Athenian Democracy: a brief overview
... tions the People and government by decrees, he is describing the Assembly. In the Assembly each male citizen of Athens could speak, regardless of his station. e orator Aeschines says that “the herald, acting as a sergeant-at-arms, does not exclude from the platform the man whose ancestors have not ...
... tions the People and government by decrees, he is describing the Assembly. In the Assembly each male citizen of Athens could speak, regardless of his station. e orator Aeschines says that “the herald, acting as a sergeant-at-arms, does not exclude from the platform the man whose ancestors have not ...
Rori T. Stubbs Maj Garriott ERH-201WX December 6th, 2015 HR
... nations), Greek and western rhetoric in general is easier to relate to due to its influence on present day society. Ancient Greece was composed of numerous city-states with one of its most prominent and influential being Athens. In Athens, there emerged a group known as The Sophists. The Sophists we ...
... nations), Greek and western rhetoric in general is easier to relate to due to its influence on present day society. Ancient Greece was composed of numerous city-states with one of its most prominent and influential being Athens. In Athens, there emerged a group known as The Sophists. The Sophists we ...
in partial fuifillrnent of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts.
... The Menerenus' mythology, which resembles a new founding in the guise of a mere renewal of tradition. aims at infusing the citizens' souls with a passionate, and in that respect, a pre-rational longing for moderation and fraternal affection. In doing so, it urges the city toward a healthier understa ...
... The Menerenus' mythology, which resembles a new founding in the guise of a mere renewal of tradition. aims at infusing the citizens' souls with a passionate, and in that respect, a pre-rational longing for moderation and fraternal affection. In doing so, it urges the city toward a healthier understa ...
“Begging in Style: Supplication in Mind`s Eye and on Stage”
... First chronologically were two sensational dramas named after wrathful female childkillers: Medea and Hecuba. Both barbarian ladies learned supplication from Greeks, Medea from Jason, Hecuba from Odysseus. In her present plight each must now abjectly supplicate her “teacher.” The plays are contrast ...
... First chronologically were two sensational dramas named after wrathful female childkillers: Medea and Hecuba. Both barbarian ladies learned supplication from Greeks, Medea from Jason, Hecuba from Odysseus. In her present plight each must now abjectly supplicate her “teacher.” The plays are contrast ...
the acropolis in the age of pericles - Assets
... high – but it had the right combination of accessibility, usable summit, natural defenses, and water to make it the obvious choice for ancient Athens’s “high city” or “city on the hill” (for that is what akropolis means).1 Almost every Greek city–state (or polis) had one, but no other acropolis was ...
... high – but it had the right combination of accessibility, usable summit, natural defenses, and water to make it the obvious choice for ancient Athens’s “high city” or “city on the hill” (for that is what akropolis means).1 Almost every Greek city–state (or polis) had one, but no other acropolis was ...
Theseus - Mark Moore Online
... After the suicide of Aegeus had made Theseus king, he proceeded to gather the inhabitants of Attica into one city. Before, they had been spread out, and were not easy to assemble. Theseus settled their disputes and persuaded them to be at peace under a central government. The poor people consented e ...
... After the suicide of Aegeus had made Theseus king, he proceeded to gather the inhabitants of Attica into one city. Before, they had been spread out, and were not easy to assemble. Theseus settled their disputes and persuaded them to be at peace under a central government. The poor people consented e ...
THE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE OF ANCIENT GREEK TRAGEDY
... remaining texts. How should we understand the experience of tragedy for Athenian citizens during fifth-century Athens? The thesis of this paper is that one way of understanding tragedy is as a religious and political experience that helped Athenian citizens reflect upon the changing political circum ...
... remaining texts. How should we understand the experience of tragedy for Athenian citizens during fifth-century Athens? The thesis of this paper is that one way of understanding tragedy is as a religious and political experience that helped Athenian citizens reflect upon the changing political circum ...
The history of the Areopagos Council from its origins to Ephialtes
... century.1 However, since then it has been largely understudied. The majority of scholarship on the Areopagos Council is composed of passing references in articles and books. Consequently, the historiography of the Areopagos has to be examined through greater trends in scholarship. In fact, only two ...
... century.1 However, since then it has been largely understudied. The majority of scholarship on the Areopagos Council is composed of passing references in articles and books. Consequently, the historiography of the Areopagos has to be examined through greater trends in scholarship. In fact, only two ...
The Constitutional Debate in Herodotus
... The concept of a mixed constitution flourished in the fourth century, and was taken up by Plato in the Laws (d–e) and later Aristotle in the Politics (.–), both of whom subjected the concept to philosophical rigour and theory. Plato argues that a mixed constitution provides a space for stabili ...
... The concept of a mixed constitution flourished in the fourth century, and was taken up by Plato in the Laws (d–e) and later Aristotle in the Politics (.–), both of whom subjected the concept to philosophical rigour and theory. Plato argues that a mixed constitution provides a space for stabili ...
American School of Classical Studies
... cultural, and religious activities all found a place together in the heart of ancient Athens. ...
... cultural, and religious activities all found a place together in the heart of ancient Athens. ...
Athenian Political Art from the Fifth and Fourth Centuries : Images of
... personification of Boule (the Athenian Council) is limited to one labelled example, a relief from the second quarter of the fourth century, on which she joins Athena, and probably Demos, to crown an honorand. Carol Lawton has rightly noted that Boule would not appear without Demos, as the Council c ...
... personification of Boule (the Athenian Council) is limited to one labelled example, a relief from the second quarter of the fourth century, on which she joins Athena, and probably Demos, to crown an honorand. Carol Lawton has rightly noted that Boule would not appear without Demos, as the Council c ...
A short biography of Pericles
... Megarians. They, however, disclaimed any responsibility and suggested that Pericles had the man murdered so he could have his war. Because of this murder, the Athenians declared war on the Megarians, thus breaking the thirty-year truce with Sparta. The Spartans gave the Athenians an ultimatum to ta ...
... Megarians. They, however, disclaimed any responsibility and suggested that Pericles had the man murdered so he could have his war. Because of this murder, the Athenians declared war on the Megarians, thus breaking the thirty-year truce with Sparta. The Spartans gave the Athenians an ultimatum to ta ...
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 ...
1 Running Head: POSEIDON Poseidon: The Greek Lord of the Sea
... him. There were various festivals that worshiped him, but the most prominent aspect of praising Poseidon was the many massive temples built in his honor. An example of one of these temples was the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Sounion. It featured at least eighteen immense columns, and the ruins show tha ...
... him. There were various festivals that worshiped him, but the most prominent aspect of praising Poseidon was the many massive temples built in his honor. An example of one of these temples was the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Sounion. It featured at least eighteen immense columns, and the ruins show tha ...
Thucydides in Wartime PURE Upload
... interpreters of classical antiquity concerned with modern democracy at war may have different political preoccupations, but like their nineteenth-century predecessors, many redeem from the History a democratic exceptionalism Thucydides never meant to authorize. This article focuses on the Thucydidea ...
... interpreters of classical antiquity concerned with modern democracy at war may have different political preoccupations, but like their nineteenth-century predecessors, many redeem from the History a democratic exceptionalism Thucydides never meant to authorize. This article focuses on the Thucydidea ...
Aspasia - People Server at UNCW
... The plague in Athens in 430 B.C. killed both of Pericles' sons by his first wife. This led him to ask for an exemption from the citizenship law, which he himself had enacted, for his illegimate son by Aspasia. The citizenship law decreed that only persons whose father and mother were both Athenians ...
... The plague in Athens in 430 B.C. killed both of Pericles' sons by his first wife. This led him to ask for an exemption from the citizenship law, which he himself had enacted, for his illegimate son by Aspasia. The citizenship law decreed that only persons whose father and mother were both Athenians ...
Thucydides` Corinthians - OUR Archive
... Sybota. Particular attention will be placed on Thucydides‟ description of the aftermath of the battle, and how he manages to deflect attention from Athenian aggressiveness by creating drama to his narrative and through focussing his account on the actions of the Corinthians. The second section of c ...
... Sybota. Particular attention will be placed on Thucydides‟ description of the aftermath of the battle, and how he manages to deflect attention from Athenian aggressiveness by creating drama to his narrative and through focussing his account on the actions of the Corinthians. The second section of c ...
PERSUASION: GREEI< RHETORIC IN ACTION
... speech has appeared, as have significant interpretive articles. This new scholarship has clarified (even where it has not resolved) issues Qf chronology, law, composition, and delivery.12 The specific incidents that led Demosthenes to bring charges against Meidias are laid out clearly in the speech' ...
... speech has appeared, as have significant interpretive articles. This new scholarship has clarified (even where it has not resolved) issues Qf chronology, law, composition, and delivery.12 The specific incidents that led Demosthenes to bring charges against Meidias are laid out clearly in the speech' ...
Socrates Role Play 2014 Script
... the son never learned the discipline necessary to live a productive life. In time he became a drunkard. Anytus holds Socrates responsible for his wasted life as well as the failings of other youth who looked to this man for guidance. Meletus: A poet of limited success who, along with two fellow Athe ...
... the son never learned the discipline necessary to live a productive life. In time he became a drunkard. Anytus holds Socrates responsible for his wasted life as well as the failings of other youth who looked to this man for guidance. Meletus: A poet of limited success who, along with two fellow Athe ...
Illinois classical studies: http://hdl.handle.net/10684
... become obsessive, and equally harmful ends in themselves. ^2 In such pursuits turn out to be their own undoing, in this case both for Croesus and for his nation. It is all too fitting that when the Lydians, betrayed by their king's behavior contrary to Lydian nomos, unsuccessfully success ...
... become obsessive, and equally harmful ends in themselves. ^2 In such pursuits turn out to be their own undoing, in this case both for Croesus and for his nation. It is all too fitting that when the Lydians, betrayed by their king's behavior contrary to Lydian nomos, unsuccessfully success ...
The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes
... and he was probably not much over thirty when he was invested with power to reform his society. He began with a general amnesty,36 then abolished enslavement for debt 37 and gave freedom to those so enslaved, even those who had been sold abroad 38 (however he managed that). Next, he freed the hektem ...
... and he was probably not much over thirty when he was invested with power to reform his society. He began with a general amnesty,36 then abolished enslavement for debt 37 and gave freedom to those so enslaved, even those who had been sold abroad 38 (however he managed that). Next, he freed the hektem ...
The Peloponnesian War
... Ionian Revolt. They appealed for help to the mainland Greeks, and Sparta declined to help but Athens, regarded as the mother-city of those who belonged to the Ionian strand of the Greek people, did send help (though only for one year), and help was sent also by the Euboean city of Eretria. The revol ...
... Ionian Revolt. They appealed for help to the mainland Greeks, and Sparta declined to help but Athens, regarded as the mother-city of those who belonged to the Ionian strand of the Greek people, did send help (though only for one year), and help was sent also by the Euboean city of Eretria. The revol ...
Did the Ancient Greeks Know of Collective Tyranny?
... awareness of collective tyranny in order not only better to understand the evolution of Greek political thought, but also to avoid misunderstandings in assessing the character of certain regimes. Dynasteia is a state-theoretical notion that may help us further on. Our enquiries into this notion sh ...
... awareness of collective tyranny in order not only better to understand the evolution of Greek political thought, but also to avoid misunderstandings in assessing the character of certain regimes. Dynasteia is a state-theoretical notion that may help us further on. Our enquiries into this notion sh ...
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.