconstruct the factors that made Pericles into the man Thucydides and Plutarch found so fascinating. It has become fashionable to avoid using admittedly anachronistic terms like “st ...
AH1 option 2 Delian League
... from Delian League to Athenian Empire: this reflects a fixation in the scholarship of the history of Athenian power with the question of when exactly the alliance that was the Delian League became an Athenian Empire. There are several problems with this approach: the extent to which the Athenians we ...
... from Delian League to Athenian Empire: this reflects a fixation in the scholarship of the history of Athenian power with the question of when exactly the alliance that was the Delian League became an Athenian Empire. There are several problems with this approach: the extent to which the Athenians we ...
AH 1 - JACT
... AH 1.2 Delian League to Athenian Empire 1.1 Books and Resources The best collection of sources is the Athenian Empire LACTOR no. 1 in its fourth edition, ed. R. Osborne. But it is much more than a collection of sources, as it includes excellent commentaries and editorial interventions. Note: these n ...
... AH 1.2 Delian League to Athenian Empire 1.1 Books and Resources The best collection of sources is the Athenian Empire LACTOR no. 1 in its fourth edition, ed. R. Osborne. But it is much more than a collection of sources, as it includes excellent commentaries and editorial interventions. Note: these n ...
THE AUTHENTICITY OF PERICLES` FUNERAL ORATION IN THE
... II The theory of the ideal model (Modelltheorie) The main representative of this theory is Gaiser who considers the Epitaf to be an original work based on quotation 37, 124. The time of writing is not determined by Gaiser, since the function of the Epitaph is more important than its composition time ...
... II The theory of the ideal model (Modelltheorie) The main representative of this theory is Gaiser who considers the Epitaf to be an original work based on quotation 37, 124. The time of writing is not determined by Gaiser, since the function of the Epitaph is more important than its composition time ...
DOC
... Narrator 1: Evening and welcome to Match of the Day. Today’s big fixture is the big Greek derby between the two big cities: Athens and Sparta. Narrator 2: Thanks Gary. And here's the referee to get the big match off to a flying start. (Spartan 1 and Athenian 1 stand with Referee in the middle. They ...
... Narrator 1: Evening and welcome to Match of the Day. Today’s big fixture is the big Greek derby between the two big cities: Athens and Sparta. Narrator 2: Thanks Gary. And here's the referee to get the big match off to a flying start. (Spartan 1 and Athenian 1 stand with Referee in the middle. They ...
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... mining of silver. Because a democratic society functions best when its citizens are well informed, Athenians also saw the value of education. Literacy rates were relatively high in Athens during the classical period, as evidenced by the amount of inscriptions found throughout the city, and the use o ...
... mining of silver. Because a democratic society functions best when its citizens are well informed, Athenians also saw the value of education. Literacy rates were relatively high in Athens during the classical period, as evidenced by the amount of inscriptions found throughout the city, and the use o ...
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... Solon, grieved at this dishonor, and observing that many of the younger men were eager for an excuse to fight, but dared not propose to do so because of this law, pretended to have lost his reason. His family gave out that he was insane, but he meanwhile composed a poem, and when he had learned it b ...
... Solon, grieved at this dishonor, and observing that many of the younger men were eager for an excuse to fight, but dared not propose to do so because of this law, pretended to have lost his reason. His family gave out that he was insane, but he meanwhile composed a poem, and when he had learned it b ...
Strategy and Changing Moods in Thucydides
... rhetorical flourish. “If I thought I could convince you,” he says, “I would suggest you go out and destroy the houses yourselves, to show the Spartans that their razing them will not force us to submit to them” (1.143.5). Crucial for success, however, is the fortitude and moderation of Athens. It mu ...
... rhetorical flourish. “If I thought I could convince you,” he says, “I would suggest you go out and destroy the houses yourselves, to show the Spartans that their razing them will not force us to submit to them” (1.143.5). Crucial for success, however, is the fortitude and moderation of Athens. It mu ...
Political Polupragmones: Busybody Athenians, Meddlesome
... “minding one’s own business” finds expression in the democratic literature and political context of fifth-century Athens, as well as at the same time defining the primary characteristics of the stereotypical πολυπράγμων. The composite πολυπράγμων appears as an overextended democrat, restless and per ...
... “minding one’s own business” finds expression in the democratic literature and political context of fifth-century Athens, as well as at the same time defining the primary characteristics of the stereotypical πολυπράγμων. The composite πολυπράγμων appears as an overextended democrat, restless and per ...
War, disenfranchisement and the fall of the ancient Athenian
... Kaiser (2007) analyses the system of liturgies by which wealthy Athenians rather than the state paid for the provision of various public goods including naval defence, and how the mechanism dealt with issues of efficiency, feasibility, and budgetary balance. Ober (2008) argues that the power and we ...
... Kaiser (2007) analyses the system of liturgies by which wealthy Athenians rather than the state paid for the provision of various public goods including naval defence, and how the mechanism dealt with issues of efficiency, feasibility, and budgetary balance. Ober (2008) argues that the power and we ...
Pericles and the Plague: Civil Religion, Anomie, and
... they are described in Pericles's speech. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine a more vivid contrast than the one between Pericles's praise of Athenian character and the actual conduct of the Athenians during the plague, which first struck Athens in the su,nmer of 430 BCE, after only one year of the wa ...
... they are described in Pericles's speech. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine a more vivid contrast than the one between Pericles's praise of Athenian character and the actual conduct of the Athenians during the plague, which first struck Athens in the su,nmer of 430 BCE, after only one year of the wa ...
What was democracy in ancient Athens?
... Anyone whose name was drawn became a member of the Boule for one year. In what way did this process reflect fairness and equity? ...
... Anyone whose name was drawn became a member of the Boule for one year. In what way did this process reflect fairness and equity? ...
Socrates δημοτικός: Xenophon`s Socrates and the Athenian Elites
... Socrates’ main concern is the place of the elite within a democracy, not a desire for a change in the system. When Socrates says that rulers are those who know how to rule, he does not say that they need to be in an official position to fulfill their abilities. In fact, he draws a distinction betwee ...
... Socrates’ main concern is the place of the elite within a democracy, not a desire for a change in the system. When Socrates says that rulers are those who know how to rule, he does not say that they need to be in an official position to fulfill their abilities. In fact, he draws a distinction betwee ...
Classics / WAGS 23: Essay 3 (April 16, 2011) 3.1 Disruptive
... conquered by bravery, overwhelms the population, and men heed neither laws nor piety. Chance takes precedent; pleasure seeking replaces honorable existence; and the Athenian empire that emerges, as outlined by Pericles, identifies more as a traditional tyranny than as a bastion of liberty. In times ...
... conquered by bravery, overwhelms the population, and men heed neither laws nor piety. Chance takes precedent; pleasure seeking replaces honorable existence; and the Athenian empire that emerges, as outlined by Pericles, identifies more as a traditional tyranny than as a bastion of liberty. In times ...
A-level Classical Civilisation Mark scheme Unit 02D
... ‘severest pressure’ seems to be a euphemism for ‘extreme action amount to violence’, while the final section seems to be justifying Athens’ behaviour by suggesting that the allies ‘don’t want to make .. sacrifices’ because they are used to having an easy life; Athens here is made to sound like the v ...
... ‘severest pressure’ seems to be a euphemism for ‘extreme action amount to violence’, while the final section seems to be justifying Athens’ behaviour by suggesting that the allies ‘don’t want to make .. sacrifices’ because they are used to having an easy life; Athens here is made to sound like the v ...
The `Surge`: Tragedy Replayed as Farce
... such sophistry is to so disorient the reader, so that the next wild assertion can be swallowed.) In fact, the “personal attack” was the most useful part of Nicias’ speech, targetting Alcibiades’ drive for “glory and profit,” which was supported by a section of the Athenian population. Or, as Thucydi ...
... such sophistry is to so disorient the reader, so that the next wild assertion can be swallowed.) In fact, the “personal attack” was the most useful part of Nicias’ speech, targetting Alcibiades’ drive for “glory and profit,” which was supported by a section of the Athenian population. Or, as Thucydi ...
Pericles - cloudfront.net
... watched as Athens struggled in the war. By the end of the first year of war, many Athenians had been killed. Pericles gave a famous funeral oration for those who had died. The speech appealed to the Athenians' sense of patriotism and pride. During the war, Pericles had the people from surrounding ar ...
... watched as Athens struggled in the war. By the end of the first year of war, many Athenians had been killed. Pericles gave a famous funeral oration for those who had died. The speech appealed to the Athenians' sense of patriotism and pride. During the war, Pericles had the people from surrounding ar ...
14 page pdf - The Stoa Consortium
... that possession is used. e Metroon is also of course the Athenian archive, a place where laws are kept. e grammateus in fact, that same figure who as we have seen reads out the laws and affidavits and citations of poetry to the jury, according to the law of Lycurgus will read out the plays to the ...
... that possession is used. e Metroon is also of course the Athenian archive, a place where laws are kept. e grammateus in fact, that same figure who as we have seen reads out the laws and affidavits and citations of poetry to the jury, according to the law of Lycurgus will read out the plays to the ...
Greek history from original sources - Specimen
... fitter candidate for the pillory), and he expected that when one of the two rivals had been banished, he would become a match for the survivor. ...
... fitter candidate for the pillory), and he expected that when one of the two rivals had been banished, he would become a match for the survivor. ...
A-level Classical Civilisation Mark scheme Unit 02D
... relations with allies: although initially an internal matter, the loss of previously allied cities could change the balance of power in Greece; hence dramatic interventions by Athens to prevent them from leaving; this had occurred from the early League days (Naxos, Thasos) but seems to have reached ...
... relations with allies: although initially an internal matter, the loss of previously allied cities could change the balance of power in Greece; hence dramatic interventions by Athens to prevent them from leaving; this had occurred from the early League days (Naxos, Thasos) but seems to have reached ...
Thucydides. “The Melian Debate”
... which had been settled by Spartans and was loosely aligned with them. Melos had remained neutral in the Peloponnesian War to this time. The Athenian generals sent a delegation to the Melians to demand their surrender. The Melians would not permit the Athenians to speak with the Melian population, bu ...
... which had been settled by Spartans and was loosely aligned with them. Melos had remained neutral in the Peloponnesian War to this time. The Athenian generals sent a delegation to the Melians to demand their surrender. The Melians would not permit the Athenians to speak with the Melian population, bu ...
III. Political Onomastics of Classical Athens
... our sources. In my rather fragmentary book I shall make an attempt to consider those aspects of society of classical Athens, which were not popular among the historians before. I mean, first, role of the crowds (unorganized mass gatherings) in the political life, and how the political leaders (Nicia ...
... our sources. In my rather fragmentary book I shall make an attempt to consider those aspects of society of classical Athens, which were not popular among the historians before. I mean, first, role of the crowds (unorganized mass gatherings) in the political life, and how the political leaders (Nicia ...
Abstracts
... picture they seem to be all the same, sketchy stereotypes without any narrative content. But these mantle-figures can be connected with specific virtues of the Athenian citizen. And looking at tomb contexts from the fourth century BC, it is clear that these images were used as a means of concentrati ...
... picture they seem to be all the same, sketchy stereotypes without any narrative content. But these mantle-figures can be connected with specific virtues of the Athenian citizen. And looking at tomb contexts from the fourth century BC, it is clear that these images were used as a means of concentrati ...
Abstract
... Themistocles’ character with the action-driven Athenian democracy as described by Herodotus (5.78) and Thucydides (1.70). Blösel, however, does not pursue the argument to its final conclusion, namely that Themistocles was as much influenced by the Athenian democracy as he himself impacted it (Hdt. 8 ...
... Themistocles’ character with the action-driven Athenian democracy as described by Herodotus (5.78) and Thucydides (1.70). Blösel, however, does not pursue the argument to its final conclusion, namely that Themistocles was as much influenced by the Athenian democracy as he himself impacted it (Hdt. 8 ...