Ephebes as All-Round Warriors? One remarkable feature of the
... In particular I will argue against the prevailing view that the ephebes were instructed in peltast tactics – the very antithesis of hoplite warfare (Thuc. 4.126.5-6) – so that they would be equally adept at fighting as hoplites in the phalanx and as skirmishers on the rugged Athenian borderlands or ...
... In particular I will argue against the prevailing view that the ephebes were instructed in peltast tactics – the very antithesis of hoplite warfare (Thuc. 4.126.5-6) – so that they would be equally adept at fighting as hoplites in the phalanx and as skirmishers on the rugged Athenian borderlands or ...
The contribution of Miltiades and Leonidas
... Although Leonidas’ contribution to the Greek victory in the Second Persian War was nowhere near as significant as that of Miltiades in the First, it was still important. It was he who made the decision to face the Persians at Thermopylae rather than further north at the Vale of Tempe in Thessaly. H ...
... Although Leonidas’ contribution to the Greek victory in the Second Persian War was nowhere near as significant as that of Miltiades in the First, it was still important. It was he who made the decision to face the Persians at Thermopylae rather than further north at the Vale of Tempe in Thessaly. H ...
Plataea: The Overlooked Battle of the Graeco-Persian Wars - H-Net
... Oath of Plataea” inscription as an oath that was actually sworn before the battle. Instead he views it as a piece of Athenian propaganda, the purpose of which was to help create an Athenian identity and convince others of that identity (hence the large marble stele). Cartledge describes Athens as a ...
... Oath of Plataea” inscription as an oath that was actually sworn before the battle. Instead he views it as a piece of Athenian propaganda, the purpose of which was to help create an Athenian identity and convince others of that identity (hence the large marble stele). Cartledge describes Athens as a ...
Lessons of the Peloponnesian War
... all goals would be accomplished successfully and all intervening difficulties would be forgotten in the uniting and warming afterglow of victory: “Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling-block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all. Again, in ...
... all goals would be accomplished successfully and all intervening difficulties would be forgotten in the uniting and warming afterglow of victory: “Instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling-block in the way of action, we think it an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all. Again, in ...
Golden Age of Athens
... 399 BC, age 60, trial for “corrupting youth of Athens” and “neglecting the city’s Gods” His defense: teachings good for Athens, because forced people to think about their actions and values Condemned to death, drinking ...
... 399 BC, age 60, trial for “corrupting youth of Athens” and “neglecting the city’s Gods” His defense: teachings good for Athens, because forced people to think about their actions and values Condemned to death, drinking ...
Philosophy 219
... Though Athens in the 5th century BC can be compared to many of our largest cities (particularly in terms of their size and cultural significance), the key to understanding its political situation is to remember that it was a city-state. The major Greek cities at the time where for the most part inde ...
... Though Athens in the 5th century BC can be compared to many of our largest cities (particularly in terms of their size and cultural significance), the key to understanding its political situation is to remember that it was a city-state. The major Greek cities at the time where for the most part inde ...
The Bribing of Ismenias
... below), and I assume some of his sources are early and his information fairly reliable. He implies that Ismenias supported the exiles for ideological reasons; that is, from enthusiasm for the restoration of the democracy. None of this is surprising, since he was one of the two main leaders of party ...
... below), and I assume some of his sources are early and his information fairly reliable. He implies that Ismenias supported the exiles for ideological reasons; that is, from enthusiasm for the restoration of the democracy. None of this is surprising, since he was one of the two main leaders of party ...
Greek Civilization PPT
... warrior society. Men spend their lives dedicated to warfare and training. Some women took up household and economic responsibilities because the men were occupied with war. ...
... warrior society. Men spend their lives dedicated to warfare and training. Some women took up household and economic responsibilities because the men were occupied with war. ...
Greek Civilization PPT
... warrior society. Men spend their lives dedicated to warfare and training. Some women took up household and economic responsibilities because the men were occupied with war. ...
... warrior society. Men spend their lives dedicated to warfare and training. Some women took up household and economic responsibilities because the men were occupied with war. ...
On Thucydides` History
... The History of the Peloponnesian War. The History, perhaps the first instance of prose literature in Ancient Greece, endeavors to objectively record the events of a war which Thucydides says “was the greatest disturbance in the history of the Hellenes, affecting also a large part of the non-Hellenic ...
... The History of the Peloponnesian War. The History, perhaps the first instance of prose literature in Ancient Greece, endeavors to objectively record the events of a war which Thucydides says “was the greatest disturbance in the history of the Hellenes, affecting also a large part of the non-Hellenic ...
lisarow high school senior ancient history
... h) BATTLE OF SALAMIS - Next morning Persian fleet attacks and is drawn into straits by feigned flight of the Greeks i) Attempt of Greeks to hold pass of TEMPE -north Thessaly , outflanked by inland march of Persians j) BATTLE OF SALAMIS - Persians on Psyttalea butchered k) Persian detachment marches ...
... h) BATTLE OF SALAMIS - Next morning Persian fleet attacks and is drawn into straits by feigned flight of the Greeks i) Attempt of Greeks to hold pass of TEMPE -north Thessaly , outflanked by inland march of Persians j) BATTLE OF SALAMIS - Persians on Psyttalea butchered k) Persian detachment marches ...
BATTLE OF MARATHON
... Greek city states such as Athens and Sparta had often fought among themselves, though the Greek’s great, potential and dangerous foreign enemy was Persia. During the 5th century BC, Greek city states and the Persian Empire clashed in a series of wars. These wars between Greece and Persia were known ...
... Greek city states such as Athens and Sparta had often fought among themselves, though the Greek’s great, potential and dangerous foreign enemy was Persia. During the 5th century BC, Greek city states and the Persian Empire clashed in a series of wars. These wars between Greece and Persia were known ...
Ancient Greece - 6th Grade Social Studies
... Unlike in ancient Athens, Spartan women were educated. They learned how to read and write. They took part in athletics. They were also allowed to own property. The Spartans believed that all of these things would help Spartan women have healthy babies. ...
... Unlike in ancient Athens, Spartan women were educated. They learned how to read and write. They took part in athletics. They were also allowed to own property. The Spartans believed that all of these things would help Spartan women have healthy babies. ...
USF Mini-Course Fall 2012
... despite the fact that it will offend a great many people [by the time of Herodotus’ writing, Athens had become a “tyrant city” in Greece, hated by many], because I believe it to be true. If the Athenians had taken fright at the danger that was bearing down on them and had abandoned their country, or ...
... despite the fact that it will offend a great many people [by the time of Herodotus’ writing, Athens had become a “tyrant city” in Greece, hated by many], because I believe it to be true. If the Athenians had taken fright at the danger that was bearing down on them and had abandoned their country, or ...
Pericles - CarnoGold
... women, no matter how high on the social ladder. Much of that becomes clear in Professor McInerney’s argument that Aspasia, the long-term mistress of Pericles—what we would consider his common-law wife—and mother of his son, was never a prostitute, as her origins are commonly portrayed. Dr. McInerney ...
... women, no matter how high on the social ladder. Much of that becomes clear in Professor McInerney’s argument that Aspasia, the long-term mistress of Pericles—what we would consider his common-law wife—and mother of his son, was never a prostitute, as her origins are commonly portrayed. Dr. McInerney ...
The Periklean Age
... The Athenians were compelled to retreat to the island Prosopites, in the Nile, where they resisted gallantly, until Megabyzos with his fleet diverted one of the channels, which formed the island and attacked them by land. The Athenians, who had burned their ships, were forced to capitulate. The Pers ...
... The Athenians were compelled to retreat to the island Prosopites, in the Nile, where they resisted gallantly, until Megabyzos with his fleet diverted one of the channels, which formed the island and attacked them by land. The Athenians, who had burned their ships, were forced to capitulate. The Pers ...
THE MEANING OF DEMOKRATIA
... the magnitude of our city draws the produce of the world into our harbor, so that to the Athenian the products of other countries are as familiar a luxury as those of his own." "If we turn to our military policy, there also we differ from our antagonists. We throw open our city to the world, and nev ...
... the magnitude of our city draws the produce of the world into our harbor, so that to the Athenian the products of other countries are as familiar a luxury as those of his own." "If we turn to our military policy, there also we differ from our antagonists. We throw open our city to the world, and nev ...
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... without reference to fighting in behalf of Greece, in other references in Thucydides to the Persian wars, namely, in the speech of Euphemus atCamarina(6.83.2: Tav {3&p{3apov JL6vot Ka(JE'A6V7"EC E1K6Twc IlPXOJLEV) and in the Melian dialogue (5.S9: OtKatwc Tav M7joov KaTaAVcaVTEC apXOJLEv). Although ...
... without reference to fighting in behalf of Greece, in other references in Thucydides to the Persian wars, namely, in the speech of Euphemus atCamarina(6.83.2: Tav {3&p{3apov JL6vot Ka(JE'A6V7"EC E1K6Twc IlPXOJLEV) and in the Melian dialogue (5.S9: OtKatwc Tav M7joov KaTaAVcaVTEC apXOJLEv). Although ...
Empire of Persia and Media Xerxes — Part 4
... they took their arms, and proceeded along the slopes of Cithaeron, past Hysiae, to the territory of the Plataeans; and here they drew themselves up, nation by nation, close by the fountain Gargaphia, and the sacred precinct of the Hero Androcrates, partly along some hillocks of no great height, and ...
... they took their arms, and proceeded along the slopes of Cithaeron, past Hysiae, to the territory of the Plataeans; and here they drew themselves up, nation by nation, close by the fountain Gargaphia, and the sacred precinct of the Hero Androcrates, partly along some hillocks of no great height, and ...
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... _____5. The Spartans were constantly afraid of the prospect of an uprising by serfs known as a. helots. b. poleis. c. Minoans. d. Athenians. e. Dravidians. Page: 192-193 _____6. Distinction among the ancient Spartans came from a. social status. b. political infighting. c. accumulated wealth. d. fami ...
... _____5. The Spartans were constantly afraid of the prospect of an uprising by serfs known as a. helots. b. poleis. c. Minoans. d. Athenians. e. Dravidians. Page: 192-193 _____6. Distinction among the ancient Spartans came from a. social status. b. political infighting. c. accumulated wealth. d. fami ...
AH 1.3 Politics and Society of Ancient Sparta Maria Preztler
... Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, trans. Rex Warner, (Penguin). Thucydides’ main theme is the conflict between Sparta and Athens. As an Athenian, he was aware that readers might question his access to information about Peloponnesian affairs, and he explains his situation: I lived through ...
... Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, trans. Rex Warner, (Penguin). Thucydides’ main theme is the conflict between Sparta and Athens. As an Athenian, he was aware that readers might question his access to information about Peloponnesian affairs, and he explains his situation: I lived through ...
View Michael Peters` presentation in print
... The next year of the war was even more costly for Athens due not only to further losses in the countryside but also to a virulent plague that ravaged the city. Many Athenian citizens viewed the plague as divine punishment whi le the Spartans pillaged their land. At the same time, the Spartans were ...
... The next year of the war was even more costly for Athens due not only to further losses in the countryside but also to a virulent plague that ravaged the city. Many Athenian citizens viewed the plague as divine punishment whi le the Spartans pillaged their land. At the same time, the Spartans were ...
PDF Available - IPSA Paper room - International Political Science
... unprecedented unipolarity. They are now facing a once-in-a-life-time or even a oncein-history opportunity to observe the great transition, against which they can test theories. All kinds of theoretical labels – balance of power theory, balance of threat theory, hegemonic stability theory, power tran ...
... unprecedented unipolarity. They are now facing a once-in-a-life-time or even a oncein-history opportunity to observe the great transition, against which they can test theories. All kinds of theoretical labels – balance of power theory, balance of threat theory, hegemonic stability theory, power tran ...
Sparta/Athens Comparison Sources Beck, Roger, et. Al. World
... thirty, which had a say in all assembly votes. (Hooker, “Athens” 2). P: They could expell citizens, which is known as ostracism. (Hooker, “Athens” 2). P: Athens wanted their society to be a culturally rich one, and was more focused on the good of the individual. (Hooker, “Athens” 1). P: The people o ...
... thirty, which had a say in all assembly votes. (Hooker, “Athens” 2). P: They could expell citizens, which is known as ostracism. (Hooker, “Athens” 2). P: Athens wanted their society to be a culturally rich one, and was more focused on the good of the individual. (Hooker, “Athens” 1). P: The people o ...
Spartan army
The Spartan army stood at the centre of the Spartan state, whose male and female citizens were trained in the discipline and honor of the warrior society. Subject to military drill from early manhood, the Spartans were one of the most feared military forces in the Greek world. At the height of Sparta's power – between the 6th and 4th centuries BC – it was commonly accepted that, ""one Spartan was worth several men of any other state."" According to Thucydides, the famous moment of Spartan surrender at the island of Sphacteria off of Pylos was highly unexpected. He said that ""it was the common perception at the time that Spartans would never lay down their weapons for any reason, be it hunger, or danger.""The iconic army was first coined by the Spartan legislator Lycurgus. In his famous quote of Sparta having a ""wall of men, instead of bricks"", he proposed to create a military-focused lifestyle reformation in the Spartan society in accordance to proper virtues such as equality for the male citizens, austerity, strength, and fitness. A Spartan man's involvement with the army began in infancy when he was inspected by the Gerousia. If the baby was found to be weak or deformed he was left at Mount Taygetus to die, since the world of the Spartans was no place for those who could not already fend for themselves. It should be noted, however, that the practice of discarding children at birth took place in Athens as well. Those deemed strong were then put in the agoge at the age of seven. Under the agoge the young boys or Spartiates were kept under intense and rigorous military training. Their education focused primarily on cunning, sports and war tactics, but also included poetry, music, academics, and sometimes politics. Those who passed the agoge by the age of 30 were given full Spartan citizenship.The term ""spartan"" became synonymous with multiple meanings such as: fearlessness, harsh and cruel life, bland and lacking creativity, or simplicity by design.