Sophocles and Alcibiades
... Sophocles’ enterprise was essentially the same as that of modern writers who have used aspects of the history of the house of Laius, for example, to make incisive comments on contemporary events, whether it be in the form of resistance to authority or to totalitarianism, of national aspirations, pos ...
... Sophocles’ enterprise was essentially the same as that of modern writers who have used aspects of the history of the house of Laius, for example, to make incisive comments on contemporary events, whether it be in the form of resistance to authority or to totalitarianism, of national aspirations, pos ...
Alcibiades ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΟΣ: Socratic Philosopher and Tragic Hero?
... … the stereotype, of the man of action who lives a life of luxury, goes back a long way. It presents us with a striking example of the interplay of experience and literature. Already with Alcibiades there was doubtless both a spectacular personality and a conscious playing up to the legend which sur ...
... … the stereotype, of the man of action who lives a life of luxury, goes back a long way. It presents us with a striking example of the interplay of experience and literature. Already with Alcibiades there was doubtless both a spectacular personality and a conscious playing up to the legend which sur ...
Grissom_umd_0117E_13755 - DRUM
... The Department of History at the University of Maryland welcomed me with open arms and helped me broaden my focus through a comprehensive course of study. Special thanks must go out to Dr. Ken Holum whose perspective on history is very different from my own. This difference, of course, has made me a ...
... The Department of History at the University of Maryland welcomed me with open arms and helped me broaden my focus through a comprehensive course of study. Special thanks must go out to Dr. Ken Holum whose perspective on history is very different from my own. This difference, of course, has made me a ...
History of the Peloponnesian War
... best to put down piracy in those waters, a necessary step to secure the revenues for his own use. For in early times the Hellenes and the barbarians of the coast and islands, as communication by sea became more common, were tempted to turn pirates, under the conduct of their most powerful men; the m ...
... best to put down piracy in those waters, a necessary step to secure the revenues for his own use. For in early times the Hellenes and the barbarians of the coast and islands, as communication by sea became more common, were tempted to turn pirates, under the conduct of their most powerful men; the m ...
the price of failure
... was in the mouths of his grateful people1. Had Nicias‟ career ended at that point, he might have taken his place in history as one of the great men of antiquity, his accomplishments celebrated by historians along with those of Themistocles and Pericles. Nicias‟ career, of course, did not end at that ...
... was in the mouths of his grateful people1. Had Nicias‟ career ended at that point, he might have taken his place in history as one of the great men of antiquity, his accomplishments celebrated by historians along with those of Themistocles and Pericles. Nicias‟ career, of course, did not end at that ...
- Nottingham ePrints
... threatened local agriculture and offered pitch battle in an attempt to force a swift end to the war. He refused to give one and instead, Pericles supported a strategy that aimed to cover losses from local agriculture by controlling maritime movement and to refuse accepting any ...
... threatened local agriculture and offered pitch battle in an attempt to force a swift end to the war. He refused to give one and instead, Pericles supported a strategy that aimed to cover losses from local agriculture by controlling maritime movement and to refuse accepting any ...
Demosthenes and the Great man in `Against Conon`
... By Donald Frye Against Conon is a forensic, prosecution speech commission by a young, upper-class Athenian named Ariston written by Demosthenes during the fourth century for Ariston’s prosecution of Conon for aikia- a private suit for assault. Ariston brought this charge after Conon and his sons bru ...
... By Donald Frye Against Conon is a forensic, prosecution speech commission by a young, upper-class Athenian named Ariston written by Demosthenes during the fourth century for Ariston’s prosecution of Conon for aikia- a private suit for assault. Ariston brought this charge after Conon and his sons bru ...
Alcibiades - Miss Allaker`s Classical Studies
... did not go back to get them, or attempt to. Secondly, Alcibiades was a very ambitious man. He was eager to get to the top of the political ladder, and his desire to rule was notorious. Alcibiades started to show signs of what he was to become early in his childhood. Alcibiades, according to Plutarch ...
... did not go back to get them, or attempt to. Secondly, Alcibiades was a very ambitious man. He was eager to get to the top of the political ladder, and his desire to rule was notorious. Alcibiades started to show signs of what he was to become early in his childhood. Alcibiades, according to Plutarch ...
A Tale of Two Cities? - VUW research archive
... all-encompassing Argive version. To that end, the Argives also created a new genealogy, which, when combined with the Heracleidae, created an entire genealogical history for the Argolid. The Mycenaean legends were subsumed into this, and undermined by the lack of corresponding legend. This resulted ...
... all-encompassing Argive version. To that end, the Argives also created a new genealogy, which, when combined with the Heracleidae, created an entire genealogical history for the Argolid. The Mycenaean legends were subsumed into this, and undermined by the lack of corresponding legend. This resulted ...
- ShareILL
... to have practical effects in our own world. Of course, one hopes that there will always be an exalted place in the academy for pure scholarship, such as technical works that establish the most probable readings of ancient texts or the likely dates of particular events, or that attempt to describe in ...
... to have practical effects in our own world. Of course, one hopes that there will always be an exalted place in the academy for pure scholarship, such as technical works that establish the most probable readings of ancient texts or the likely dates of particular events, or that attempt to describe in ...
Πολιτικός Ἔρως: Alcibiades` Love in Thucydides and Plato
... a matter of a “dual, ambivalent, and ‘bisexual’ structure of desire,” but a matter of the extent to which one had control over his desires (Foucault 1985, 187-189).1 Self-control is the operative virtue here, and its opposite, an inability to control one’s passions, the corresponding vice. This resu ...
... a matter of a “dual, ambivalent, and ‘bisexual’ structure of desire,” but a matter of the extent to which one had control over his desires (Foucault 1985, 187-189).1 Self-control is the operative virtue here, and its opposite, an inability to control one’s passions, the corresponding vice. This resu ...
in partial fuifillrnent of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts.
... funeral oration and the prescriptions for the 'city in logos' of Plato's Republic. Chapter I concludes with remarks about the oration's overall pattern. Chapter 11 begins with a consideration of the anachronisms as they pertain to my interpretation of Socrates' part in the dialogue. I will then take ...
... funeral oration and the prescriptions for the 'city in logos' of Plato's Republic. Chapter I concludes with remarks about the oration's overall pattern. Chapter 11 begins with a consideration of the anachronisms as they pertain to my interpretation of Socrates' part in the dialogue. I will then take ...
Thucydides` Corinthians - OUR Archive
... The majority of scholars who discuss the causes of the Peloponnesian War tend to focus on whether Thucydides was right to attribute the Spartan fear of Athenian growth as the a0lhqesta/thn pro/fasin of the war.1 In doing so, many have questioned Thucydides‟ presentation of events and discussed at gr ...
... The majority of scholars who discuss the causes of the Peloponnesian War tend to focus on whether Thucydides was right to attribute the Spartan fear of Athenian growth as the a0lhqesta/thn pro/fasin of the war.1 In doing so, many have questioned Thucydides‟ presentation of events and discussed at gr ...
Leo Strauss on Thucydides - National Humanities Institute
... “would seem to be the most comprehensive instruction which Thucydides silently conveys, the silent character of the conveyance being required by the chaste character of his piety.”28 If this is the case, the reason for Thucydides’ neglect of economic and cultural matters is clear—that they were irre ...
... “would seem to be the most comprehensive instruction which Thucydides silently conveys, the silent character of the conveyance being required by the chaste character of his piety.”28 If this is the case, the reason for Thucydides’ neglect of economic and cultural matters is clear—that they were irre ...
Plutarch, Charinus, and the Megarian Decree
... which Plutarch knew from some source, perhaps Craterus (Per. 30.23). I shall return to this explanation shortly. The second, the Megarian story, blamed the origin of the decree, and hence Pericles' refusal to repeal it, on his anger over the theft of two of Aspasia's harlots by Megarian youths (30.4 ...
... which Plutarch knew from some source, perhaps Craterus (Per. 30.23). I shall return to this explanation shortly. The second, the Megarian story, blamed the origin of the decree, and hence Pericles' refusal to repeal it, on his anger over the theft of two of Aspasia's harlots by Megarian youths (30.4 ...
Author of Illusions - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
... terms, and only the intervention of Sparta, the leader of the coalition arrayed against her, saved the city itself from demolition and its citizens from enslavement. In accordance with the terms Athens was forced to accept, the Spartans and their allies demanded the destruction of the bulwark which ...
... terms, and only the intervention of Sparta, the leader of the coalition arrayed against her, saved the city itself from demolition and its citizens from enslavement. In accordance with the terms Athens was forced to accept, the Spartans and their allies demanded the destruction of the bulwark which ...
hermocrates the syracusan1 - Manchester eScholar
... detail is somewhat surprising. He probably mentions it in order to show that the Syracusans made a gesture designed to prove their acceptance of the principles established at the Congress by making a concession to a weaker neighbour. No other agreements are mentioned, and it seems unlikely that any ...
... detail is somewhat surprising. He probably mentions it in order to show that the Syracusans made a gesture designed to prove their acceptance of the principles established at the Congress by making a concession to a weaker neighbour. No other agreements are mentioned, and it seems unlikely that any ...
A short biography of Pericles
... Megarians. They, however, disclaimed any responsibility and suggested that Pericles had the man 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 ta ...
... Megarians. They, however, disclaimed any responsibility and suggested that Pericles had the man 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 ta ...
POLITICS AND EURIPIDES by SUSAN C. LAFONT, BA A THESIS IN
... of right or wrong, or whether the world of the senses was reality or illusion; rather they shared the common ground of consistent questioning in their search for knowledge. In Athens some of the more prominent sophists such as Protagoras, Anaxagoras, and Socrates were persecuted for their work becau ...
... of right or wrong, or whether the world of the senses was reality or illusion; rather they shared the common ground of consistent questioning in their search for knowledge. In Athens some of the more prominent sophists such as Protagoras, Anaxagoras, and Socrates were persecuted for their work becau ...
Finding the Truth: An Examination into the Use of Rhetoric in
... speech was composed of an introduction, narration, proofs, and finally a conclusion. The introduction was used to gain the trust of the audience while the narration was used to set out the facts of the case. Proofs helped support the facts that were previously set out by the speaker in order to supp ...
... speech was composed of an introduction, narration, proofs, and finally a conclusion. The introduction was used to gain the trust of the audience while the narration was used to set out the facts of the case. Proofs helped support the facts that were previously set out by the speaker in order to supp ...
An Examination into the Use of Rhetoric in Thucydides
... speech was composed of an introduction, narration, proofs, and finally a conclusion. The introduction was used to gain the trust of the audience while the narration was used to set out the facts of the case. Proofs helped support the facts that were previously set out by the speaker in order to supp ...
... speech was composed of an introduction, narration, proofs, and finally a conclusion. The introduction was used to gain the trust of the audience while the narration was used to set out the facts of the case. Proofs helped support the facts that were previously set out by the speaker in order to supp ...
The Peloponnesian War
... made itself the leading kingdom of the Near East, and its conquests had extended to Asia Minor, including the Greek cities on the Aegean coast. In the 490s those cities had risen against Persia in the Ionian Revolt. They appealed for help to the mainland Greeks, and Sparta declined to help but Athen ...
... made itself the leading kingdom of the Near East, and its conquests had extended to Asia Minor, including the Greek cities on the Aegean coast. In the 490s those cities had risen against Persia in the Ionian Revolt. They appealed for help to the mainland Greeks, and Sparta declined to help but Athen ...
Athenian Identity and Civic Ideology
... Of course Thucydides himself has introduced a competition between the "greatness" of the Peloponnesian War and all previous events. But he informs us that this contest will not be judged by popular acclaim. Although (1.2.1.2.) it is human nature (kaiper ton anthropon) for men to overrate the war the ...
... Of course Thucydides himself has introduced a competition between the "greatness" of the Peloponnesian War and all previous events. But he informs us that this contest will not be judged by popular acclaim. Although (1.2.1.2.) it is human nature (kaiper ton anthropon) for men to overrate the war the ...
Brill`s Companion to Thucydides: "Warfare" by Peter Hunt "The
... things and expected his readers to as well. It is not merely anachronism, but a particular scholarly and intellectual predilection that has led Finley astray. Officers in the military and many veterans are often familiar with numerous units and their histories.11 It may well be that such officers, c ...
... things and expected his readers to as well. It is not merely anachronism, but a particular scholarly and intellectual predilection that has led Finley astray. Officers in the military and many veterans are often familiar with numerous units and their histories.11 It may well be that such officers, c ...
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.