After the Democracy: Athens under Phocion (322/1 – 319/8 B.C.)
... also a few ancient historians who offer some insight into the events of this period. Diodorus is a useful resource. He examines the causes of the Lamian War and gives a detailed list of the Greeks that joined the fight for freedom and autonomy. He also provides a reasonable account of the struggle ...
... also a few ancient historians who offer some insight into the events of this period. Diodorus is a useful resource. He examines the causes of the Lamian War and gives a detailed list of the Greeks that joined the fight for freedom and autonomy. He also provides a reasonable account of the struggle ...
Alcibiades - Miss Allaker`s Classical Studies
... envisioned himself as a great conqueror. He persuaded the Athenians to give a green light to the expedition, despite the opposition of Nicias, a much older and experienced general. When Nicias and Alcibiades were about to embark on the expedition, however, accusations of a secret religious ritual, o ...
... envisioned himself as a great conqueror. He persuaded the Athenians to give a green light to the expedition, despite the opposition of Nicias, a much older and experienced general. When Nicias and Alcibiades were about to embark on the expedition, however, accusations of a secret religious ritual, o ...
The History of the Peloponnesian War
... name, city by city, as they came to understand each other, but also those who assumed it afterwards as the name of the whole people, were before the Trojan war prevented by their want of strength and ...
... name, city by city, as they came to understand each other, but also those who assumed it afterwards as the name of the whole people, were before the Trojan war prevented by their want of strength and ...
The Peloponnesian War
... (1.89). In 478 the war continued, still under Spartan leadership; but the Spartan commander Pausanias, who first campaigned in Cyprus and then captured Byzantium, made himself unpopular (1.94–5). ...
... (1.89). In 478 the war continued, still under Spartan leadership; but the Spartan commander Pausanias, who first campaigned in Cyprus and then captured Byzantium, made himself unpopular (1.94–5). ...
the pdf - Open Collections
... "This Croesus was the f i r s t of the barbarians of whom we know to have reduced certain of the Greeks to the position of tributaries, and to have made friendly alliances with others. He subdued the Ionians, Aeolians, and Dorians who were i n Asia and made friends with the Lacedaemonians* Before th ...
... "This Croesus was the f i r s t of the barbarians of whom we know to have reduced certain of the Greeks to the position of tributaries, and to have made friendly alliances with others. He subdued the Ionians, Aeolians, and Dorians who were i n Asia and made friends with the Lacedaemonians* Before th ...
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... injustice is in itself unproblematic, since the pursuit of interest that prompts it is unproblematic. Brasidas, he argues, would have been the best Spartan and even wise had his virtues been a means to his success Brasidas failed on both counts simply because he lacked a sufcient amount of the Spart ...
... injustice is in itself unproblematic, since the pursuit of interest that prompts it is unproblematic. Brasidas, he argues, would have been the best Spartan and even wise had his virtues been a means to his success Brasidas failed on both counts simply because he lacked a sufcient amount of the Spart ...
the price of failure
... comic poets of the late fifth century. The only significant literary source before Plutarch (and, given that it forms the bulk of Plutarch‟s source material, perhaps even after Plutarch), that provides any evidence for the critical view of Nicias espoused by modern scholars is Thucydides himself, an ...
... comic poets of the late fifth century. The only significant literary source before Plutarch (and, given that it forms the bulk of Plutarch‟s source material, perhaps even after Plutarch), that provides any evidence for the critical view of Nicias espoused by modern scholars is Thucydides himself, an ...
- Nottingham ePrints
... natural resources across the Mediterranean, is what makes them a strategic resource. There is, of course, no consensus on which resources are regarded as strategic; that largely depends on a country's resource base (though we do not know the base capacity of Greek states). A strategic resource is th ...
... natural resources across the Mediterranean, is what makes them a strategic resource. There is, of course, no consensus on which resources are regarded as strategic; that largely depends on a country's resource base (though we do not know the base capacity of Greek states). A strategic resource is th ...
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 ...
Leo Strauss on Thucydides - National Humanities Institute
... is Thucydides’ own work.”39 The speeches, in Strauss’s judgment, are a particularly useful tool because they precede and succeed actions, and can therefore be measured based on their accuracy concerning previous deeds and their insight about future deeds. By quoting the speeches, moreover, Thucydide ...
... is Thucydides’ own work.”39 The speeches, in Strauss’s judgment, are a particularly useful tool because they precede and succeed actions, and can therefore be measured based on their accuracy concerning previous deeds and their insight about future deeds. By quoting the speeches, moreover, Thucydide ...
Πολιτικός Ἔρως: Alcibiades` Love in Thucydides and Plato
... Alcibiades himself. This general, playboy, politician, and multiple Olympic victor plays an evershifting role in the War, casting a long shadow on some of its most dramatic developments, including the Battle of Mantinea, the mutilation of the Herms, the Sicilian Expedition, and the international pol ...
... Alcibiades himself. This general, playboy, politician, and multiple Olympic victor plays an evershifting role in the War, casting a long shadow on some of its most dramatic developments, including the Battle of Mantinea, the mutilation of the Herms, the Sicilian Expedition, and the international pol ...
Pericles
... It became very powerful as ships heading to Italy needed to stop there Pericles was keen on developing a relationship with it By 432 BC Corinth and Corcyra fought out a sea battle at Sybota ...
... It became very powerful as ships heading to Italy needed to stop there Pericles was keen on developing a relationship with it By 432 BC Corinth and Corcyra fought out a sea battle at Sybota ...
Thucydides` Corinthians - OUR Archive
... Athenian involvement at Sybota into a motivating factor for the Potidaeans to revolt. This section will also note that the Athenians were acting more aggressively in the north Aegean prior to the war than what Thucydides‟ narrative would imply. The final section of this chapter will discuss how Thuc ...
... Athenian involvement at Sybota into a motivating factor for the Potidaeans to revolt. This section will also note that the Athenians were acting more aggressively in the north Aegean prior to the war than what Thucydides‟ narrative would imply. The final section of this chapter will discuss how Thuc ...
Plutarch, Charinus, and the Megarian Decree
... speeches in Thucydides, does not consider this speech as direct evidence of Pericles' thinking, he does allude to it at 31.1 as a statement of one view of Pericles' motivation in not repealing the decree. 9 But this apparently was not sufficient for Plutarch, and other explanations compete with Thuc ...
... speeches in Thucydides, does not consider this speech as direct evidence of Pericles' thinking, he does allude to it at 31.1 as a statement of one view of Pericles' motivation in not repealing the decree. 9 But this apparently was not sufficient for Plutarch, and other explanations compete with Thuc ...
Determining the Significance of Alliance
... explore a bipolar system free from nuclear weapons and their influence. By isolating the two variables nuclear weapons and bipolarity, I can implement the scientific control needed to determine which variable is responsible for this outcome. The difficult part becomes choosing a suitable worldwide b ...
... explore a bipolar system free from nuclear weapons and their influence. By isolating the two variables nuclear weapons and bipolarity, I can implement the scientific control needed to determine which variable is responsible for this outcome. The difficult part becomes choosing a suitable worldwide b ...
DETERMINING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALLIANCE PATHOLOGIES
... explore a bipolar system free from nuclear weapons and their influence. By isolating the two variables nuclear weapons and bipolarity, I can implement the scientific control needed to determine which variable is responsible for this outcome. The difficult part becomes choosing a suitable worldwide b ...
... explore a bipolar system free from nuclear weapons and their influence. By isolating the two variables nuclear weapons and bipolarity, I can implement the scientific control needed to determine which variable is responsible for this outcome. The difficult part becomes choosing a suitable worldwide b ...
Pericles Structured Essay
... 457 BC in support of Pericles’ attempts to expand the land empire. Pericles forced the League to support Athens in pursuing Athens’ own interests thus increasing his power and influence as a military leader. Pericles was largely responsible for the increased Athenian control over the allies. He wish ...
... 457 BC in support of Pericles’ attempts to expand the land empire. Pericles forced the League to support Athens in pursuing Athens’ own interests thus increasing his power and influence as a military leader. Pericles was largely responsible for the increased Athenian control over the allies. He wish ...
THE SO-CALLED DEFENSIVE POLICY OF PERICLES
... the Athenian involvement in Acarnania which are recounted at greater length.l2 However, within the brief survey of the Archidamian War during Pericles' lifetime13 there are sufficient indications of aggressive warfare to raise doubts as to the validity of a so-called defensive policy. Since sea-born ...
... the Athenian involvement in Acarnania which are recounted at greater length.l2 However, within the brief survey of the Archidamian War during Pericles' lifetime13 there are sufficient indications of aggressive warfare to raise doubts as to the validity of a so-called defensive policy. Since sea-born ...
Morality and Realpolitik in the Athenian Speech at the
... the conflict would be ‘µέγαν’1 and ‘ἀξιολογώτατον’2 (1.1), and as time has shown, he was certainly correct in his assessment. So great was this war that it encompassed almost the entirety of the Mediterranean, from Sicily to Persian territory. In fact, the conflict between the Peloponnesian League a ...
... the conflict would be ‘µέγαν’1 and ‘ἀξιολογώτατον’2 (1.1), and as time has shown, he was certainly correct in his assessment. So great was this war that it encompassed almost the entirety of the Mediterranean, from Sicily to Persian territory. In fact, the conflict between the Peloponnesian League a ...
Residential Restrictions on the Athenian Ostracized
... limitation on places of residence is to be connected with the decision to recall citizens who had been ostracized earlier, for a change of such practical significance for the continued viability of this institution would hardly have been made in the atmosphere of crisis preceding the Persian invasio ...
... limitation on places of residence is to be connected with the decision to recall citizens who had been ostracized earlier, for a change of such practical significance for the continued viability of this institution would hardly have been made in the atmosphere of crisis preceding the Persian invasio ...
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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, ...
hermocrates the syracusan1 - Manchester eScholar
... whereupon he abandoned his mission realizing that he would not convince the rest (5.4.1 and 5-6). He must have felt that without military aid from Athens only an alliance including almost all Siceliot cities could successfully challenge Syracuse. Yet the series of events at Leontini, together with a ...
... whereupon he abandoned his mission realizing that he would not convince the rest (5.4.1 and 5-6). He must have felt that without military aid from Athens only an alliance including almost all Siceliot cities could successfully challenge Syracuse. Yet the series of events at Leontini, together with a ...
Illinois classical studies: http://hdl.handle.net/10684
... thigh wound suffered in mounting his horse. ^^ Thus, the son of Cyrus, from whom so much was surely expected, ended up squandering his inheritance and ending Cyrus' line for good. The third instance of a lion cub in the Histories only seems to confirm the symbolic messages of the first two. In a pas ...
... thigh wound suffered in mounting his horse. ^^ Thus, the son of Cyrus, from whom so much was surely expected, ended up squandering his inheritance and ending Cyrus' line for good. The third instance of a lion cub in the Histories only seems to confirm the symbolic messages of the first two. In a pas ...
Title: Thucydides and U.S. Foreign Policy Debates after the Cold War
... tragic mindset (1907: ix). This would suggest that some of the Athenian arguments could be seen as examples of hubris rather than Thucydides’ own views about how international relations should be conducted. Cornford’s particular conclusions have not generally been accepted (Kirby 1983: 183), but the ...
... tragic mindset (1907: ix). This would suggest that some of the Athenian arguments could be seen as examples of hubris rather than Thucydides’ own views about how international relations should be conducted. Cornford’s particular conclusions have not generally been accepted (Kirby 1983: 183), but the ...
Thrasyllus Author(s): W. James McCoy Source: The
... Eresus, the fleet of Mindarus stealthily escaped to the Hellespont, which forced the Athenians to abandon their leisurely siege and set out in pursuit.15 Even though the recapture of Eresus would have eliminated an enemy stronghold on Lesbos, the Athenian generals gave priority to protecting the vit ...
... Eresus, the fleet of Mindarus stealthily escaped to the Hellespont, which forced the Athenians to abandon their leisurely siege and set out in pursuit.15 Even though the recapture of Eresus would have eliminated an enemy stronghold on Lesbos, the Athenian generals gave priority to protecting the vit ...
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.