A short biography of Pericles
... 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 take back the declaration of war, and Pericles persuaded them not to. Then the Spartans asked the A ...
... 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 take back the declaration of war, and Pericles persuaded them not to. Then the Spartans asked the A ...
Plutarch, Charinus, and the Megarian Decree
... course, had reported that the Athenians had charged the Megarians with working the sacred orgas, the land sacred to the Eleusinian goddesses on the boundary with Megara. 8 In addition, he gave Pericles a speech explaining his intransigence, stressing the necessity of standing up to the Spartans even ...
... course, had reported that the Athenians had charged the Megarians with working the sacred orgas, the land sacred to the Eleusinian goddesses on the boundary with Megara. 8 In addition, he gave Pericles a speech explaining his intransigence, stressing the necessity of standing up to the Spartans even ...
The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes
... into four tribes,9 that at the head of each was a king' (phylobasileus),IO and that each tribe was subdivided into three ridings (trittyes, 'third parts')11 and twelve naukrariai. 12 There is no evidence that Athens in that age had an assembly of the people: to claim that, we have to extrapolate fro ...
... into four tribes,9 that at the head of each was a king' (phylobasileus),IO and that each tribe was subdivided into three ridings (trittyes, 'third parts')11 and twelve naukrariai. 12 There is no evidence that Athens in that age had an assembly of the people: to claim that, we have to extrapolate fro ...
Πολιτικός Ἔρως: Alcibiades` Love in Thucydides and Plato
... Alcibiades himself. This general, playboy, politician, and multiple Olympic victor plays an evershifting role in the War, casting a long shadow on some of its most dramatic developments, including the Battle of Mantinea, the mutilation of the Herms, the Sicilian Expedition, and the international pol ...
... Alcibiades himself. This general, playboy, politician, and multiple Olympic victor plays an evershifting role in the War, casting a long shadow on some of its most dramatic developments, including the Battle of Mantinea, the mutilation of the Herms, the Sicilian Expedition, and the international pol ...
The Battlefield of History: Megara, Athens, and the Mythic Past
... matter of popularity: a myth that was loved was retold; a myth found displeasing fell into obscurity. A myth needed to win popular favor to survive, and so local mythic history came to mirror the opinions of its intended audience. In the gaps and silences of the pan-Hellenic tradition, local authors ...
... matter of popularity: a myth that was loved was retold; a myth found displeasing fell into obscurity. A myth needed to win popular favor to survive, and so local mythic history came to mirror the opinions of its intended audience. In the gaps and silences of the pan-Hellenic tradition, local authors ...
Apollo and Artemis
... Greek myth depicted the Sun god as brother to the Moon goddess. Helios personified the Sun by guiding his solar chariot drawn by majestic white horses across the heavens, rising in the east and setting in the west. His sister Selene was the Moon driving her lunar chariot through the night sky illumi ...
... Greek myth depicted the Sun god as brother to the Moon goddess. Helios personified the Sun by guiding his solar chariot drawn by majestic white horses across the heavens, rising in the east and setting in the west. His sister Selene was the Moon driving her lunar chariot through the night sky illumi ...
Breaking the Cuffs: The Helots Rise to Freedom A Lesson in the
... I would like to extend thanks to all of the academic supporters of this study. These include Ben Sorenson, former classmate and current history professor, for his advice and encouragement throughout, APUS Program Director Dr. Richard Hines, for going the extra mile to secure this thesis as an indepe ...
... I would like to extend thanks to all of the academic supporters of this study. These include Ben Sorenson, former classmate and current history professor, for his advice and encouragement throughout, APUS Program Director Dr. Richard Hines, for going the extra mile to secure this thesis as an indepe ...
Residential Restrictions on the Athenian Ostracized
... work that, to the best of our knowledge, was synthetic and possibly prescriptive in character. A serious shortcoming of Raubitschek's hypothesis is that it compels him to argue that the account of ostracism in Diod. 11.55.3 is derived from Timaeus, and not from Ephorus, the main source for the Athen ...
... work that, to the best of our knowledge, was synthetic and possibly prescriptive in character. A serious shortcoming of Raubitschek's hypothesis is that it compels him to argue that the account of ostracism in Diod. 11.55.3 is derived from Timaeus, and not from Ephorus, the main source for the Athen ...
S N : PEECH AND
... As we shall see, it is the fear that it should be so -- and fear does indeed seem to be the focus in much of Thucydides’ analysis concerning the war and not merely the particular claim we are now examining regarding the “true cause” -- that is the common attitude of the participants, coloring all di ...
... As we shall see, it is the fear that it should be so -- and fear does indeed seem to be the focus in much of Thucydides’ analysis concerning the war and not merely the particular claim we are now examining regarding the “true cause” -- that is the common attitude of the participants, coloring all di ...
Unit IV: Roman Mythology Introduction This unit will deal with myths
... chariot swings out of control, passing the different zodiac animals and veering now far up, then down towards the earth. Ovid describes the awful scene: The Moon, in wonder Watches her brother’s horses running lower Than her own steeds. The scorched clouds smoke. The mountains Of earth catch fire, t ...
... chariot swings out of control, passing the different zodiac animals and veering now far up, then down towards the earth. Ovid describes the awful scene: The Moon, in wonder Watches her brother’s horses running lower Than her own steeds. The scorched clouds smoke. The mountains Of earth catch fire, t ...
conclusion - The University of Michigan Press
... of the term). Overall, it places greater emphasis on the continuities that prevailed from the time of Cylon to that of Hippias and Hipparchus and on the discontinuities that emerged thereafter. Without wishing to minimize the signiµcance of Solon and the Peisistratids, it is deeply unlikely that eit ...
... of the term). Overall, it places greater emphasis on the continuities that prevailed from the time of Cylon to that of Hippias and Hipparchus and on the discontinuities that emerged thereafter. Without wishing to minimize the signiµcance of Solon and the Peisistratids, it is deeply unlikely that eit ...
Περίληψη : Άλλες Ονομασίες Γεωγραφική Θέση Ιστορική Περιοχή
... Hellespont during their domination of the area. But soon a conflict broke out between them, the Persians and the Athenians over the Greek cities of Asia Minor. This conflict ended with the Spartan defeat at Cnidus in 392 BC by the Persians.10 After the Spartans were defeated, Abydus was the only cit ...
... Hellespont during their domination of the area. But soon a conflict broke out between them, the Persians and the Athenians over the Greek cities of Asia Minor. This conflict ended with the Spartan defeat at Cnidus in 392 BC by the Persians.10 After the Spartans were defeated, Abydus was the only cit ...
History of Perseus
... aspects of their daily lives. These stories would form an important part of the culture’s religion and are referred to today as mythology. One great hero from ancient Greek mythology is Perseus. According to both ancient standards and today’s standards, Perseus would be seen as a great hero. The man ...
... aspects of their daily lives. These stories would form an important part of the culture’s religion and are referred to today as mythology. One great hero from ancient Greek mythology is Perseus. According to both ancient standards and today’s standards, Perseus would be seen as a great hero. The man ...
INDIVIDUALS IN XENOPHON, HELLENICA 1
... historical works might be put by ancient historians one was to throw light upon the speaker. It will be convenient first to examine briefly how in the Hellenica Xenophon uses speeches for this purpose. In his report of a peace conference held at Sparta in 371 he includes a speech by Callias, one of ...
... historical works might be put by ancient historians one was to throw light upon the speaker. It will be convenient first to examine briefly how in the Hellenica Xenophon uses speeches for this purpose. In his report of a peace conference held at Sparta in 371 he includes a speech by Callias, one of ...
Plutarch`s Themistocles
... these verses are engraved:With numerous tribes from Asia's region brought The sons of Athens on these waters fought; Erecting, after they had quelled the Mede, To Artemis this record of the deed. There is a place still to be seen upon this shore, where, in the middle of a great heap of sand, they ta ...
... these verses are engraved:With numerous tribes from Asia's region brought The sons of Athens on these waters fought; Erecting, after they had quelled the Mede, To Artemis this record of the deed. There is a place still to be seen upon this shore, where, in the middle of a great heap of sand, they ta ...
LYKOURGAN SPARTA AND THE CLASSICAL WRITERS THAT
... one must examine the history, institutions, and the education system of Sparta to determine where the opinions of the Athenians agreed with the those of modern scholars. That shall be the order followed in this thesis. In the end, class differences between the supporters of Athens and the supporters ...
... one must examine the history, institutions, and the education system of Sparta to determine where the opinions of the Athenians agreed with the those of modern scholars. That shall be the order followed in this thesis. In the end, class differences between the supporters of Athens and the supporters ...
Alcibiades Christian Jones Col Sheldon HI-304
... King Agis so he defected to Persia and joined the Persian Satrap Tissaphernes.13 In Persia, Alcibiades worked to slow the Persian fleet into coming into any conflicts so the soldiers would be rested in case of any needed conquests.14 Then he attempted to initiate a Persian-Athenian alliance, which w ...
... King Agis so he defected to Persia and joined the Persian Satrap Tissaphernes.13 In Persia, Alcibiades worked to slow the Persian fleet into coming into any conflicts so the soldiers would be rested in case of any needed conquests.14 Then he attempted to initiate a Persian-Athenian alliance, which w ...
Gadfly on Trial: Socrates as Citizen and Social Critic
... quite closely in form and style to other surviving examples of Athenian courtroom oratory, but its content is distinctive. While it is not possible to determine how accurate the Apology is as record of how the historical Socrates actually defended himself on that day in ; it is, I think, saf ...
... quite closely in form and style to other surviving examples of Athenian courtroom oratory, but its content is distinctive. While it is not possible to determine how accurate the Apology is as record of how the historical Socrates actually defended himself on that day in ; it is, I think, saf ...
Socrates (470 BC) - pakclassicsschol
... If a child does not have the right to retaliate against its parents if scolded or beaten, because of the care and protection they have provided in bringing the child up, then a citizen has even less right to retaliate against the state which made such care and protection possible As a man who ha ...
... If a child does not have the right to retaliate against its parents if scolded or beaten, because of the care and protection they have provided in bringing the child up, then a citizen has even less right to retaliate against the state which made such care and protection possible As a man who ha ...
Thucydides and the invention of political science
... noble. He saw children born to them all, and all of these survived. His life was prosperous by our standards, and his death was most glorious: when the Athenians were fighting their neighbors in Eleusis, he came to help, routed the enemy, and died very finely. The Athenians buried him at public expe ...
... noble. He saw children born to them all, and all of these survived. His life was prosperous by our standards, and his death was most glorious: when the Athenians were fighting their neighbors in Eleusis, he came to help, routed the enemy, and died very finely. The Athenians buried him at public expe ...
A Mind at War: Erga Paraloga in Thucydides` History
... between ktêma, “possession” and khrêma, “use” or “want,” is both sincere and important. Rhetoric, as has been and always will be noted by readers of Thucydides, holds incredible sway over the vulnerable mind. The volatile Athenian democracy, in particular, was at the mercy of words and ideas that wo ...
... between ktêma, “possession” and khrêma, “use” or “want,” is both sincere and important. Rhetoric, as has been and always will be noted by readers of Thucydides, holds incredible sway over the vulnerable mind. The volatile Athenian democracy, in particular, was at the mercy of words and ideas that wo ...
Pericles
... It became very powerful as ships heading to Italy needed to stop there Pericles was keen on developing a relationship with it By 432 BC Corinth and Corcyra fought out a sea battle at Sybota ...
... It became very powerful as ships heading to Italy needed to stop there Pericles was keen on developing a relationship with it By 432 BC Corinth and Corcyra fought out a sea battle at Sybota ...
Socrates and Sophistry - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... First let us consider sophistry’s bad reputation. It has been pointed out that this reputation is more puzzling than is often assumed: the period in which sophistry flourished, 450 – 400 BC, was ‘in many ways the greatest age of Athens’, 1 and although the majority of the sophists were not native At ...
... First let us consider sophistry’s bad reputation. It has been pointed out that this reputation is more puzzling than is often assumed: the period in which sophistry flourished, 450 – 400 BC, was ‘in many ways the greatest age of Athens’, 1 and although the majority of the sophists were not native At ...
List of oracular statements from Delphi
Pythia was the priestess presiding over the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. There are more than 500 supposed Oracular statements which have survived from various sources referring to the oracle at Delphi. Many are anecdotal, and have survived as proverbs. Several are ambiguously phrased, apparently in order to show the oracle in a good light regardless of the outcome. Such prophesies were admired for their dexterity of phrasing. One such famous prediction was the answer to an unknown person who was inquiring as to whether it would be safe for him to join a military campaign; the answer was: ""Go, return not die in war"", which can have two entirely opposite meanings, depending on where a missing comma is supposed to be – before or after the word ""not"". Nevertheless, the Oracle seems consistently to have advocated peaceful, not violent courses generally.The following list presents some of the most prominent and historically significant prophecies of Delphi.