The Trojan War - shsd.k12.pa.us
... hid inside the horse while others hid on the beach. The Trojans saw the horse as a gift for the Gods and took it within their city walls. ...
... hid inside the horse while others hid on the beach. The Trojans saw the horse as a gift for the Gods and took it within their city walls. ...
Athens 403: State of Athenian Finances
... larger plots, but even here the sizes are surprisingly modest, and never seem to expand much beyond 100 acres or so. To put it in Source: source: http://en.wikipedia.org/ perspective, the largest single farm in Attica was likely less than half the size of a small college campus. We learn, for exampl ...
... larger plots, but even here the sizes are surprisingly modest, and never seem to expand much beyond 100 acres or so. To put it in Source: source: http://en.wikipedia.org/ perspective, the largest single farm in Attica was likely less than half the size of a small college campus. We learn, for exampl ...
Introduction: Athenian History and Society in the Age of Pericles
... war against Sparta and came from a politically prominent Athenian family, Thucydides was well placed to provide an account of fifth-century Athenian history. Even after his exile in 424/3, Thucydides’ wealth and aristocratic connections enabled him to move around the Greek world gathering material fr ...
... war against Sparta and came from a politically prominent Athenian family, Thucydides was well placed to provide an account of fifth-century Athenian history. Even after his exile in 424/3, Thucydides’ wealth and aristocratic connections enabled him to move around the Greek world gathering material fr ...
War, Democracy and Culture in Classical Athens
... Foreign policy was the mainstay of political debate, with war and peace being a compulsory item on the agenda of the kuria ekkl sia or main assembly-meeting of each prytany (Ath. Pol. 43.4; Ar. Ach. 19-27). Fifth-century Athenians waged war more frequently than ever before: they launched one or more ...
... Foreign policy was the mainstay of political debate, with war and peace being a compulsory item on the agenda of the kuria ekkl sia or main assembly-meeting of each prytany (Ath. Pol. 43.4; Ar. Ach. 19-27). Fifth-century Athenians waged war more frequently than ever before: they launched one or more ...
Pericles, the Golden Age of Athens
... constitution does not copy the laws of neighboring states. We are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves." One neighboring state, Sparta, saw the increasingly powerful Athens not as an ideal to follow but a threat to eliminate. In 431 B.C., the powerful Spartan army invaded Greece, to f ...
... constitution does not copy the laws of neighboring states. We are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves." One neighboring state, Sparta, saw the increasingly powerful Athens not as an ideal to follow but a threat to eliminate. In 431 B.C., the powerful Spartan army invaded Greece, to f ...
Alexander`s Empire
... selves as Greeks. The Greeks, however, looked down on the Macedonians as uncivilized foreigners who had no great philosophers, sculptors, or writers. The Macedonians did have one very important resource—their shrewd and fearless kings. Philip’s Army In 359 B.C., Philip II became king of Macedonia. T ...
... selves as Greeks. The Greeks, however, looked down on the Macedonians as uncivilized foreigners who had no great philosophers, sculptors, or writers. The Macedonians did have one very important resource—their shrewd and fearless kings. Philip’s Army In 359 B.C., Philip II became king of Macedonia. T ...
Chapter 3,
... relations with Sparta, by the continuing menace of Persia, and by the highly unstable Delian alliance. When a negotiated settlement finally resolved Persian claims, the Delian League fell apart, leaving Athens vulnerable to its enemies on the Greek mainland. First Thebes and then Sparta led attacks ...
... relations with Sparta, by the continuing menace of Persia, and by the highly unstable Delian alliance. When a negotiated settlement finally resolved Persian claims, the Delian League fell apart, leaving Athens vulnerable to its enemies on the Greek mainland. First Thebes and then Sparta led attacks ...
how democratic was athens
... On the face of it, it would seem that this kind of direct democracy might lead to anarchy at the worst and arbitrary decisions or unstable policies at the least. Both ancient and modern democratic experiments have shown that the will of the people is sometimes quixotic, changing to and fro with ever ...
... On the face of it, it would seem that this kind of direct democracy might lead to anarchy at the worst and arbitrary decisions or unstable policies at the least. Both ancient and modern democratic experiments have shown that the will of the people is sometimes quixotic, changing to and fro with ever ...
Chapter Four
... • Each polis (city-state) was organized around a political and social urban center. ...
... • Each polis (city-state) was organized around a political and social urban center. ...
Athens - Agathe.gr
... In the spring and again in autumn after the first rains, most of Greece is covered with a prodigal display of wild flowers (21). Some 6000 species flourish, of which a few grow only in the Arcadian valley of the Styx. The flowers in ancient gardens were those still most familiar to us, such as the c ...
... In the spring and again in autumn after the first rains, most of Greece is covered with a prodigal display of wild flowers (21). Some 6000 species flourish, of which a few grow only in the Arcadian valley of the Styx. The flowers in ancient gardens were those still most familiar to us, such as the c ...
. - The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
... and drawings, to new excavation data, reports, and publications. As part of this project, the Athenian Agora maintains a separate website (http://www.agathe.gr) for experimenting with methods of presenting archaeological data to the general public and for creating experimental digital tools that can ...
... and drawings, to new excavation data, reports, and publications. As part of this project, the Athenian Agora maintains a separate website (http://www.agathe.gr) for experimenting with methods of presenting archaeological data to the general public and for creating experimental digital tools that can ...
Greek Historiography (ed. S. Hornblower)
... Darius, whom else?); but its position here is a difficulty. B. argues that Herodotus got his account from Alexander or someone in his circle. If so, one would have to assume that Alexander (or Herodotus’ source, if it was not he) reported the Macedonian king’s stress on his subordinate role in addre ...
... Darius, whom else?); but its position here is a difficulty. B. argues that Herodotus got his account from Alexander or someone in his circle. If so, one would have to assume that Alexander (or Herodotus’ source, if it was not he) reported the Macedonian king’s stress on his subordinate role in addre ...
The Motives for Athens` Alliance with Corcyra
... However, there would have been no need for any Athenian action unless factors (3) and (5) were applicable as well. These points were made by the Corcyraeans, but no doubt had already been considered at Athens. It was essential that Corcyra's fleet not be made subject to Corinth. Athens' position as ...
... However, there would have been no need for any Athenian action unless factors (3) and (5) were applicable as well. These points were made by the Corcyraeans, but no doubt had already been considered at Athens. It was essential that Corcyra's fleet not be made subject to Corinth. Athens' position as ...
Why Menexenus Spells Trouble for Andropov
... a glory far greater than you now possess [emphasis added]." ...
... a glory far greater than you now possess [emphasis added]." ...
The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome
... reforms, unfortunately, did not please either the wealthy or the poor. Solon left Athens for ten years to travel. He spent that period warning people wherever he traveled against rulers who would not uphold his reforms. ...
... reforms, unfortunately, did not please either the wealthy or the poor. Solon left Athens for ten years to travel. He spent that period warning people wherever he traveled against rulers who would not uphold his reforms. ...
Living in Ancient Greece
... goddesses, historians have combined them into a single great civilization known as the civilization of ancient Greece. Religion in Ancient Greece The lives of the ancient Greeks were strongly influenced by their religion, and by understanding their beliefs, we can learn quite a lot about the world i ...
... goddesses, historians have combined them into a single great civilization known as the civilization of ancient Greece. Religion in Ancient Greece The lives of the ancient Greeks were strongly influenced by their religion, and by understanding their beliefs, we can learn quite a lot about the world i ...
to read an essay
... independence from the metropole. When a revolt on Lesbos was crushed in 427, Cleon convinced the assembly that it was necessary to slaughter or enslave the entire population of the chief Lesbian city of Mytilene in order to deter future rebellions. After the assembly began to have doubts, Cleon defe ...
... independence from the metropole. When a revolt on Lesbos was crushed in 427, Cleon convinced the assembly that it was necessary to slaughter or enslave the entire population of the chief Lesbian city of Mytilene in order to deter future rebellions. After the assembly began to have doubts, Cleon defe ...
Sculptures of the Sixth Century
... • Cost of rebuilding the Acropolis, which had been left in a state of ruin after the Persian invasion of 480 BCE, was enormous, financed mostly by tributes that Athens assessed upon its allies in the Delian League • Phidias was the chief sculptor; Ictinus, Callicrates, and Mnesicles were the chief a ...
... • Cost of rebuilding the Acropolis, which had been left in a state of ruin after the Persian invasion of 480 BCE, was enormous, financed mostly by tributes that Athens assessed upon its allies in the Delian League • Phidias was the chief sculptor; Ictinus, Callicrates, and Mnesicles were the chief a ...
Ancient Greece
... • Assisting in decision-making, a Council of Five Hundred citizens was selected by lottery each year. They proposed laws, dealt with foreign countries and oversaw the treasury $ ...
... • Assisting in decision-making, a Council of Five Hundred citizens was selected by lottery each year. They proposed laws, dealt with foreign countries and oversaw the treasury $ ...
The Development of Ancient Greek Naval Warfare
... Dipylon group of vases, of the Late Geometric I Period (760-735 BCE) depict several funeral and war scenes. 10 These were discovered in the Dipylon cemetery of the Kerameikos at Athens. These ships are difficult to interpret because of the distortion of scale and proportion of men to ships, but cert ...
... Dipylon group of vases, of the Late Geometric I Period (760-735 BCE) depict several funeral and war scenes. 10 These were discovered in the Dipylon cemetery of the Kerameikos at Athens. These ships are difficult to interpret because of the distortion of scale and proportion of men to ships, but cert ...
Ancient Greece
... convincing because, for one thing, it shows no concept of citizenship). At Athens, the guiding principle of democratic government became “equality before the law” and “equality of speech,” regardless of a male citizen’s wealth, birth, or social status. These concepts of equality represented a radica ...
... convincing because, for one thing, it shows no concept of citizenship). At Athens, the guiding principle of democratic government became “equality before the law” and “equality of speech,” regardless of a male citizen’s wealth, birth, or social status. These concepts of equality represented a radica ...
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The Sophists [Short History of Greek Philosophy]
... for him. The relation of such a doctrine as this to politics and to morals is not far to seek. Every man’s opinion was as good as another’s; if by persuasion you succeeded in altering a man’s opinion, you had not deceived the man, his new opinion was as true (to him) as the old one. Persuasiveness, ...
... for him. The relation of such a doctrine as this to politics and to morals is not far to seek. Every man’s opinion was as good as another’s; if by persuasion you succeeded in altering a man’s opinion, you had not deceived the man, his new opinion was as true (to him) as the old one. Persuasiveness, ...
Ancient Greece 2004 - Mr Jennings
... place the ancient Greek civilisation accurately on a time line and demonstrate their understanding of BC and AD; describe important features of life in ancient Greece, and compare life in different city states; explain some of the beliefs of the ancient Greeks and why they held them; understand the ...
... place the ancient Greek civilisation accurately on a time line and demonstrate their understanding of BC and AD; describe important features of life in ancient Greece, and compare life in different city states; explain some of the beliefs of the ancient Greeks and why they held them; understand the ...
Gk 3 The Frogs notes - School-One
... Colonus and Euripides’s Medea were presented for the first time. Both of these tragic playwrights had died within the past year with Euripides dying first in Macedonia. In politics it was a much more unsettled time than the previous year when Sophocles had written Oedipus at Colonus with its optimis ...
... Colonus and Euripides’s Medea were presented for the first time. Both of these tragic playwrights had died within the past year with Euripides dying first in Macedonia. In politics it was a much more unsettled time than the previous year when Sophocles had written Oedipus at Colonus with its optimis ...
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... He took from the men the liberty of marrying when each of them pleased, and appointed that they should contract marriages only when they were in full bodily vigor, deeming this injunction also conducive to producing excellent offspring…and said that an old man should introduce to his wife whatever m ...
... He took from the men the liberty of marrying when each of them pleased, and appointed that they should contract marriages only when they were in full bodily vigor, deeming this injunction also conducive to producing excellent offspring…and said that an old man should introduce to his wife whatever m ...
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.