Theseus
... • Theseus came forward and offered to be a tribute, in hopes to kill the Minotaur. • He had help from Ariadne, Minos’s daughter, who fell in love with him at first sight. • She had Theseus use a string to help escape, once he got into the Labyrinth he tied the string to the entrance to help retrace ...
... • Theseus came forward and offered to be a tribute, in hopes to kill the Minotaur. • He had help from Ariadne, Minos’s daughter, who fell in love with him at first sight. • She had Theseus use a string to help escape, once he got into the Labyrinth he tied the string to the entrance to help retrace ...
2010 Senior External Examination Ancient History Paper Two
... Now the most short-lived governments are oligarchy and tyranny. The most enduring tyranny was that of Orthagorus and his sons in Sicyon, which lasted for one hundred years. The reason for this is that they treated their subjects with moderation and frequently put themselves below the law. Then, too, ...
... Now the most short-lived governments are oligarchy and tyranny. The most enduring tyranny was that of Orthagorus and his sons in Sicyon, which lasted for one hundred years. The reason for this is that they treated their subjects with moderation and frequently put themselves below the law. Then, too, ...
Introduction to Athenian Democracy of the Fifth and Fourth Centuries
... the Delian League, for the ostensible purpose of serving as a defensive and offensive alliance against the Persians. Within a decade, the League devolved into an empire controlled by Athens. Member states were assessed an annual payment towards the League’s expenses. The contributions were managed b ...
... the Delian League, for the ostensible purpose of serving as a defensive and offensive alliance against the Persians. Within a decade, the League devolved into an empire controlled by Athens. Member states were assessed an annual payment towards the League’s expenses. The contributions were managed b ...
Background - courtneyljohnson
... statues of Hermes--and while in Sparta had proposed to that state's leaders that he help them defeat Athens.) Critias, first among an oligarchy known as the "Thirty Tyrants," led the second bloody revolt against the restored Athenian democracy in 404. The revolt sent many of Athens’ leading democra ...
... statues of Hermes--and while in Sparta had proposed to that state's leaders that he help them defeat Athens.) Critias, first among an oligarchy known as the "Thirty Tyrants," led the second bloody revolt against the restored Athenian democracy in 404. The revolt sent many of Athens’ leading democra ...
Marathon and the Myth of the Same-Day March
... presence, size, disposition, and movement of the Persian cavalry force. ll In 1968, Hammond reinforced his anecdotal evidence for the myth's plausibility in a long paper, which amply attests his control of the ancient sources, exhaustive familiarity with modern scholarly literature on the battle, an ...
... presence, size, disposition, and movement of the Persian cavalry force. ll In 1968, Hammond reinforced his anecdotal evidence for the myth's plausibility in a long paper, which amply attests his control of the ancient sources, exhaustive familiarity with modern scholarly literature on the battle, an ...
The Plague of Athens: Epidemiology and Paleopathology
... plague struck in Byzantium in the 6th century and killed a substantial part of the city’s population. This plague, named the Plague of Justinian after the sitting emperor, was extensively described in a contemporary account, modeled on the work of Thucydides, by the historian Procopius in History of ...
... plague struck in Byzantium in the 6th century and killed a substantial part of the city’s population. This plague, named the Plague of Justinian after the sitting emperor, was extensively described in a contemporary account, modeled on the work of Thucydides, by the historian Procopius in History of ...
The Plague of Athens: Epidemiology and
... plague struck in Byzantium in the 6th century and killed a substantial part of the city’s population. This plague, named the Plague of Justinian after the sitting emperor, was extensively described in a contemporary account, modeled on the work of Thucydides, by the historian Procopius in History of ...
... plague struck in Byzantium in the 6th century and killed a substantial part of the city’s population. This plague, named the Plague of Justinian after the sitting emperor, was extensively described in a contemporary account, modeled on the work of Thucydides, by the historian Procopius in History of ...
Cleisthenes
... above the age of thirty could serve on the Boule for a year. Under the law, they could not be on the Boule for more than twice in their lifetime or in two consecutive years. Being a member of the Boule might sound glamorous, but the responsibility was actually without pay! Luckily, the lack of monet ...
... above the age of thirty could serve on the Boule for a year. Under the law, they could not be on the Boule for more than twice in their lifetime or in two consecutive years. Being a member of the Boule might sound glamorous, but the responsibility was actually without pay! Luckily, the lack of monet ...
Solon Put Athens on the Road to Democracy Sec 1
... Many Athenians criticized Solon’s reforms and laws since neither the aristocrats nor the demos, the common people, got everything they wanted. Some asked Solon to remain in power as a tyrant to explain and perhaps change what he had decreed. But he believed that it was now up to the Athenians, not h ...
... Many Athenians criticized Solon’s reforms and laws since neither the aristocrats nor the demos, the common people, got everything they wanted. Some asked Solon to remain in power as a tyrant to explain and perhaps change what he had decreed. But he believed that it was now up to the Athenians, not h ...
Alcmaeonidae - hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca
... Gods. As a result, there was no opposition when he declared himself tyrant. He also declared that he had no intention of fathering Megacles’ grandchildren. Megacles turned the public’s opinion against Pisistratus and he was exiled again for ten years. ...
... Gods. As a result, there was no opposition when he declared himself tyrant. He also declared that he had no intention of fathering Megacles’ grandchildren. Megacles turned the public’s opinion against Pisistratus and he was exiled again for ten years. ...
What can we learn about Globalization from Ancient Athens?
... rents and taxes”2. Similarly, Pericles, in his Funeral Oration, praises international trade as well “… they are coming to our city everything from all over the world and we enjoy them as much as our own products” 3. It should be noted that the emphasis is on imports and not so much on exports which ...
... rents and taxes”2. Similarly, Pericles, in his Funeral Oration, praises international trade as well “… they are coming to our city everything from all over the world and we enjoy them as much as our own products” 3. It should be noted that the emphasis is on imports and not so much on exports which ...
this PDF file - Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
... (against the Macedonians) for liberation of the Greeks. This goal is voiced specifically in the letter's conclusion (§16). Eleutheria in external relations is claimed in both the beginning and end of the letter as the result of the reconciliation proposed. The suitability of the homonoia of the Athe ...
... (against the Macedonians) for liberation of the Greeks. This goal is voiced specifically in the letter's conclusion (§16). Eleutheria in external relations is claimed in both the beginning and end of the letter as the result of the reconciliation proposed. The suitability of the homonoia of the Athe ...
2.3 Battle of Marathon Workbook and Internal Instructions
... accession of royal power was not challenged by any person at court or in the of Sparta resisted the much larger Persian forces, but were ultimately Achaemenian family, or any subject nation. defeated. According to Herodotus, the Persians broke the Spartan phalanx after a Greek man called Ephialtes b ...
... accession of royal power was not challenged by any person at court or in the of Sparta resisted the much larger Persian forces, but were ultimately Achaemenian family, or any subject nation. defeated. According to Herodotus, the Persians broke the Spartan phalanx after a Greek man called Ephialtes b ...
The Bribing of Ismenias
... favour, in spite of threats from Sparta. These details can be found in Plutarch (see 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 demo ...
... favour, in spite of threats from Sparta. These details can be found in Plutarch (see 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 demo ...
Third Annual Kossmann Lecture by Paul Cartledge
... democracy. Certainly, the democratic Athenians took the notion of popular jurisdiction in their People's Courts as far as it could reasonably go; and they knew nothing - and would have wanted to know less - about the early-modern and still accepted liberal doctrine of the separation of the powers of ...
... democracy. Certainly, the democratic Athenians took the notion of popular jurisdiction in their People's Courts as far as it could reasonably go; and they knew nothing - and would have wanted to know less - about the early-modern and still accepted liberal doctrine of the separation of the powers of ...
Journal of the History of Ideas - UTH e
... mainly leather with sometimes metal scales, or none at all, and their helmets covered, if carried, only the top of the head, leaving the face unprotected.11 The Greek phalanx was a tight formation, usually 8-10 ranks deep, where every hoplite covered one square meter of ground. Each hoplite covered, ...
... mainly leather with sometimes metal scales, or none at all, and their helmets covered, if carried, only the top of the head, leaving the face unprotected.11 The Greek phalanx was a tight formation, usually 8-10 ranks deep, where every hoplite covered one square meter of ground. Each hoplite covered, ...
Solon Put Athens on the Road to Democracy Sec 1
... Many Athenians criticized Solon’s reforms and laws since neither the aristocrats nor the demos, the common people, got everything they wanted. Some asked Solon to remain in power as a tyrant to explain and perhaps change what he had decreed. But he believed that it was now up to the Athenians, not h ...
... Many Athenians criticized Solon’s reforms and laws since neither the aristocrats nor the demos, the common people, got everything they wanted. Some asked Solon to remain in power as a tyrant to explain and perhaps change what he had decreed. But he believed that it was now up to the Athenians, not h ...
Solon Put Athens on the Road to Democracy Sec 1
... Many Athenians criticized Solon’s reforms and laws since neither the aristocrats nor the demos, the common people, got everything they wanted. Some asked Solon to remain in power as a tyrant to explain and perhaps change what he had decreed. But he believed that it was now up to the Athenians, not h ...
... Many Athenians criticized Solon’s reforms and laws since neither the aristocrats nor the demos, the common people, got everything they wanted. Some asked Solon to remain in power as a tyrant to explain and perhaps change what he had decreed. But he believed that it was now up to the Athenians, not h ...
The Persian War - WorldHistoryatYHS
... 480 B.C. Continues… After Thermopylae, the Persians march south to Athens Themistocles, however, lets Xerxes burn Athens to the ground and plunder the city Themisticles was to win this war at sea… ...
... 480 B.C. Continues… After Thermopylae, the Persians march south to Athens Themistocles, however, lets Xerxes burn Athens to the ground and plunder the city Themisticles was to win this war at sea… ...
1 Peter Hunt Associate Professor Department of Classics University
... warfare in the fourth century is overstated.6 Hoplites may have been vulnerable and slow on the rough terrain and passes that dominate the central Greek landscape, but agricultural states need to control the fertile plains and must fight set battles there. For this, no force was as good as the heavi ...
... warfare in the fourth century is overstated.6 Hoplites may have been vulnerable and slow on the rough terrain and passes that dominate the central Greek landscape, but agricultural states need to control the fertile plains and must fight set battles there. For this, no force was as good as the heavi ...
Antigone Background Information
... C. Feeling compassion, the shepherd gives the baby to a _____________________, who gives the baby to the childless king and queen of Corinth. D. Oedipus grows up and learns of the prophecy. E. He runs away from ______________ (“home”) in horror, and heads toward ______________. F. One the way, he en ...
... C. Feeling compassion, the shepherd gives the baby to a _____________________, who gives the baby to the childless king and queen of Corinth. D. Oedipus grows up and learns of the prophecy. E. He runs away from ______________ (“home”) in horror, and heads toward ______________. F. One the way, he en ...
Ancient Greek Civilization
... Lecture Four The Long Twilight Scope: Shortly after 1200 BC, Mycenaean power declined rapidly. The abrupt end of the Bronze Age in Greece has been a vexed issue in Greek archaeology for more than a century. In this lecture, we review the major explanations that have been put forward. The most drama ...
... Lecture Four The Long Twilight Scope: Shortly after 1200 BC, Mycenaean power declined rapidly. The abrupt end of the Bronze Age in Greece has been a vexed issue in Greek archaeology for more than a century. In this lecture, we review the major explanations that have been put forward. The most drama ...
1. Taylor, A. E, Plato: The Man and His Work, (London: Methuen
... A. E . Taylor explains how political significance of Athens politics changed by the time Plato wrote this last work:1 “Meanwhile the very existence of Hellenic civilisation was endangered by the encroachments of Persia in the East and Carthage in the West. It was clear that if civilization of the H ...
... A. E . Taylor explains how political significance of Athens politics changed by the time Plato wrote this last work:1 “Meanwhile the very existence of Hellenic civilisation was endangered by the encroachments of Persia in the East and Carthage in the West. It was clear that if civilization of the H ...
Areopagus and Pnyx
... Let me start by telling you my approach to the subject matter. When I saw the topic I had been assigned, I thought, “great, something about the reforms of Pericles and Ephialtes… I use the Periclean Funeral Oration in my ancient history course.” I soon realized that there are gaps in my education, a ...
... Let me start by telling you my approach to the subject matter. When I saw the topic I had been assigned, I thought, “great, something about the reforms of Pericles and Ephialtes… I use the Periclean Funeral Oration in my ancient history course.” I soon realized that there are gaps in my education, a ...
Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Historians have traditionally divided the war into three phases. In the first phase, the Archidamian War, Sparta launched repeated invasions of Attica, while Athens took advantage of its naval supremacy to raid the coast of the Peloponnese attempting to suppress signs of unrest in its empire. This period of the war was concluded in 421 BC, with the signing of the Peace of Nicias. That treaty, however, was soon undermined by renewed fighting in the Peloponnese. In 415 BC, Athens dispatched a massive expeditionary force to attack Syracuse in Sicily; the attack failed disastrously, with the destruction of the entire force, in 413 BC. This ushered in the final phase of the war, generally referred to either as the Decelean War, or the Ionian War. In this phase, Sparta, now receiving support from Persia, supported rebellions in Athens' subject states in the Aegean Sea and Ionia, undermining Athens' empire, and, eventually, depriving the city of naval supremacy. The destruction of Athens' fleet at Aegospotami effectively ended the war, and Athens surrendered in the following year. Corinth and Thebes demanded that Athens should be destroyed and all its citizens should be enslaved but Sparta refused.The Peloponnesian War reshaped the ancient Greek world. On the level of international relations, Athens, the strongest city-state in Greece prior to the war's beginning, was reduced to a state of near-complete subjection, while Sparta became established as the leading power of Greece. The economic costs of the war were felt all across Greece; poverty became widespread in the Peloponnese, while Athens found itself completely devastated, and never regained its pre-war prosperity. The war also wrought subtler changes to Greek society; the conflict between democratic Athens and oligarchic Sparta, each of which supported friendly political factions within other states, made civil war a common occurrence in the Greek world. Greek warfare, meanwhile, originally a limited and formalized form of conflict, was transformed into an all-out struggle between city-states, complete with atrocities on a large scale. Shattering religious and cultural taboos, devastating vast swathes of countryside, and destroying whole cities, the Peloponnesian War marked the dramatic end to the fifth century BC and the golden age of Greece.