POWER AND PRETEXT: THE STATUS OF JUSTICE IN THUCYDIDES
... was covering its true motives with pretexts. Athens, as a polis of realists, disregards both arguments. Instead, they choose what they find to be in their best interests. Corcyra’s naval power was far too tempting to overlook. Athens plainly disregards the treaty with Sparta, acting unjustly. A new ...
... was covering its true motives with pretexts. Athens, as a polis of realists, disregards both arguments. Instead, they choose what they find to be in their best interests. Corcyra’s naval power was far too tempting to overlook. Athens plainly disregards the treaty with Sparta, acting unjustly. A new ...
Chapter 1 - Philosophy
... sons (315a). Critias and Charmides are present (315a), two members of Plato’s own aristocratic family, which traced its ancestry back to Solon. Critias and Charmides are also future participants in the oligarchic revolution of the Thirty. Furthermore, the setting is the house of Callias, an Athenian ...
... sons (315a). Critias and Charmides are present (315a), two members of Plato’s own aristocratic family, which traced its ancestry back to Solon. Critias and Charmides are also future participants in the oligarchic revolution of the Thirty. Furthermore, the setting is the house of Callias, an Athenian ...
The Discourse of Kingship in Classical Athenian Thought
... their authors (consciously or otherwise) interpreted their mythical sources through the lens of their own political situation and to further their own political claims and objectives. Myth was retold as history or incorporated into historical accounts as part of this process. The conceptual divisi ...
... their authors (consciously or otherwise) interpreted their mythical sources through the lens of their own political situation and to further their own political claims and objectives. Myth was retold as history or incorporated into historical accounts as part of this process. The conceptual divisi ...
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... been at war with the Persians on behalf of the Egyptians and had lost all their ships at the island which is known as Prosopitis,6 after a short time resolved to make war again upon the Persians on behalf of the Greeks in Asia Minor. And fitting out a fleet of two hundred triremes, they chose Cimon, ...
... been at war with the Persians on behalf of the Egyptians and had lost all their ships at the island which is known as Prosopitis,6 after a short time resolved to make war again upon the Persians on behalf of the Greeks in Asia Minor. And fitting out a fleet of two hundred triremes, they chose Cimon, ...
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... restore them to their homes, they at first enslaved the weaker cities, but afterward made war on and forced the more important cities to submit, having preserved the general peace no longer than two years. Seeing that the city of the Mantineians lay upon their borders and was full of valiant men, th ...
... restore them to their homes, they at first enslaved the weaker cities, but afterward made war on and forced the more important cities to submit, having preserved the general peace no longer than two years. Seeing that the city of the Mantineians lay upon their borders and was full of valiant men, th ...
Myth Michael J. Anderson
... figures not as fictional poetic creations, but as semidivine heroes of the distant past. And while not all of them merited emulation, many were judged worthy of veneration through sacrifice and other ritual observances. Herodotus records that the Spartans, acting on advice from the Delphic oracle, r ...
... figures not as fictional poetic creations, but as semidivine heroes of the distant past. And while not all of them merited emulation, many were judged worthy of veneration through sacrifice and other ritual observances. Herodotus records that the Spartans, acting on advice from the Delphic oracle, r ...
Masterpieces of Ancient Greek Literature
... Definitions, Boundaries, and Goals Scope: This lecture serves as an introduction to this three-part course. First, we set out some of the principles of the course and explain why we are reading these works. We then discuss what we will be talking about by defining basic terms: ancient, Greek, and li ...
... Definitions, Boundaries, and Goals Scope: This lecture serves as an introduction to this three-part course. First, we set out some of the principles of the course and explain why we are reading these works. We then discuss what we will be talking about by defining basic terms: ancient, Greek, and li ...
Morality and Realpolitik in the Athenian Speech at the
... amorality that is highlighted. The degree to which one shading prevails over the other can be quite difficult to discern in one speech alone. To determine that there is a perfect consistency of any one paradigm of motivation or causation that is applied across different speeches is a greater challen ...
... amorality that is highlighted. The degree to which one shading prevails over the other can be quite difficult to discern in one speech alone. To determine that there is a perfect consistency of any one paradigm of motivation or causation that is applied across different speeches is a greater challen ...
The Trial of Socrates
... Writing in the third-century C.E. in his The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius reported that Socrates "discussed moral questions in the workshops and the marketplace." Often his unpopular views, expressed disdainfully and with an air of condescension, provoked his listeners to anger. ...
... Writing in the third-century C.E. in his The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius reported that Socrates "discussed moral questions in the workshops and the marketplace." Often his unpopular views, expressed disdainfully and with an air of condescension, provoked his listeners to anger. ...
The Trial of Socrates by Doug Linder (2002)
... Writing in the third-century C.E. in his The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius reported that Socrates "discussed moral questions in the workshops and the marketplace." Often his unpopular views, expressed disdainfully and with an air of condescension, provoked his listeners to anger. ...
... Writing in the third-century C.E. in his The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius reported that Socrates "discussed moral questions in the workshops and the marketplace." Often his unpopular views, expressed disdainfully and with an air of condescension, provoked his listeners to anger. ...
On Bribing Athenian Ambassadors - Greek, Roman, and Byzantine
... Since the bribing of ambassadors is connected almost exclusively with embassies to Persia and Macedon, the foundations or the allegations on which the accusations of accepting bribes from the kings are made ought to be carefully examined. It seems that it was not only the custom of the Greek cities ...
... Since the bribing of ambassadors is connected almost exclusively with embassies to Persia and Macedon, the foundations or the allegations on which the accusations of accepting bribes from the kings are made ought to be carefully examined. It seems that it was not only the custom of the Greek cities ...
Thucydides and Civil War: the Case of Alcibiades
... “name” and the power that Athens has lost (6.33.5). The other Sicilian cities, after all, had feared Syracuse. He himself speaks to the Sicilians as an acknoeledge “ruler, furnished with the greatest city and, for that reason, more used to being over others than to defending” (Crawley: “a great city ...
... “name” and the power that Athens has lost (6.33.5). The other Sicilian cities, after all, had feared Syracuse. He himself speaks to the Sicilians as an acknoeledge “ruler, furnished with the greatest city and, for that reason, more used to being over others than to defending” (Crawley: “a great city ...
Honoring Solon
... government and began to move Athens toward an early form of democracy. Solon should also be recognized for his legal reforms, which showed much compassion. The Athenian code of law before Solon was very harsh. Solon made Athenian law much more humane. For example, he abolished the death penalty, exc ...
... government and began to move Athens toward an early form of democracy. Solon should also be recognized for his legal reforms, which showed much compassion. The Athenian code of law before Solon was very harsh. Solon made Athenian law much more humane. For example, he abolished the death penalty, exc ...
I.F. Stone Breaks the Socrates Story:
... We do have one piece of evidence which shows that even 50 years after the event, when there had been ample time for reflection and remorse the Athenians still regarded the trial as political, and the verdict as justified. Where did you find that? In a speech by the famous orator Aeschines, the great ...
... We do have one piece of evidence which shows that even 50 years after the event, when there had been ample time for reflection and remorse the Athenians still regarded the trial as political, and the verdict as justified. Where did you find that? In a speech by the famous orator Aeschines, the great ...
T he P elo P onnesian W ar
... What little we know of Thucydides comes from autobiographical traces we find in his work. He was Athenian, son of a man named Olorus. Thucydides operated gold mines in Thrace which gave him wealth and influence (1.1.1, 4.104.3). He began recording the events of the war immediately from the time it ...
... What little we know of Thucydides comes from autobiographical traces we find in his work. He was Athenian, son of a man named Olorus. Thucydides operated gold mines in Thrace which gave him wealth and influence (1.1.1, 4.104.3). He began recording the events of the war immediately from the time it ...
AwesomePrint - AwesomeStories
... In other words ... even someone sent to kill her would die because how could the deed be done without looking at the object of the mission? Unless, of course, the dispatcher had supernatural help: Perseus, favored by Minerva [Athena] and Mercury [that's Hermes, to the Greeks], the former of whom len ...
... In other words ... even someone sent to kill her would die because how could the deed be done without looking at the object of the mission? Unless, of course, the dispatcher had supernatural help: Perseus, favored by Minerva [Athena] and Mercury [that's Hermes, to the Greeks], the former of whom len ...
Thuc. 8.25-27 - The Ancient History Bulletin
... effort since then.12 Most importantly, Athens abandoned Iasos and Amorges into the hands of his enemy Tissaphernes.13 With regard to the second point, Andrewes has argued that the Peloponnesians, although superior in numbers, lacked in self-confidence (an element, however, present in the troops from ...
... effort since then.12 Most importantly, Athens abandoned Iasos and Amorges into the hands of his enemy Tissaphernes.13 With regard to the second point, Andrewes has argued that the Peloponnesians, although superior in numbers, lacked in self-confidence (an element, however, present in the troops from ...
Spartans change of tactics - Utrecht University Repository
... supplied by ship safe behind its walls or Attica half empty and their real empire the sea of the Aegean and their supplies cut off. It could be pointed out that the Athenians did not need to fortify Attica, as they were safe behind their walls. However as we can see from the pressure being applied o ...
... supplied by ship safe behind its walls or Attica half empty and their real empire the sea of the Aegean and their supplies cut off. It could be pointed out that the Athenians did not need to fortify Attica, as they were safe behind their walls. However as we can see from the pressure being applied o ...
Theseus - Mark Moore Online
... At this time, vessels with a crew of more than five men were banned. Jason and his ship Argus, however, had a commission to sail everywhere and suppress piracy. Daedelus [a famous architect] escaped from Crete to Athens in a little boat, and Minos -- contrary to the law -- chased after him with a f ...
... At this time, vessels with a crew of more than five men were banned. Jason and his ship Argus, however, had a commission to sail everywhere and suppress piracy. Daedelus [a famous architect] escaped from Crete to Athens in a little boat, and Minos -- contrary to the law -- chased after him with a f ...
The acropolis in the age of Pericles
... memorizing the victory that the Temple of Nike was built. As a part of entrance, Nike is small, only 8.16 meters in length and 5.39 meters in width, clearly standing out and conspicuous. On its wall hanged the booties from the battle. These booties were Athens’ glory and invoked their pride when the ...
... memorizing the victory that the Temple of Nike was built. As a part of entrance, Nike is small, only 8.16 meters in length and 5.39 meters in width, clearly standing out and conspicuous. On its wall hanged the booties from the battle. These booties were Athens’ glory and invoked their pride when the ...
The Great Heroes before the Trojen War
... • Theseus somehow lost Ariadne on his way home. (One saying is that he abandoned her, another he found her nowhere. Please see P. ...
... • Theseus somehow lost Ariadne on his way home. (One saying is that he abandoned her, another he found her nowhere. Please see P. ...
Athens: Its Rise and Fall - University of Macau Library
... that learning and to those gifts which you have exhibited to the world are shared by all who, in England or in Europe, study the history or cultivate the literature of Greece. But, in the patient kindness with which you have permitted me to consult you during the tedious passage of these volumes thr ...
... that learning and to those gifts which you have exhibited to the world are shared by all who, in England or in Europe, study the history or cultivate the literature of Greece. But, in the patient kindness with which you have permitted me to consult you during the tedious passage of these volumes thr ...
Problems in Athenian Democracy 510-480 BC
... the "national good," undertakes to suspend or abolish the existing constitution and rule the state in a personal manner. To this "rule" the exception had been the Spartans until their system too was undermined from internal and external developments and caved in after the Battle of Mantinea. Socrate ...
... the "national good," undertakes to suspend or abolish the existing constitution and rule the state in a personal manner. To this "rule" the exception had been the Spartans until their system too was undermined from internal and external developments and caved in after the Battle of Mantinea. Socrate ...
Sparta - wildehistory
... The prehistory of Sparta is difficult to reconstruct because the literary evidence is far removed in time from the events it describes and is also distorted by oral tradition.[24] However, the earliest certain evidence of human settlement in the region of Sparta consists of pottery dating from the M ...
... The prehistory of Sparta is difficult to reconstruct because the literary evidence is far removed in time from the events it describes and is also distorted by oral tradition.[24] However, the earliest certain evidence of human settlement in the region of Sparta consists of pottery dating from the M ...
Apodexis Historia - University of Alberta
... daughter not of Agenor but of Phoenix. Zeus loved her, and turning himself into a tame bull, he mounted her on his back and conveyed her through the sea to Crete. There Zeus bedded with her, and she bore Minos, Sarpedon, and Rhadamanthys; but according to Homer, Sarpedon was a son of Zeus by Laodami ...
... daughter not of Agenor but of Phoenix. Zeus loved her, and turning himself into a tame bull, he mounted her on his back and conveyed her through the sea to Crete. There Zeus bedded with her, and she bore Minos, Sarpedon, and Rhadamanthys; but according to Homer, Sarpedon was a son of Zeus by Laodami ...
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.