The Peloponnesian War: The Struggle for Security
... those that feared they would be next. Sparta’s ally Megara used Athens’ power to aid in a border dispute with Corinth by joining the Athenian alliance. A request for support gave Athens a perfect excuse to set up garrisons, and so Athens was more than willing to fight for Megara. The Corinthians’ se ...
... those that feared they would be next. Sparta’s ally Megara used Athens’ power to aid in a border dispute with Corinth by joining the Athenian alliance. A request for support gave Athens a perfect excuse to set up garrisons, and so Athens was more than willing to fight for Megara. The Corinthians’ se ...
ThuCyDIDES ON POlICy, STRATEgy, AND WAR TERMINATION
... them in tearing down the walls of all the cities in Greece. They argued, disingenuously, that walled cities would merely give the Persians strong points for defense if they invaded again and that anyway all Greeks could retreat to Spartan protection in the Peloponnesus if the Persians returned (1.90 ...
... them in tearing down the walls of all the cities in Greece. They argued, disingenuously, that walled cities would merely give the Persians strong points for defense if they invaded again and that anyway all Greeks could retreat to Spartan protection in the Peloponnesus if the Persians returned (1.90 ...
aus: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 117 (1997) 9–17
... The precise date of the Katalogoi is of course hard to establish, but various indications within the poem and comparisons with the work of Stesichorus and the pseudo-Hesiodic Aspis strongly suggest a date about 580/570.12 The late date of the Athenian ‘adoption’, if not actually invention of Ion exp ...
... The precise date of the Katalogoi is of course hard to establish, but various indications within the poem and comparisons with the work of Stesichorus and the pseudo-Hesiodic Aspis strongly suggest a date about 580/570.12 The late date of the Athenian ‘adoption’, if not actually invention of Ion exp ...
A DROUGHT IN THE LATE EIGHTH CENTURY B.C.
... century. In fact, all the wells in use in the latter half of the century seem to have gone out of use in the years around 700 B.C.2This is a notable development, unparalleledfor any other period among the 400 wells excavated thus far in the Agora, except among the Archaic wells closed as a result of ...
... century. In fact, all the wells in use in the latter half of the century seem to have gone out of use in the years around 700 B.C.2This is a notable development, unparalleledfor any other period among the 400 wells excavated thus far in the Agora, except among the Archaic wells closed as a result of ...
Theseus Study Guide
... 6. What will be the signal if he succeeds? 7. Summarize what Minos and Theseus do to prove they are the sons of gods. ...
... 6. What will be the signal if he succeeds? 7. Summarize what Minos and Theseus do to prove they are the sons of gods. ...
Attica
... following account of her. Heracles was besieging Themiscyra on the Thermodon, but could not take it, but Antiope, falling in love with Theseus, who was aiding Heracles in his campaign, surrendered the stronghold. Such is the account of Hegias. But the Athenians assert that when the Amazons came, Ant ...
... following account of her. Heracles was besieging Themiscyra on the Thermodon, but could not take it, but Antiope, falling in love with Theseus, who was aiding Heracles in his campaign, surrendered the stronghold. Such is the account of Hegias. But the Athenians assert that when the Amazons came, Ant ...
Strategy and Changing Moods in Thucydides
... The favor of most of Hellas is with the Peloponnesian allies. (Thucydides used eunoia, good minds.) This is because there is general indignation against the empire. Many in it wish to escape, and others fear subjugation. Once again, Perikles wishes to restrain Athens from seeking more. Its empire h ...
... The favor of most of Hellas is with the Peloponnesian allies. (Thucydides used eunoia, good minds.) This is because there is general indignation against the empire. Many in it wish to escape, and others fear subjugation. Once again, Perikles wishes to restrain Athens from seeking more. Its empire h ...
Demosthenes (384-322 B.C.) Athenian statesman, recognized as
... proposed an elaborate revision of the method used to tax the wealthy to raise money for ships. Leader of the democratic faction. From this point on (354), Demosthenes' career is virtually the history of Athenian foreign policy. It was not very long before his oratorical skill made him, in effect, th ...
... proposed an elaborate revision of the method used to tax the wealthy to raise money for ships. Leader of the democratic faction. From this point on (354), Demosthenes' career is virtually the history of Athenian foreign policy. It was not very long before his oratorical skill made him, in effect, th ...
socrates article copy
... claimed to be ignorant because he had no ideas, but was smart enough to know he knew nothing. He asked questions using the Socratic Method, which forced the person to think through a problem to a logical conclusion. Sometimes the answer seemed so clear, it made people look foolish. For this, he was ...
... claimed to be ignorant because he had no ideas, but was smart enough to know he knew nothing. He asked questions using the Socratic Method, which forced the person to think through a problem to a logical conclusion. Sometimes the answer seemed so clear, it made people look foolish. For this, he was ...
Character, knowledge, and skills in ancient Greek paideia
... answer would be standard. They would send them to get an education that would enable them initially to enter a university, which with some luck might help them eventually to earn a comfortable and financially rewarding life. The answer that one would not probably get is that they would send them to ...
... answer would be standard. They would send them to get an education that would enable them initially to enter a university, which with some luck might help them eventually to earn a comfortable and financially rewarding life. The answer that one would not probably get is that they would send them to ...
Thucydides and Xenophon: Political Historians of Ancient Greece
... Thucydides states that due to lack of proper evidence it may be impossible to get a 'really precise knowledge of the distant past or even of the history preceding our own' (I.1). Here, he seems more critical than Herodotus in his use of myth and legend. Furthermore, Thucydides is trying to correct t ...
... Thucydides states that due to lack of proper evidence it may be impossible to get a 'really precise knowledge of the distant past or even of the history preceding our own' (I.1). Here, he seems more critical than Herodotus in his use of myth and legend. Furthermore, Thucydides is trying to correct t ...
Euripides` Hecuba as Imperial Drama
... imperial democracy in the 420s. I approximate for the purposes of this reading the army’s assembly to the Athenian Assembly and the trial debate of Hecuba to the allied trials judged by Athenian courts. The Athenian Assembly was the main instrument for shaping foreign policy and passed a number of ...
... imperial democracy in the 420s. I approximate for the purposes of this reading the army’s assembly to the Athenian Assembly and the trial debate of Hecuba to the allied trials judged by Athenian courts. The Athenian Assembly was the main instrument for shaping foreign policy and passed a number of ...
the history of western civilization
... Is this poem a possible critique of warfare? Or does it portray war as glorious? ...
... Is this poem a possible critique of warfare? Or does it portray war as glorious? ...
Famous Men of Greece
... Vulcan taught the Greeks how to make plows, spades and hoes and many other things of iron and brass. When the gods came down now and then from Olympus they found that the early Greeks were very wicked. The kindness of the gods made them no better; so at last Jupiter decided to destroy them by a floo ...
... Vulcan taught the Greeks how to make plows, spades and hoes and many other things of iron and brass. When the gods came down now and then from Olympus they found that the early Greeks were very wicked. The kindness of the gods made them no better; so at last Jupiter decided to destroy them by a floo ...
the “repatriation” of orestes and theseus la “repatriación” de orestes
... intention is Stesichorus’ Ὀρέστεια. In this work, Stesichorus went considerably beyond the bare outlines of the story as sketched in the Odyssey, and seems to have made use of a poem by Xanthus36, of whom almost nothing but this is known 37. But his shaping of the myth may none the less be largely h ...
... intention is Stesichorus’ Ὀρέστεια. In this work, Stesichorus went considerably beyond the bare outlines of the story as sketched in the Odyssey, and seems to have made use of a poem by Xanthus36, of whom almost nothing but this is known 37. But his shaping of the myth may none the less be largely h ...
Socrates: His Life and Times
... he would attend parties given by his friends and students where intellectual conversation was the highlight of the night’s entertainment. Wherever he went anyone was free to listen, Socrates never charged for his teachings and actually turned down large gifts from his wealthier students although he ...
... he would attend parties given by his friends and students where intellectual conversation was the highlight of the night’s entertainment. Wherever he went anyone was free to listen, Socrates never charged for his teachings and actually turned down large gifts from his wealthier students although he ...
Who Was Theseus - cloudfront.net
... name Poseidon* as his father, most say that Theseus was the son of King Aegeus of Athens, who had stopped at Troezen after consulting the oracle at Delphi. Oracle: priest or priestess or other creature through whom a god is believed to speak; also the location (such as a shrine) where such words are ...
... name Poseidon* as his father, most say that Theseus was the son of King Aegeus of Athens, who had stopped at Troezen after consulting the oracle at Delphi. Oracle: priest or priestess or other creature through whom a god is believed to speak; also the location (such as a shrine) where such words are ...
Athens 403: State of Athenian Finances
... fees, rents, import-export duties, etc.) over the direct taxation of people, their property, or income. Direct taxation was problematic in ancient Athens for both ideological and practical reasons. Because the tyrant Peisistratus had instituted a direct tax on wealth and property, such taxes were as ...
... fees, rents, import-export duties, etc.) over the direct taxation of people, their property, or income. Direct taxation was problematic in ancient Athens for both ideological and practical reasons. Because the tyrant Peisistratus had instituted a direct tax on wealth and property, such taxes were as ...
A Note On The Charges Against Socrates: Corrupting The Youth
... instruction in philosophy) by offering to have sex with him. To Alcibiades’s astonishment, the old man rebuffed him—the handsomest youth in all Athens. It is impossible now to know whether such an offer was in fact made and rebuffed; the point is, Plato thought it important to say so publicly in his ...
... instruction in philosophy) by offering to have sex with him. To Alcibiades’s astonishment, the old man rebuffed him—the handsomest youth in all Athens. It is impossible now to know whether such an offer was in fact made and rebuffed; the point is, Plato thought it important to say so publicly in his ...
Illinois classical studies: http://hdl.handle.net/10684
... The former held back when the Athenians were enflamed with martial ardor for the conquest of Sicily, whereas Crassus' (piA,apxia and (piXo-cinia coerced the Romans into undertaking war with the Parthians against their better judgement; "the Athenians sent an unwilling Nicias to war, but it was the R ...
... The former held back when the Athenians were enflamed with martial ardor for the conquest of Sicily, whereas Crassus' (piA,apxia and (piXo-cinia coerced the Romans into undertaking war with the Parthians against their better judgement; "the Athenians sent an unwilling Nicias to war, but it was the R ...
Lecture 18 - Missouri State University
... She’s a might goddess. She probably did start her career as one of a series of earth-type goddesses who were already worshiped and venerated in ancient Greece by the indigenous Greeks, before the Achaeans ever came in there. She is also, in addition to being associated with childbirth and young anim ...
... She’s a might goddess. She probably did start her career as one of a series of earth-type goddesses who were already worshiped and venerated in ancient Greece by the indigenous Greeks, before the Achaeans ever came in there. She is also, in addition to being associated with childbirth and young anim ...
Lecture 18
... Artemis completely in the buff. Whoa! Not a good career move. Artemis sees him seeing her in the buff. Her first reaction is, “Oh, a man.” Her second reaction is, “Oh, a man seeing me buck-naked, me, the goddess Artemis.” She flings water at him. You can figure who tells us this story—Ovid again. Ov ...
... Artemis completely in the buff. Whoa! Not a good career move. Artemis sees him seeing her in the buff. Her first reaction is, “Oh, a man.” Her second reaction is, “Oh, a man seeing me buck-naked, me, the goddess Artemis.” She flings water at him. You can figure who tells us this story—Ovid again. Ov ...
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... the discovery of fhe bones of the legendary Theseus which were recovered and returned to Athens. Plutarch comments that under Kimon the Athenians carried the war into their enemies' country and won new colonial teritory. (4) Kimon's greatest military achievement was his campaign at Eurymedon in Asia ...
... the discovery of fhe bones of the legendary Theseus which were recovered and returned to Athens. Plutarch comments that under Kimon the Athenians carried the war into their enemies' country and won new colonial teritory. (4) Kimon's greatest military achievement was his campaign at Eurymedon in Asia ...
Frey_Harrison_Joseph
... smaller and less powerful than Sparta, the state was effective against the Persian threat. Persia’s King Darius I tried to conquer Greece during the First Persian War. During this war, the Battle of Marathon took place. The Battle of Marathon (490 BC) was between the Persians and the Athenians (1.18 ...
... smaller and less powerful than Sparta, the state was effective against the Persian threat. Persia’s King Darius I tried to conquer Greece during the First Persian War. During this war, the Battle of Marathon took place. The Battle of Marathon (490 BC) was between the Persians and the Athenians (1.18 ...
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.