Classical Civilizations of the Middle East and Mediterranean
... Asia were none of its concern. Athens, on the other hand, sent an entire army plus a navy to defend her fellow Greeks from the Persians. The expedition burned Sardis, capital of that part of the Empire, in 496 and the Persians were driven completely out of Asia Minor (Western Turkey). ...
... Asia were none of its concern. Athens, on the other hand, sent an entire army plus a navy to defend her fellow Greeks from the Persians. The expedition burned Sardis, capital of that part of the Empire, in 496 and the Persians were driven completely out of Asia Minor (Western Turkey). ...
B R A I
... Shortly after the war began, the Athenians elected Thucydides as one of the city’s 10 generals. Assigned to command a fleet off the coast of Thrace, he failed to prevent the Spartans from capturing an Athenian colony. As was the custom, Athens punished Thucydides by exiling him from Athens for 20 ye ...
... Shortly after the war began, the Athenians elected Thucydides as one of the city’s 10 generals. Assigned to command a fleet off the coast of Thrace, he failed to prevent the Spartans from capturing an Athenian colony. As was the custom, Athens punished Thucydides by exiling him from Athens for 20 ye ...
A Dissent at Athens ca 424
... Most Greeks knew, or at least had heard, that ponos (pain, trouble, toil) was the price of greatness. With ponoi one could hope for all that was good in life, victory in battle, victory at Pan hellenic games, or even-to take a single spectacular case, that of Herakles-godhood. At the same time, when ...
... Most Greeks knew, or at least had heard, that ponos (pain, trouble, toil) was the price of greatness. With ponoi one could hope for all that was good in life, victory in battle, victory at Pan hellenic games, or even-to take a single spectacular case, that of Herakles-godhood. At the same time, when ...
Plataea: The Overlooked Battle of the Graeco-Persian Wars - H-Net
... tion. Cartledge’s translation of the oath needs to be ac- important addition to our understanding of the Graecocompanied by the original Greek. I understand that a lay Persian Wars and the cultural ethos of the ancient Greeks. audience would just be bogged down by the Greek. How- For those intereste ...
... tion. Cartledge’s translation of the oath needs to be ac- important addition to our understanding of the Graecocompanied by the original Greek. I understand that a lay Persian Wars and the cultural ethos of the ancient Greeks. audience would just be bogged down by the Greek. How- For those intereste ...
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... increase the naval power of Athens. It is likely that he was one of the 10 generals at the battle of Marathon. Between 490 BC 480 BC he was the most powerful politician in Athens. He developed a strong Athenian army and in 483 BC he convinced the people to build 200 triremes. During the second Persi ...
... increase the naval power of Athens. It is likely that he was one of the 10 generals at the battle of Marathon. Between 490 BC 480 BC he was the most powerful politician in Athens. He developed a strong Athenian army and in 483 BC he convinced the people to build 200 triremes. During the second Persi ...
ASCS 31 [2010] Proceedings: classics.uwa.edu.au/ascs31 1
... & Nielsen (2004) use the designation Delian League because the meeting place of the alliance was held at the temple of Apollo at Delos. The treasury of the alliance was also located at Delos (1.96.2). The choice of designation can imply different judgements of the Athenian arche but can also simply ...
... & Nielsen (2004) use the designation Delian League because the meeting place of the alliance was held at the temple of Apollo at Delos. The treasury of the alliance was also located at Delos (1.96.2). The choice of designation can imply different judgements of the Athenian arche but can also simply ...
Peloponnesian War: Athens - Carolina International Relations
... was defeated but aroused the wrath of the Emperor Darius.7 Darius assembled a large invasion force to burn Athens to the ground, but it was defeated by the heavily outnumbered Athenian army at the ...
... was defeated but aroused the wrath of the Emperor Darius.7 Darius assembled a large invasion force to burn Athens to the ground, but it was defeated by the heavily outnumbered Athenian army at the ...
Pericles
... In 462, the radical democrat Pericles, who was a member of the noble family of the Alcmeonids, accused Cimon and he had to leave Athens. After 451, Pericles was the leading politician in Athens. Almost every year, he was reelected as general, and controlled the people's assembly. He is usually portr ...
... In 462, the radical democrat Pericles, who was a member of the noble family of the Alcmeonids, accused Cimon and he had to leave Athens. After 451, Pericles was the leading politician in Athens. Almost every year, he was reelected as general, and controlled the people's assembly. He is usually portr ...
Pericles
... considered to be a tyrant or even dangerous for Greece. To get around this problem, he promoted the interests of the demos -- the most numerous class of middle and low income citizens -- so as to avoid their suspicion. Pericles was educated by the sophist Daman, who taught him politics, by Zeno the ...
... considered to be a tyrant or even dangerous for Greece. To get around this problem, he promoted the interests of the demos -- the most numerous class of middle and low income citizens -- so as to avoid their suspicion. Pericles was educated by the sophist Daman, who taught him politics, by Zeno the ...
Defining the Athenian Arche
... possessions. He argues that later generations would misjudge Athenian and Spartan power based on the physical evidence that remains of their culture. However at 1.75, the Athenians affirm their arche as the aggregation of land and material that they have acquired after the continued prosecution of t ...
... possessions. He argues that later generations would misjudge Athenian and Spartan power based on the physical evidence that remains of their culture. However at 1.75, the Athenians affirm their arche as the aggregation of land and material that they have acquired after the continued prosecution of t ...
1 - Utrecht University Repository
... mainland Greece, but to everyone's astonishment his forces were defeated on the plains near Marathon. Ten years later, his son Xerxes trod in the footsteps of his father and brought a massive army into Greece, but he too would taste defeat. It was in this conflict that the famous battles of Thermopy ...
... mainland Greece, but to everyone's astonishment his forces were defeated on the plains near Marathon. Ten years later, his son Xerxes trod in the footsteps of his father and brought a massive army into Greece, but he too would taste defeat. It was in this conflict that the famous battles of Thermopy ...
The age of Pericles, a history of the politics and arts of Greece from
... by leaving them the very work happy ...
... by leaving them the very work happy ...
`On Teaching Aeschylus` Persians` - Classical Association of Victoria
... mourning). The elders inform us that the royal palace is nearby, as is the tomb of Darius, their previous king. The elders await news of their current king, Darius’ son Xerxes, who has led an enormous army and navy against the Greeks. Xerxes’ campaign has not gone well. The opening imagery of the pl ...
... mourning). The elders inform us that the royal palace is nearby, as is the tomb of Darius, their previous king. The elders await news of their current king, Darius’ son Xerxes, who has led an enormous army and navy against the Greeks. Xerxes’ campaign has not gone well. The opening imagery of the pl ...
Ordinary Level - State Examination Commission
... country for cavalry operations and because if he had wanted to retreat after being defeated in battle, the only escape route would have been a narrow pass which could be closed by a small force. His plan was to fall back on Thebes and fight there in good cavalry country with a friendly city behind h ...
... country for cavalry operations and because if he had wanted to retreat after being defeated in battle, the only escape route would have been a narrow pass which could be closed by a small force. His plan was to fall back on Thebes and fight there in good cavalry country with a friendly city behind h ...
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book IV.
... Aeginetans, more jealous than themselves, and the astute and proverbial sagacity of the Spartan council--it is impossible to believe that, for so long a period as, with the greatest expedition, must have elapsed from the departure of Themistocles to the necessary progress in the fortifications, the ...
... Aeginetans, more jealous than themselves, and the astute and proverbial sagacity of the Spartan council--it is impossible to believe that, for so long a period as, with the greatest expedition, must have elapsed from the departure of Themistocles to the necessary progress in the fortifications, the ...
Thespies - 300 of Sparta
... and return to their city to defend it, in case needed, the Thespians decided not to leave the Spartans alone and remained in Thermopylae. It goes without saying, that Xerxis, the king of Persians, after his victory in Thermopylae, burned the city of Thespiae. Its inhabitants found shelter in Pelopon ...
... and return to their city to defend it, in case needed, the Thespians decided not to leave the Spartans alone and remained in Thermopylae. It goes without saying, that Xerxis, the king of Persians, after his victory in Thermopylae, burned the city of Thespiae. Its inhabitants found shelter in Pelopon ...
SJP MUN VII Joint Historical Crises: The Peloponnesian War 1
... captured the important Athenian colony of Amphipolis. They defeated the Athenian general Thucydides, who was immediately exiled for his failure. Upon failed peace negotiations, our current situation emerges. Following an attack by Syracuse on one of Athens’s Sicilian allies, Athens began a campaign ...
... captured the important Athenian colony of Amphipolis. They defeated the Athenian general Thucydides, who was immediately exiled for his failure. Upon failed peace negotiations, our current situation emerges. Following an attack by Syracuse on one of Athens’s Sicilian allies, Athens began a campaign ...
Classical Greece
... In 490 BC, Darius the Great, having suppressed the Ionian cities, sent a fleet to punish the Greeks. 100,000 Per• ten trittyes in the coastal “Paralie” sians (historians are uncertain about the number; it varies from 18,000 to 100,000) landed in Attica intending to • ten trittyes in “Asty”, the urban ...
... In 490 BC, Darius the Great, having suppressed the Ionian cities, sent a fleet to punish the Greeks. 100,000 Per• ten trittyes in the coastal “Paralie” sians (historians are uncertain about the number; it varies from 18,000 to 100,000) landed in Attica intending to • ten trittyes in “Asty”, the urban ...
Greek Review Power point
... What was the name of ruling body in Athens that controlled the army, navy, and financial matters? ...
... What was the name of ruling body in Athens that controlled the army, navy, and financial matters? ...
Committee: Peloponnesian War: Delian League Crisis Topic: 431
... Political divisions in Greece centered around two great city-states and their respective allies: Athens and Sparta. Both played a significant role in the Persian Wars, but towards the end of the conflict, the Athenians at the head of a voluntary alliance known as the Delian League took the lead in c ...
... Political divisions in Greece centered around two great city-states and their respective allies: Athens and Sparta. Both played a significant role in the Persian Wars, but towards the end of the conflict, the Athenians at the head of a voluntary alliance known as the Delian League took the lead in c ...
Areté: Greek Ideals and the Rise and Fall of the
... free citizens wealthy enough to purchase their own bronze armor and weapons. They often fought in the now famous phalanx formation, which allowed the hoplites to protect each other while they fought. ...
... free citizens wealthy enough to purchase their own bronze armor and weapons. They often fought in the now famous phalanx formation, which allowed the hoplites to protect each other while they fought. ...
Committee: Peloponnesian War: Delian League Crisis Topic: 431
... (currently the second and third largest in Greece) would surpass that of Athens. For Athens, naval supremacy constituted the backbone of its empire and its military prowess – it could not permit the possibility of another power challenging it at sea. At the same time, there was some truth in Corinth ...
... (currently the second and third largest in Greece) would surpass that of Athens. For Athens, naval supremacy constituted the backbone of its empire and its military prowess – it could not permit the possibility of another power challenging it at sea. At the same time, there was some truth in Corinth ...
Lessons from Thucydides on Vietnam and Iraq
... if Athens failed to subjugate Sicily. As such, the expedition is carried out with the possibilities of private gains and personal honors in mind rather than the good of the Athenian people and the long-term preservation of the city-state. It is important to note that Alcibiades and his speech were v ...
... if Athens failed to subjugate Sicily. As such, the expedition is carried out with the possibilities of private gains and personal honors in mind rather than the good of the Athenian people and the long-term preservation of the city-state. It is important to note that Alcibiades and his speech were v ...
Revolt of Mitylene 428 B.C.
... Spartan territory, instructed his men to fortify the coast with whatever stone & wood they could find. Demosthenes then sent out 2 triremes (ships) to bring back the Athenian NavyEurymedon - to aid them. He had 5 ships left. The Spartan ships, seeing that they're territory was being held by Athenian ...
... Spartan territory, instructed his men to fortify the coast with whatever stone & wood they could find. Demosthenes then sent out 2 triremes (ships) to bring back the Athenian NavyEurymedon - to aid them. He had 5 ships left. The Spartan ships, seeing that they're territory was being held by Athenian ...
Athenian Democracy
... Initially, non-landowning citizens could not participate in Athens’s Assembly. Unlike Sparta, Athens gradually expanded its definition of citizenship to include more people Eventually, all free men could be members of the Assembly regardless of what class they belonged to, even the metics— ...
... Initially, non-landowning citizens could not participate in Athens’s Assembly. Unlike Sparta, Athens gradually expanded its definition of citizenship to include more people Eventually, all free men could be members of the Assembly regardless of what class they belonged to, even the metics— ...
Battle of the Eurymedon
The Battle of the Eurymedon was a double battle, taking place both on water and land, between the Delian League of Athens and her Allies, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I. It took place in either 469 or 466 BC, in the vicinity of the mouth of the Eurymedon River (now the Köprüçay) in Pamphylia, Asia Minor. It forms part of the Wars of the Delian League, itself part of the larger Greco-Persian Wars.The Delian League had been formed between Athens and many of the city-states of the Aegean to continue the war with Persia, which had begun with the first and second Persian invasions of Greece (492–490 and 480–479 BC, respectively). In the aftermath of the Battles of Plataea and Mycale, which had ended the second invasion, the Greek Allies had taken the offensive, besieging the cities of Sestos and Byzantium. The Delian League then took over responsibility for the war, and continued to attack Persian bases in the Aegean throughout the next decade. In either 469 or 466 BC, the Persians began assembling a large army and navy for a major offensive against the Greeks. Gathering near the Eurymedon, it is possible that the expedition aimed to move up the coast of Asia Minor, capturing each city in turn. This would bring the Asiatic Greek regions back under Persian control, and give the Persians naval bases from which to launch further expeditions into the Aegean. Hearing of the Persian preparations, the Athenian general Cimon took 200 triremes and sailed to Phaselis in Pamphylia, which eventually agreed to join the Delian League. This effectively blocked the Persian strategy at its first objective.Cimon then moved to pre-emptively attack the Persian forces near the Eurymedon. Sailing into the mouth of the river, Cimon quickly routed the Persian fleet gathered there. Most of the Persian fleet made land-fall, and the sailors fled to the shelter of the Persian army. Cimon then landed the Greek marines and proceeded to attack the Persian army, which was also routed. The Greeks captured the Persian camp, taking many prisoners, and were able to destroy 200 beached Persian triremes. This stunning double victory seems to have greatly demoralised the Persians, and prevented any further Persian campaigning in the Aegean until at least 451 BC. However, the Delian League do not appear to have pressed home their advantage, probably because of other events in the Greek world that required their attention.