Ethnography and Empire: Homer and the Hippocratics in Herodotus
... logos, scrutinising the practices of those sent to observe him. This inversion of observer and observed foreshadows the Persian king in ., who, ostensibly the object of Herodotus’ own inquiry, turns inquirer. There Darius’ examination into the relativity of burial practices not only presents Gree ...
... logos, scrutinising the practices of those sent to observe him. This inversion of observer and observed foreshadows the Persian king in ., who, ostensibly the object of Herodotus’ own inquiry, turns inquirer. There Darius’ examination into the relativity of burial practices not only presents Gree ...
The history of the Areopagos Council from its origins to Ephialtes
... Bonner and Smith, favoured the narrative of the A.P. to the other fragmentary sources.10 However, over time the authority of the A.P. diminished as scholars became increasingly skeptical of the historicity and reliability of fourth century accounts. During the 1950s and 1960s, influential historians ...
... Bonner and Smith, favoured the narrative of the A.P. to the other fragmentary sources.10 However, over time the authority of the A.P. diminished as scholars became increasingly skeptical of the historicity and reliability of fourth century accounts. During the 1950s and 1960s, influential historians ...
Residential Restrictions on the Athenian Ostracized
... limitation on places of residence is to be connected with the decision to recall citizens who had been ostracized earlier, for a change of such practical significance for the continued viability of this institution would hardly have been made in the atmosphere of crisis preceding the Persian invasio ...
... limitation on places of residence is to be connected with the decision to recall citizens who had been ostracized earlier, for a change of such practical significance for the continued viability of this institution would hardly have been made in the atmosphere of crisis preceding the Persian invasio ...
Problems in Athenian Democracy 510-480 BC
... resulted in an unconstitutional solution of their political affairs. Pisistratus must have realized that there was no other way of implementing some of the program to which he was committed as the leader of the Poor Party, or of occupying the power to which he openly aspired. 1 It is to his honor t ...
... resulted in an unconstitutional solution of their political affairs. Pisistratus must have realized that there was no other way of implementing some of the program to which he was committed as the leader of the Poor Party, or of occupying the power to which he openly aspired. 1 It is to his honor t ...
Cimon`s Dismissal, Ephialtes` Revolution and the Peloponnesian Wars
... invites further digression on the Spartan troubles (16.4-7). from which we return ring-wise with Cimon's philolaconian rhetoric, now not a matter of comic jibes but of particular excellence, given the need of the friend (16.7-8). All might have been well, if one rhetorical success related to the exp ...
... invites further digression on the Spartan troubles (16.4-7). from which we return ring-wise with Cimon's philolaconian rhetoric, now not a matter of comic jibes but of particular excellence, given the need of the friend (16.7-8). All might have been well, if one rhetorical success related to the exp ...
Athenian Identity and Civic Ideology
... non), will be much the same as the past, or at least similar-if they judge this account useful, that is quite enough [for me]. It is as a possession for all time rather than as an entry into the contest (agonisma) for current listening pleasure that I wrote" (1.22.4)·18 This is a heady claim: those ...
... non), will be much the same as the past, or at least similar-if they judge this account useful, that is quite enough [for me]. It is as a possession for all time rather than as an entry into the contest (agonisma) for current listening pleasure that I wrote" (1.22.4)·18 This is a heady claim: those ...
Did the Ancient Greeks Know of Collective Tyranny?
... individual violating the existing norms and laws, but not as a proponent of any particular social, political, national or quasi-religious idea, because to him, power is an end in itself. A closer look at particular tyrannical regimes in ancient Greece, both archaic and classical, reveals, however, ...
... individual violating the existing norms and laws, but not as a proponent of any particular social, political, national or quasi-religious idea, because to him, power is an end in itself. A closer look at particular tyrannical regimes in ancient Greece, both archaic and classical, reveals, however, ...
e Development of Athenian Democracy
... all of the Athenians elect a short-list of candidates for the Archonship, from which the Nine Archons were chosen by lot (Aristot. Ath. Pol. .); the office was still limited to citizens of a certain class, but it was no longer limited to members of a few families. How, precisely, laws came to be p ...
... all of the Athenians elect a short-list of candidates for the Archonship, from which the Nine Archons were chosen by lot (Aristot. Ath. Pol. .); the office was still limited to citizens of a certain class, but it was no longer limited to members of a few families. How, precisely, laws came to be p ...
Jury Pay and Aristophanes - The University of Western Australia
... to „earn‟ rather than „generate, procure‟ and translate as „we sting everyone and so earn our daily pay‟ – the reason of course being that jurors got paid regardless of whether they chose to convict or acquit. The confusion is heightened by the way the image of the wasps‟ sting is presented as an a ...
... to „earn‟ rather than „generate, procure‟ and translate as „we sting everyone and so earn our daily pay‟ – the reason of course being that jurors got paid regardless of whether they chose to convict or acquit. The confusion is heightened by the way the image of the wasps‟ sting is presented as an a ...
tyrannicides, symposium and history
... to the law is a passing mention by Hyperides in a speech of c. 337 BCE; nothing he says hints that the law was a new creation, but he offers no clues as to the law’s date at all. Aligning the prohibition with the emergence of the very democracy that adopted the tyrannicides as its figureheads, MacDo ...
... to the law is a passing mention by Hyperides in a speech of c. 337 BCE; nothing he says hints that the law was a new creation, but he offers no clues as to the law’s date at all. Aligning the prohibition with the emergence of the very democracy that adopted the tyrannicides as its figureheads, MacDo ...
Stage 2 Classical Studies Assessment Type 3: Special Study
... before 411 BCE (Frost, 1971). The controversial couple remained faithful to each other until Pericles death in 492 BCE, with Aspasia beginning a relationship with another man named Lysicles(Henry, ...
... before 411 BCE (Frost, 1971). The controversial couple remained faithful to each other until Pericles death in 492 BCE, with Aspasia beginning a relationship with another man named Lysicles(Henry, ...
“Theseus” a Greek myth pp 662 – 669
... Theseus was raised by his _______, _______ in a city in southern Greece. Theseus’ father King Aegeus returned to _______before the birth of his son. To later identify Theseus as his son, Aegeus hid a ____________ and a _____ beneath a large stone. When Theseus was strong enough, he was to bring thes ...
... Theseus was raised by his _______, _______ in a city in southern Greece. Theseus’ father King Aegeus returned to _______before the birth of his son. To later identify Theseus as his son, Aegeus hid a ____________ and a _____ beneath a large stone. When Theseus was strong enough, he was to bring thes ...
PERICLES
... • “It was now in the interest of every Athenian that there should be as few citizens as possible to participate in the new privileges of citizenship” (Bury and Meiggs) ...
... • “It was now in the interest of every Athenian that there should be as few citizens as possible to participate in the new privileges of citizenship” (Bury and Meiggs) ...
Illinois classical studies: http://hdl.handle.net/10684
... (0Ea-CT|<;) of the city's beauty and size. Plutarch finds this story difficult to accept in view of the acid comment made by Cato who, while in Athens, availed himself of the services of an interpreter; ". the Athenians were astonished at the speed and pungency (6^\)tti<;) of his discourse. For what ...
... (0Ea-CT|<;) of the city's beauty and size. Plutarch finds this story difficult to accept in view of the acid comment made by Cato who, while in Athens, availed himself of the services of an interpreter; ". the Athenians were astonished at the speed and pungency (6^\)tti<;) of his discourse. For what ...
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 ...
Multiple choice Review for final exam
... 2. Which of the following terms refers to the land-owning aristocrats who served as priests, magistrates, lawyers, and judges in ancient Rome? a. patricians b. vigils c. plebians d. pietas 3. Which of the following terms refers to the poorer class who were craftspeople, merchants, and laborers in an ...
... 2. Which of the following terms refers to the land-owning aristocrats who served as priests, magistrates, lawyers, and judges in ancient Rome? a. patricians b. vigils c. plebians d. pietas 3. Which of the following terms refers to the poorer class who were craftspeople, merchants, and laborers in an ...
Πολιτικός Ἔρως: Alcibiades` Love in Thucydides and Plato
... implications for the πόλις at the level of norms and at the level of history are staggering: we find a similar kind of ambiguity between Alcibiades and the δῆμος in Athens. This correspondence leads us to question whether we cannot judge Plato and Thucydides on an equal footing as political commenta ...
... implications for the πόλις at the level of norms and at the level of history are staggering: we find a similar kind of ambiguity between Alcibiades and the δῆμος in Athens. This correspondence leads us to question whether we cannot judge Plato and Thucydides on an equal footing as political commenta ...
The Early Development of the Polis: Boundaries, Balance, and
... stating that “the polis must always be approached as a psychological and spiritual, not physical bond,” I believe that this procedure will not only dichotomize certain physical aspects of poleis and how those physical aspects, or the establishment of them, affected the citizenry, but will discuss t ...
... stating that “the polis must always be approached as a psychological and spiritual, not physical bond,” I believe that this procedure will not only dichotomize certain physical aspects of poleis and how those physical aspects, or the establishment of them, affected the citizenry, but will discuss t ...
Mela`s Phoenician Geography
... us only through his one extant work, the three books which comprise the De Chorographia. Inside this rather dry document we can find only a few personal references. Mela does provide us with his birthplace, Tingentera in southern Spain.6 Yet apart from this we know almost nothing about his life. The ...
... us only through his one extant work, the three books which comprise the De Chorographia. Inside this rather dry document we can find only a few personal references. Mela does provide us with his birthplace, Tingentera in southern Spain.6 Yet apart from this we know almost nothing about his life. The ...
Thucydides and Civil War: the Case of Alcibiades
... glory-seeking. Pericles was emphatic. The glory of Athens is not the glory of Greece but the “luster of your name” that comes with empire-- a “tyranny” he eventually calls it, not least by conquering other Greeks. “We have no need of Homer’s praises. . ., everywhere we have established eternal monum ...
... glory-seeking. Pericles was emphatic. The glory of Athens is not the glory of Greece but the “luster of your name” that comes with empire-- a “tyranny” he eventually calls it, not least by conquering other Greeks. “We have no need of Homer’s praises. . ., everywhere we have established eternal monum ...
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... their allies exact tribute from such cities’ i.e. cities that belong to King Darius II or did belong to his father or to his ancestors). Tribute collection is implied in 2.69.1, 3.19.1, 4.50.1 and 4.75.1. cf. Xen. Hell. 1.1.8, 1.1.12 and 1.4.9. For details about the administration and collection of ...
... their allies exact tribute from such cities’ i.e. cities that belong to King Darius II or did belong to his father or to his ancestors). Tribute collection is implied in 2.69.1, 3.19.1, 4.50.1 and 4.75.1. cf. Xen. Hell. 1.1.8, 1.1.12 and 1.4.9. For details about the administration and collection of ...
WINTHROP LINDSAY ADAMS CASS ANDER AND THE GREEK
... ference] “καί τάς λοιπός” ordering the exile of all government leaders from the time of Antipater, as well as confiscation of their property, and even in some cases their execution “in order that these men, being completely stripped of power, might not be able to cooperate with Cassander in any way” ...
... ference] “καί τάς λοιπός” ordering the exile of all government leaders from the time of Antipater, as well as confiscation of their property, and even in some cases their execution “in order that these men, being completely stripped of power, might not be able to cooperate with Cassander in any way” ...