Marathon and the Myth of the Same-Day March
... In 1968, Hammond reinforced his anecdotal evidence for the myth's plausibility in a long paper, which amply attests his control of the ancient sources, exhaustive familiarity with modern scholarly literature on the battle, and detailed knowledge of the topography of Attica. Republished in revised fo ...
... In 1968, Hammond reinforced his anecdotal evidence for the myth's plausibility in a long paper, which amply attests his control of the ancient sources, exhaustive familiarity with modern scholarly literature on the battle, and detailed knowledge of the topography of Attica. Republished in revised fo ...
Evidence Pericles
... o Elected 16 times as strategos o Never ostracised, despite evidence of Ostracon with his name inscribed What reasons do sources give for his popularity? o Personal skills (oratorical skills) common agreement between Plutarch and Thucydides o Plutarch cornered his opponents in a method of ques ...
... o Elected 16 times as strategos o Never ostracised, despite evidence of Ostracon with his name inscribed What reasons do sources give for his popularity? o Personal skills (oratorical skills) common agreement between Plutarch and Thucydides o Plutarch cornered his opponents in a method of ques ...
Herodotus Assignment #1 2012
... After relating traditions of seizures of women by Greeks and barbarians going back even before the Trojan War (are these likely to be historical?), Herodotus states, "so much for what Persians and Phoenicians say; and I have no intention of passing judgment on its truth or falsity. I prefer to rely ...
... After relating traditions of seizures of women by Greeks and barbarians going back even before the Trojan War (are these likely to be historical?), Herodotus states, "so much for what Persians and Phoenicians say; and I have no intention of passing judgment on its truth or falsity. I prefer to rely ...
athens and the tyranny of a democratic state
... subject ethical principles to political expediency and see nothing amoral about robbing other Greek states of their freedom. This takes the discussion back to Thucydides account of the Peloponnesian war. It is noteworthy that the events of this period belong to a period when the Athenian democracy w ...
... subject ethical principles to political expediency and see nothing amoral about robbing other Greek states of their freedom. This takes the discussion back to Thucydides account of the Peloponnesian war. It is noteworthy that the events of this period belong to a period when the Athenian democracy w ...
The Road to Thermopylae - Culture, Conflict and Civilization
... bridge across the entrance to the Black Sea, which the Greeks called the Euxine Sea. Herodotus' description captures many of the details of this marvel of ancient engineering. Herodotus Histories, 7.36 They joined together triremes and penteconters, 360 to support the bridge on the side of the Euxin ...
... bridge across the entrance to the Black Sea, which the Greeks called the Euxine Sea. Herodotus' description captures many of the details of this marvel of ancient engineering. Herodotus Histories, 7.36 They joined together triremes and penteconters, 360 to support the bridge on the side of the Euxin ...
The Death of Socrates - Center for Philosophy of Religion
... • Broad consensus: the manner in which Socrates conducted himself at the trial would have been found to be arrogant and provocative by the jurors. • Plato and Xenophon each wrote an Apology to defend Socrates against the charges on which he was brought up. • Some of the later accounts (e.g., the Gre ...
... • Broad consensus: the manner in which Socrates conducted himself at the trial would have been found to be arrogant and provocative by the jurors. • Plato and Xenophon each wrote an Apology to defend Socrates against the charges on which he was brought up. • Some of the later accounts (e.g., the Gre ...
Curriculum Map - Gibbsboro School
... Athens and the rest of Greece developed democracies that allowed citizens-free males-to have a say in the government. Sparta developed a grim, militaristic state that was always at war with Athens and other city-states. ...
... Athens and the rest of Greece developed democracies that allowed citizens-free males-to have a say in the government. Sparta developed a grim, militaristic state that was always at war with Athens and other city-states. ...
Greek Alphabet Recognition Technique for
... and word coordinates features will be used in the second OCR pass, while the other four features will be employed in the string pattern matching. 4.4 Perform the second OCR pass For each low-confidence character, using the character and word coordinates features calculated in the above step, the sec ...
... and word coordinates features will be used in the second OCR pass, while the other four features will be employed in the string pattern matching. 4.4 Perform the second OCR pass For each low-confidence character, using the character and word coordinates features calculated in the above step, the sec ...
1 Provincial population and Roman identity in Bithynia et Pontus
... and were engaged in Roman institutions or the public and political life dominated by Roman norms and tradition. However this was not simply to obtain Roman rights and improved social or legal standing, a status they had already, but to show the rest of the local community their Roman status and thei ...
... and were engaged in Roman institutions or the public and political life dominated by Roman norms and tradition. However this was not simply to obtain Roman rights and improved social or legal standing, a status they had already, but to show the rest of the local community their Roman status and thei ...
Athenian Attitudes towards Sparta
... “It occurred to me one day that Sparta, though among the most thinly populated of states, was evidently the most powerful and most celebrated city in Greece; and I fell to wondering how this could have happened. But when I considered the institutions of the Spartans, I wondered no longer…In other st ...
... “It occurred to me one day that Sparta, though among the most thinly populated of states, was evidently the most powerful and most celebrated city in Greece; and I fell to wondering how this could have happened. But when I considered the institutions of the Spartans, I wondered no longer…In other st ...
Teaching from textbooks and other materials
... “What Athens was in miniature America will be in magnitude.” (Rights of Man by Thomas Paine) “Ancient Athens is often referred to as the cradle of democracy. The Athenians developed a unique system of government in which citizens were allowed to take in the decision-making process. They called it de ...
... “What Athens was in miniature America will be in magnitude.” (Rights of Man by Thomas Paine) “Ancient Athens is often referred to as the cradle of democracy. The Athenians developed a unique system of government in which citizens were allowed to take in the decision-making process. They called it de ...
Pythagoras` Legacy in the Musical World
... other amount of water sounded in dissonance with that original note. There was some audible beauty associated with these fractions. (Du Sautoy 77) Although these stories differ slightly, the end result is the same. Pythagoras discovered that the beautiful musical harmonies that musicians had been u ...
... other amount of water sounded in dissonance with that original note. There was some audible beauty associated with these fractions. (Du Sautoy 77) Although these stories differ slightly, the end result is the same. Pythagoras discovered that the beautiful musical harmonies that musicians had been u ...
1. Explain Miltiades role and contribution to the Persian Wars.
... Describe your own ideas about how you would feel and what you would want done, if an invasion and forced government similar to events leading to Ionian Revolt, were to occur in Australia today. ...
... Describe your own ideas about how you would feel and what you would want done, if an invasion and forced government similar to events leading to Ionian Revolt, were to occur in Australia today. ...
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 ...
The Gortyn Code and Greek Kinship , Greek, Roman
... lineal relatives are distinguished from collateral kin, while in 'classificatory' systems, they are merged. In English, I would call both my mother's brother and father's brother 'uncle', but keep this collateral term separate from the words for my mother and father, lineal relatives. In the Turania ...
... lineal relatives are distinguished from collateral kin, while in 'classificatory' systems, they are merged. In English, I would call both my mother's brother and father's brother 'uncle', but keep this collateral term separate from the words for my mother and father, lineal relatives. In the Turania ...
Holy Salamis (September 480 BC)
... when most thought they would not be); rather than brief reprieves in the manner that Alcibiades for a time revived the Athenian navy, or Rommel for over two years turned a strategic backwater in North Africa into a major front. The verdict is still out on the survival of a constitutional Iraq. There ...
... when most thought they would not be); rather than brief reprieves in the manner that Alcibiades for a time revived the Athenian navy, or Rommel for over two years turned a strategic backwater in North Africa into a major front. The verdict is still out on the survival of a constitutional Iraq. There ...
Sparta and Athens
... good educations, girls didn’t. In fact, girls received almost no education. Athenian men didn’t think girls needed to be edu cated. A few girls were taught how to read and write at home by private tutors. How ever, most girls only learned household tasks like weaving and sewing. Despite Athens’s rep ...
... good educations, girls didn’t. In fact, girls received almost no education. Athenian men didn’t think girls needed to be edu cated. A few girls were taught how to read and write at home by private tutors. How ever, most girls only learned household tasks like weaving and sewing. Despite Athens’s rep ...
A Democratic Consideration of Herodotus`s Histories
... fourteen years prior to his determined birth. Consequently, it is necessary to assume that stories of the earlier years of the war were based on accounts that were handed down to him by his elders. Herodotus also did not participate in any war. That he lacked the advantage of eyewitness evidence fur ...
... fourteen years prior to his determined birth. Consequently, it is necessary to assume that stories of the earlier years of the war were based on accounts that were handed down to him by his elders. Herodotus also did not participate in any war. That he lacked the advantage of eyewitness evidence fur ...
Socrates
... while so-called wise men thought themselves wise and yet were not, he himself knew he was not wise at all which, paradoxically, made him the wiser one since he was the only person aware of his own ignorance”. And the saying that “I know that I know thing” which is attributed to Socrates had become w ...
... while so-called wise men thought themselves wise and yet were not, he himself knew he was not wise at all which, paradoxically, made him the wiser one since he was the only person aware of his own ignorance”. And the saying that “I know that I know thing” which is attributed to Socrates had become w ...
The Great Philosopher- Educator
... by what he viewed as the unjust execution of his mentor and friend. The passing of Socrates was arguably the event that definitively set the trajectory of Plato’s life toward philosophy and not politics.3 Soon after Socrates’s death Plato withdrew from political involvement altogether and went into ...
... by what he viewed as the unjust execution of his mentor and friend. The passing of Socrates was arguably the event that definitively set the trajectory of Plato’s life toward philosophy and not politics.3 Soon after Socrates’s death Plato withdrew from political involvement altogether and went into ...
High Classical or “Golden Age” Period
... divine protector, Athena. It shows one of the high points of the Great Panathenaea festival held every four years in Athens. Here, six Ergastines (young women in charge of weaving the peplos overgarment offered to Athena) are greeted by two priests as they walk in procession towards the assembly of ...
... divine protector, Athena. It shows one of the high points of the Great Panathenaea festival held every four years in Athens. Here, six Ergastines (young women in charge of weaving the peplos overgarment offered to Athena) are greeted by two priests as they walk in procession towards the assembly of ...
The Peloponnesian War. The years that followed Greece`s victory
... effort. The people of Syracuse heard the Athenians were coming, and so they prepared for war. Alkibiades and the other generals participating in the expedition disagreed on tactics. Just after Alkibiades set sail for Sicily, a scandal in which he was implicated came to light. The Athenians were alar ...
... effort. The people of Syracuse heard the Athenians were coming, and so they prepared for war. Alkibiades and the other generals participating in the expedition disagreed on tactics. Just after Alkibiades set sail for Sicily, a scandal in which he was implicated came to light. The Athenians were alar ...
Euripides Biography
... Encyclopedia of World Biography Biography Of the three poets of Greek tragedy whose work survives, Euripides is the one whose plays survive in the largest number (eighteen in contrast to seven each for Aeschylus and Sophocles). His plays are notable for containing both tragic pathos and the nimble p ...
... Encyclopedia of World Biography Biography Of the three poets of Greek tragedy whose work survives, Euripides is the one whose plays survive in the largest number (eighteen in contrast to seven each for Aeschylus and Sophocles). His plays are notable for containing both tragic pathos and the nimble p ...
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... thousands of ships. Think about the logistics to supply hundreds of thousands of men for 18 months as they move from location to location across Greece. (These ships could carry soldiers too, when needed, to drop off at new locations behind the Greek lines/army or to raid targets not defended while ...
... thousands of ships. Think about the logistics to supply hundreds of thousands of men for 18 months as they move from location to location across Greece. (These ships could carry soldiers too, when needed, to drop off at new locations behind the Greek lines/army or to raid targets not defended while ...