Why Seize the Acropolis?
... located nearby.25 The location of the prytaneion itself has been the subject of lengthy speculation, but it now appears that the classical building described by Pausanias (1.18.3) was located near the foot of the acropolis' east slope.26 According to current orthodoxy the prytaneion and its associat ...
... located nearby.25 The location of the prytaneion itself has been the subject of lengthy speculation, but it now appears that the classical building described by Pausanias (1.18.3) was located near the foot of the acropolis' east slope.26 According to current orthodoxy the prytaneion and its associat ...
Xenia in Classical Economies
... The scholarly debate on ancient Greek and Roman economies is long and extensive, beginning in the 1890s in Germany with the emergence of the concepts of primitivism and modernism, continuing in the 20th century with Finley’s substantivism following well through into the current era with Douglass Nor ...
... The scholarly debate on ancient Greek and Roman economies is long and extensive, beginning in the 1890s in Germany with the emergence of the concepts of primitivism and modernism, continuing in the 20th century with Finley’s substantivism following well through into the current era with Douglass Nor ...
American School of Classical Studies
... The excavations of the Athenian Agora have uncovered about thirty acres on the sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis (Fig. 3). Material of all periods from the Late Neolithic to modern times has been excavated, shedding light on 5,000 years of Athenian history. The area was occupied long before ...
... The excavations of the Athenian Agora have uncovered about thirty acres on the sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis (Fig. 3). Material of all periods from the Late Neolithic to modern times has been excavated, shedding light on 5,000 years of Athenian history. The area was occupied long before ...
S N : PEECH AND
... observation, not solely at the level of the reporting of events. He includes himself within the compass of this characterization, at least implicitly, when he assures his audience that he did not rely upon even his own witness, but sought detailed confirmation or refutation as far as it was possible ...
... observation, not solely at the level of the reporting of events. He includes himself within the compass of this characterization, at least implicitly, when he assures his audience that he did not rely upon even his own witness, but sought detailed confirmation or refutation as far as it was possible ...
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 ...
CHRONOLOGY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCRATES IN THE
... carried the infant around the hearth, thereby formally admitting him into the family, five days after he was born, named him on the tenth day, presented him to his phra‐ try (a regional hereditary association) and took responsibility for socializing him into the various institutions proper to ...
... carried the infant around the hearth, thereby formally admitting him into the family, five days after he was born, named him on the tenth day, presented him to his phra‐ try (a regional hereditary association) and took responsibility for socializing him into the various institutions proper to ...
Introduction A Biography of Pericles in the Context of the Ancient
... the unpredictable fate of prominent political and military leaders in democratic Athens – strongly predisposed him to expect that circumstances in his future life would correspond to those memories and that ongoing fear for the safety of his community was the only prudent attitude for an Athenian to ...
... the unpredictable fate of prominent political and military leaders in democratic Athens – strongly predisposed him to expect that circumstances in his future life would correspond to those memories and that ongoing fear for the safety of his community was the only prudent attitude for an Athenian to ...
conclusion - The University of Michigan Press
... Whatever their root cause, such correspondences cannot be entirely fortuitous, raising the possibility that study of specialist work on modern nation formation may afford novel and useful insights into the equivalent process in ancient Athens. Two such insights seem to have particular signiµcance fo ...
... Whatever their root cause, such correspondences cannot be entirely fortuitous, raising the possibility that study of specialist work on modern nation formation may afford novel and useful insights into the equivalent process in ancient Athens. Two such insights seem to have particular signiµcance fo ...
Theseus - Ancient Philosophy at UBC
... feet – after which he kicks them into the sea. Theseus kills him by his own methods. • At Eleusis near Athens, ...
... feet – after which he kicks them into the sea. Theseus kills him by his own methods. • At Eleusis near Athens, ...
Alcibiades Christian Jones Col Sheldon HI-304
... Christian Jones Col Sheldon HI-304-01 Help Received: Col Sheldon ...
... Christian Jones Col Sheldon HI-304-01 Help Received: Col Sheldon ...
Introduction
... the results this had for Athens’ relation with Miletus.18 The development from Delian League to Athenian Empire is a central aspect in this chapter. Since Athens controlled a maritime empire, but most definitions of empire are based on territorial empires, those definitions are not always that usefu ...
... the results this had for Athens’ relation with Miletus.18 The development from Delian League to Athenian Empire is a central aspect in this chapter. Since Athens controlled a maritime empire, but most definitions of empire are based on territorial empires, those definitions are not always that usefu ...
AH3 option 2 Conflict
... It is worth explaining the political organisation of Boiotia at the outset. Thebes medised in 480, but Thespiai did not (i.e. there was not a united Boiotian stand, despite the existence of some sort of Boiotian federation already by the late sixth century). A good deal is known from a papyrus known ...
... It is worth explaining the political organisation of Boiotia at the outset. Thebes medised in 480, but Thespiai did not (i.e. there was not a united Boiotian stand, despite the existence of some sort of Boiotian federation already by the late sixth century). A good deal is known from a papyrus known ...
AH3 option 2 Conflict
... It is worth explaining the political organisation of Boiotia at the outset. Thebes medised in 480, but Thespiai did not (i.e. there was not a united Boiotian stand, despite the existence of some sort of Boiotian federation already by the late sixth century). A good deal is known from a papyrus known ...
... It is worth explaining the political organisation of Boiotia at the outset. Thebes medised in 480, but Thespiai did not (i.e. there was not a united Boiotian stand, despite the existence of some sort of Boiotian federation already by the late sixth century). A good deal is known from a papyrus known ...
Conflict and Reconciliation: Dynamics of the Athenian Mass and
... from the larger body of the citizens as a whole. 16 Thus an oligarchic tendency, and perhaps even plots, can already be seen at this stage. The cause of this shift in thinking on the part of the young elite in particular can in part be attributed to the war, but resulted even more from an increasing ...
... from the larger body of the citizens as a whole. 16 Thus an oligarchic tendency, and perhaps even plots, can already be seen at this stage. The cause of this shift in thinking on the part of the young elite in particular can in part be attributed to the war, but resulted even more from an increasing ...
tyrannicides, symposium and history
... for the sympotic performance of denigration of the tyrannicides, and thus for the enactment of a law restricting such song? As already noted, the one reference we have to the law is a passing mention by Hyperides in a speech of c. 337 BCE; nothing he says hints that the law was a new creation, but h ...
... for the sympotic performance of denigration of the tyrannicides, and thus for the enactment of a law restricting such song? As already noted, the one reference we have to the law is a passing mention by Hyperides in a speech of c. 337 BCE; nothing he says hints that the law was a new creation, but h ...
Independent Colonies Emerge into Flourishing Independent City
... other Eretrian colonies to embrace establishment on the coastline of the Thermaic Gulf due to its success in achieving a monopoly of timber and pitch for shipbuilding.9 While the argument that Methone and Athens benefited financially from each other cannot be ignored, there is evidence that Methone ...
... other Eretrian colonies to embrace establishment on the coastline of the Thermaic Gulf due to its success in achieving a monopoly of timber and pitch for shipbuilding.9 While the argument that Methone and Athens benefited financially from each other cannot be ignored, there is evidence that Methone ...
dicere laudes6.indd - Fondazione Canussio
... wonderful, you know even more than I do’, this will not be received as praise but as inappropriately pretentious. If the same student, however, stands up at the end of the talk and, on behalf of the school, thanks the academic, drawing attention to the fact that his knowledge surpasses what the scho ...
... wonderful, you know even more than I do’, this will not be received as praise but as inappropriately pretentious. If the same student, however, stands up at the end of the talk and, on behalf of the school, thanks the academic, drawing attention to the fact that his knowledge surpasses what the scho ...
Pericles
... Also known as the People’s Assembly. It was open to all citizens over the age of 18 including the lowest class (thetes). It voted on laws, elected magistrates and decided issues of war and peace. The meetings were held regularly on a hill in Athens called the pnyx, and anybody could speak on any sub ...
... Also known as the People’s Assembly. It was open to all citizens over the age of 18 including the lowest class (thetes). It voted on laws, elected magistrates and decided issues of war and peace. The meetings were held regularly on a hill in Athens called the pnyx, and anybody could speak on any sub ...
T he P elo P onnesian W ar
... is the greatest narrative in all western literature. Toward the end of the expedition, Athens and Sparta came to blows once again, shattering the Peace of Nicias. This brought the war into its final phase from 413–404 b.c. This phase is called the Decelean War, so named because an important strategi ...
... is the greatest narrative in all western literature. Toward the end of the expedition, Athens and Sparta came to blows once again, shattering the Peace of Nicias. This brought the war into its final phase from 413–404 b.c. This phase is called the Decelean War, so named because an important strategi ...
Exploring the Role of Basic Motives in Foreign Policy
... and be accepted by larger communities, which can provide more protection and comfort than the actor would be able to secure for itself. In order to be part of such a community, an actor needs to accept and internalize, at least to some extent, that community's norms and rules of behavior. The most i ...
... and be accepted by larger communities, which can provide more protection and comfort than the actor would be able to secure for itself. In order to be part of such a community, an actor needs to accept and internalize, at least to some extent, that community's norms and rules of behavior. The most i ...
The Pheidippides Legend
... Pheidippides had decided last spring that he would leave the army when his commitment was over. He had given Athens 11 years of his life. He was now 33 years old and wanted to spend time with his wife and son, who were safely stashed away with her grandparents in Corinth. He pushed himself up on an ...
... Pheidippides had decided last spring that he would leave the army when his commitment was over. He had given Athens 11 years of his life. He was now 33 years old and wanted to spend time with his wife and son, who were safely stashed away with her grandparents in Corinth. He pushed himself up on an ...
socrates article copy
... Before Socrates' execution, friends offered to bribe the guards and rescue him so he could run away. He said he wasn't afraid of death and was still a loyal citizen of Athens, willing to follow its laws, even the ones that condemned him to death. Plato described Socrates' death: He drank the hemlock ...
... Before Socrates' execution, friends offered to bribe the guards and rescue him so he could run away. He said he wasn't afraid of death and was still a loyal citizen of Athens, willing to follow its laws, even the ones that condemned him to death. Plato described Socrates' death: He drank the hemlock ...
The history of the Areopagos Council from its origins to Ephialtes
... volume was the first comprehensive study of the Areopagos since 1874. This monograph, presents a radical reinterpretation of Areopagos’ evolution, arguing that it was originally a court, which was given additional functions by Solon. Wallace treats the available evidence with radical skepticism, fav ...
... volume was the first comprehensive study of the Areopagos since 1874. This monograph, presents a radical reinterpretation of Areopagos’ evolution, arguing that it was originally a court, which was given additional functions by Solon. Wallace treats the available evidence with radical skepticism, fav ...
Finding the Truth: An Examination into the Use of Rhetoric in
... to be taken literally. In fact, Thucydides felt the need in his first book to shed light on the topic of his speeches: “With reference to the speeches in this history, some were delivered before the war began, others while it was going on; some I have heard myself, others I got from various quarters ...
... to be taken literally. In fact, Thucydides felt the need in his first book to shed light on the topic of his speeches: “With reference to the speeches in this history, some were delivered before the war began, others while it was going on; some I have heard myself, others I got from various quarters ...
Athens
Athens (/ˈæθɨnz/; Modern Greek: Αθήνα, Athína, [aˈθina]; Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athēnai) is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years, and the earliest human presence around the 11th–7th millennium BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent and in particular the Romans. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. In 2015, Athens was ranked the world's 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study.Athens is recognised as a global city because of its geo-strategic location and its importance in shipping, finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, culture, education and tourism. It is one of the biggest economic centres in southeastern Europe, with a large financial sector, and its port Piraeus is the largest passenger port in Europe, and the second largest in the world. The municipality (City) of Athens had a population of 664,046 (in 2011, 796,442 in 2004) within its administrative limits, and a land area of 39 km2 (15 sq mi). The urban area of Athens (Greater Athens and Greater Piraeus) extends beyond its administrative municipal city limits, with a population of 3,090,508 (in 2011) over an area of 412 km2 (159 sq mi). According to Eurostat in 2004, the Athens Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) was the 7th most populous LUZ in the European Union (the 5th most populous capital city of the EU), with a population of 4,013,368. Athens is also the southernmost capital on the European mainland.The heritage of the classical era is still evident in the city, represented by ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon, considered a key landmark of early Western civilization. The city also retains Roman and Byzantine monuments, as well as a smaller number of Ottoman monuments.Athens is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Acropolis of Athens and the medieval Daphni Monastery. Landmarks of the modern era, dating back to the establishment of Athens as the capital of the independent Greek state in 1834, include the Hellenic Parliament (19th century) and the Athens Trilogy, consisting of the National Library of Greece, the Athens University and the Academy of Athens. Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it welcomed home the 2004 Summer Olympics. Athens is home to the National Archeological Museum, featuring the world's largest collection of ancient Greek antiquities, as well as the new Acropolis Museum.