Slide 1
... 469: Socrates born; Athens becoming increasingly imperialistic 461-445: First Peloponnesian War. Pericles leads Athenian “democracy” into war against Sparta. 440s: Socrates criticizes values of everyday citizens. Often viewed as a harmless crank by others. Marries but lives in poverty, supported by ...
... 469: Socrates born; Athens becoming increasingly imperialistic 461-445: First Peloponnesian War. Pericles leads Athenian “democracy” into war against Sparta. 440s: Socrates criticizes values of everyday citizens. Often viewed as a harmless crank by others. Marries but lives in poverty, supported by ...
Antigone and Greek Drama Vocabulary
... 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 debate during the 5th century B. C. ...
... 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 debate during the 5th century B. C. ...
A review of corruption based on the social and economic evolution
... an act with economic consequences, The Bible offer the first case of corruption in the world: Eve has corrupted Adam to eat of the forbidden fruit. One of the oldest Indian sources in which it speaks of corruption, it is dated back to about 2300 years B.C. The Criminal Code of Chinese dynasty Quin ( ...
... an act with economic consequences, The Bible offer the first case of corruption in the world: Eve has corrupted Adam to eat of the forbidden fruit. One of the oldest Indian sources in which it speaks of corruption, it is dated back to about 2300 years B.C. The Criminal Code of Chinese dynasty Quin ( ...
Drama - Assignment Point
... “The psychological conditions which make a society or an epoch creative and consistently original have been little studied, but it seems likely that social conditions analogous to those seen in individual creativity are important. Freedom of expression and movement, lack of fear of dissent and cont ...
... “The psychological conditions which make a society or an epoch creative and consistently original have been little studied, but it seems likely that social conditions analogous to those seen in individual creativity are important. Freedom of expression and movement, lack of fear of dissent and cont ...
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 ...
Persia
... The success of the empire under Cyrus was due to superior military leadership and organization. Cyrus also left in place native political systems (if they submitted to his rule). He allowed his subjects to retain their own customs and laws, under the supervision of his Persian representatives, the s ...
... The success of the empire under Cyrus was due to superior military leadership and organization. Cyrus also left in place native political systems (if they submitted to his rule). He allowed his subjects to retain their own customs and laws, under the supervision of his Persian representatives, the s ...
Antigone
... Law courts - Athen’s judicial system. Juries of people would decide who was guilty and what their punishment should be. ○ Held many reforms to truly uphold the value of justice Episode - interaction between characters’ dialogue and the chorus ○ Debate between chorus and Creon about what should be do ...
... Law courts - Athen’s judicial system. Juries of people would decide who was guilty and what their punishment should be. ○ Held many reforms to truly uphold the value of justice Episode - interaction between characters’ dialogue and the chorus ○ Debate between chorus and Creon about what should be do ...
Leadership in Direct Democracy. The Classical experience
... But then, there was war. Despite their attachment to political equality, the citizen soldiers of Athens were not foolish enough to entrust their lives and the survival of their city-state to someone chosen by lot. The polemarch used to be the supreme commander of the Athenian army. The last time we ...
... But then, there was war. Despite their attachment to political equality, the citizen soldiers of Athens were not foolish enough to entrust their lives and the survival of their city-state to someone chosen by lot. The polemarch used to be the supreme commander of the Athenian army. The last time we ...
document
... • Athenian government was an “exclusionary democracy,” run by elected officials in the form of an open assembly. – Only about 10% of the population was eligible to participate. – Women, slaves, & “non-citizens” were excluded. ...
... • Athenian government was an “exclusionary democracy,” run by elected officials in the form of an open assembly. – Only about 10% of the population was eligible to participate. – Women, slaves, & “non-citizens” were excluded. ...
Pericles and the challenge of democratic leadership (book
... The name of Pericles conjures up the spirit of classical Athenian democracy; but it also reminds us of the beginning of the great Peloponnesian War that resulted in the demise of Athens. These two facets – the sophistication of the Athenian demos and the destruction brought about by a ruthless, prol ...
... The name of Pericles conjures up the spirit of classical Athenian democracy; but it also reminds us of the beginning of the great Peloponnesian War that resulted in the demise of Athens. These two facets – the sophistication of the Athenian demos and the destruction brought about by a ruthless, prol ...
FREE Sample Here
... B. Increased communication with the rest of the Mediterranean world C. Cultivated arts and literature D. Broke the grip of the aristocracy and put powers to talented citizens E. All of these answers (Answer: D, page 44) 24. By confronting the Greeks with the differences between themselves and the ne ...
... B. Increased communication with the rest of the Mediterranean world C. Cultivated arts and literature D. Broke the grip of the aristocracy and put powers to talented citizens E. All of these answers (Answer: D, page 44) 24. By confronting the Greeks with the differences between themselves and the ne ...
FREE Sample Here
... B. Increased communication with the rest of the Mediterranean world C. Cultivated arts and literature D. Broke the grip of the aristocracy and put powers to talented citizens E. All of these answers (Answer: D, page 44) 24. By confronting the Greeks with the differences between themselves and the ne ...
... B. Increased communication with the rest of the Mediterranean world C. Cultivated arts and literature D. Broke the grip of the aristocracy and put powers to talented citizens E. All of these answers (Answer: D, page 44) 24. By confronting the Greeks with the differences between themselves and the ne ...
The Athenian Empire (478-404 BC)
... outcome than its collapse in 404. As early as the 470s interstate politics in the Aegean reached a stable equilibrium point, with a balance between a centralizing Greater Athenian state and a looser Spartan alliance. My third point is that there was nothing inevitable about Athens’ failure: in the e ...
... outcome than its collapse in 404. As early as the 470s interstate politics in the Aegean reached a stable equilibrium point, with a balance between a centralizing Greater Athenian state and a looser Spartan alliance. My third point is that there was nothing inevitable about Athens’ failure: in the e ...
Alexander the Great
... farther, he began to prepare his armies for an invasion. Unfortunately, he never got to carry out this grand military plan of his, for he was assassinated in 336 B.C. Upon Philip's untimely death, his loyal troops hailed Alexander as their new king, but not everybody in Macedonia welcomed this young ...
... farther, he began to prepare his armies for an invasion. Unfortunately, he never got to carry out this grand military plan of his, for he was assassinated in 336 B.C. Upon Philip's untimely death, his loyal troops hailed Alexander as their new king, but not everybody in Macedonia welcomed this young ...
2. Agis The king was coming. One of Sparta`s two
... for: over the Amazons, over the Centaurs, over the Persians. At the center of the tiled floor stood the perpetually burning civic hearth from whose embers all hearth fires in the city were lit. The priestesses who tended the flame, one of whom was stoking it now and glanced up blankly at them as the ...
... for: over the Amazons, over the Centaurs, over the Persians. At the center of the tiled floor stood the perpetually burning civic hearth from whose embers all hearth fires in the city were lit. The priestesses who tended the flame, one of whom was stoking it now and glanced up blankly at them as the ...
Theseus - Rossview Latin
... • Phaedra & Hippolytus, one of Theseus’s sons • Aphrodite made advances on Hippolytus • Hippolytus rejected her because he was a virgin follower of Artemis • Aphrodite punished Hippolytus by having Phaedra fall in love with him • Hippolytus rejects Phaedra as well • Phaedra accuses him of rape, Thes ...
... • Phaedra & Hippolytus, one of Theseus’s sons • Aphrodite made advances on Hippolytus • Hippolytus rejected her because he was a virgin follower of Artemis • Aphrodite punished Hippolytus by having Phaedra fall in love with him • Hippolytus rejects Phaedra as well • Phaedra accuses him of rape, Thes ...
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
... nature of Athenian power. In 427, the Athenians were ready to rethink their decision to brutally massacre the inhabitants of Mytilene (3.26-50: the perpetrators of the revolt were ultimately the only ones executed), but their rhetoric and activity was more severe in 416 when the inhabitants of Melos ...
... nature of Athenian power. In 427, the Athenians were ready to rethink their decision to brutally massacre the inhabitants of Mytilene (3.26-50: the perpetrators of the revolt were ultimately the only ones executed), but their rhetoric and activity was more severe in 416 when the inhabitants of Melos ...
Peasants, Politics, and Popular Culture
... by which the ancient evidence might be understood.4 For example, patterns of riot and protest in Early Modern Europe can provide the framework for understanding some of the ways in which ordinary citizens in ancient Greece negotiated their relations with those more powerful than themselves. In the l ...
... by which the ancient evidence might be understood.4 For example, patterns of riot and protest in Early Modern Europe can provide the framework for understanding some of the ways in which ordinary citizens in ancient Greece negotiated their relations with those more powerful than themselves. In the l ...
marking scheme
... Achilles who calls an assembly to find the cause of the Plague that is killing so many of the Greek army. He is prompted by Hera to do so. He promises to protect Calchas when he is reluctant to reveal the cause of the plague. When Agamemnon is asked to give up his prize Achilles tells him there are ...
... Achilles who calls an assembly to find the cause of the Plague that is killing so many of the Greek army. He is prompted by Hera to do so. He promises to protect Calchas when he is reluctant to reveal the cause of the plague. When Agamemnon is asked to give up his prize Achilles tells him there are ...
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 ...
Euripides - Insight Publications
... still speak across the centuries from fifth century BC Greece. Nineteen of all the plays that remain are by Euripides. Euripides’ version of Medea was the first, and only, surviving play out of seven on the same subject by other writers. The underlying theme of this play is deadly conflict, somehow ...
... still speak across the centuries from fifth century BC Greece. Nineteen of all the plays that remain are by Euripides. Euripides’ version of Medea was the first, and only, surviving play out of seven on the same subject by other writers. The underlying theme of this play is deadly conflict, somehow ...
AS Exam Review
... Pericles Democracy 2) - Pericles was the ruler of Athens during the Golden age. He had created the worlds greatest piece of architecture, the Parthenon. The Parthenon was built with the money from the Delian league and was built in honor of Athena. During the Peloponnesian war, the state of Athens ...
... Pericles Democracy 2) - Pericles was the ruler of Athens during the Golden age. He had created the worlds greatest piece of architecture, the Parthenon. The Parthenon was built with the money from the Delian league and was built in honor of Athena. During the Peloponnesian war, the state of Athens ...
Greek history - Conflict and culture - Specimen
... • Recall and application of subject knowledge; • Relevance to question/topic; • Understanding of sources and evidence; • Awareness of context. • Specific factual knowledge, selected with care; • Fully relevant to the question; • Well supported with evidence and reference where required; • Strong awa ...
... • Recall and application of subject knowledge; • Relevance to question/topic; • Understanding of sources and evidence; • Awareness of context. • Specific factual knowledge, selected with care; • Fully relevant to the question; • Well supported with evidence and reference where required; • Strong awa ...
Classical Civilizations of the Middle East and Mediterranean
... The success of the empire under Cyrus was due to superior military leadership and organization. Cyrus also left in place native political systems (if they submitted to his rule). He allowed his subjects to retain their own customs and laws, under the supervision of his Persian representatives, the s ...
... The success of the empire under Cyrus was due to superior military leadership and organization. Cyrus also left in place native political systems (if they submitted to his rule). He allowed his subjects to retain their own customs and laws, under the supervision of his Persian representatives, the s ...
Ancient Greek warfare
The Greek 'Dark Age' drew to a close as a significant increase in population allowed urbanized culture to be restored, and the rise of the city-states (Poleis). These developments ushered in the Archaic period (800-480 BC). They also restored the capability of organized warfare between these Poleis (as opposed to small-scale raids to acquire livestock and grain, for example). The fractious nature of Ancient Greek society seems to have made continuous conflict on this larger scale inevitable.Concomitant with the rise of the city-state was the evolution of a new way of warfare - the hoplite phalanx. When exactly the phalanx developed is uncertain, but it is thought to have been developed by the Spartans. The chigi vase, dated to around 650 BC, is the earliest depiction of a hoplite in full battle array. The hoplite was a well-armed and armored citizen-soldier primarily drawn from the middle classes. Every man had to serve at least two years in the army. Fighting in the tight phalanx formation maximised the effectiveness of his armor, large shield and long spear, presenting a wall of armor and spearpoints to the enemy. They were a force to be reckoned with.With this evolution in warfare, battles seem to have consisted mostly of the clash of hoplite phalanxes from the city-states in conflict. Since the soldiers were citizens with other occupations, warfare was limited in distance, season and scale. Neither side could afford heavy casualties or sustained campaigns, so conflicts seem to have been resolved by a single set-piece battle.The scale and scope of warfare in Ancient Greece changed dramatically as a result of the Greco-Persian Wars. To fight the enormous armies of the Achaemenid Empire was effectively beyond the capabilities of a single city-state. The eventual triumph of the Greeks was achieved by alliances of many city-states (the exact composition changing over time), allowing the pooling of resources and division of labour. Although alliances between city states occurred before this time, nothing on this scale had been seen before. The rise of Athens and Sparta as pre-eminent powers during this conflict led directly to the Peloponnesian War, which saw further development of the nature of warfare, strategy and tactics. Fought between leagues of cities dominated by Athens and Sparta, the increased manpower and financial resources increased the scale, and allowed the diversification of warfare. Set-piece battles during the Peloponnesian war proved indecisive and instead there was increased reliance on attritionary strategies, naval battle and blockades and sieges. These changes greatly increased the number of casualties and the disruption of Greek society.Following the eventual defeat of the Athenians in 404 BC, and the disbandment of the Athenian-dominated Delian League, Ancient Greece fell under the hegemony of Sparta. However, it was soon apparent that the hegemony was unstable, and the Persian Empire sponsored a rebellion by the combined powers of Athens, Thebes, Corinth and Argos, resulting in the Corinthian War (395-387 BC). After largely inconclusive campaigning, the war was decided when the Persians switched to supporting the Spartans, in return for the cities of Ionia and Spartan non-interference in Asia Minor. This brought the rebels to terms, and restored the Spartan hegemony on a more stable footing. The Spartan hegemony would last another 16 years, until, at the Battle of Leuctra (371) the Spartans were decisively defeated by the Theban general Epaminondas.In the aftermath of this, the Thebans acted with alacrity to establish a hegemony of their own over Greece. However, Thebes lacked sufficient manpower and resources, and became overstretched in attempting to impose itself on the rest of Greece. Following the death of Epaminondas and loss of manpower at the Battle of Mantinea, the Theban hegemony ceased. Indeed, the losses in the ten years of the Theban hegemony left all the Greek city-states weakened and divided. As such, the city-states of southern Greece would shortly afterwards be powerless to resist the rise of the Macedonian kingdom in the north. With revolutionary tactics, King Phillip II brought most of Greece under his sway, paving the way for the conquest of ""the known world"" by his son Alexander the Great. The rise of the Macedonian Kingdom is generally taken to signal the end of the Greek Classical period, and certainly marked the end of the distinctive hoplite battle in Ancient Greece.