chapter 1 OEDIPUS IN ATHENS - Beck-Shop
... The domestic crises at the start of the Peloponnesian War, then, may well have been reflected in Oedipus Tyrannus. Moreover, many of the issues under debate in Sophocles’ play would have had a decidedly contemporary ring. Oedipus’ and Jocasta’s responses to Tiresias and the Delphic oracle respective ...
... The domestic crises at the start of the Peloponnesian War, then, may well have been reflected in Oedipus Tyrannus. Moreover, many of the issues under debate in Sophocles’ play would have had a decidedly contemporary ring. Oedipus’ and Jocasta’s responses to Tiresias and the Delphic oracle respective ...
Breaking the Cuffs: The Helots Rise to Freedom A Lesson in the
... I would like to extend thanks to all of the academic supporters of this study. These include Ben Sorenson, former classmate and current history professor, for his advice and encouragement throughout, APUS Program Director Dr. Richard Hines, for going the extra mile to secure this thesis as an indepe ...
... I would like to extend thanks to all of the academic supporters of this study. These include Ben Sorenson, former classmate and current history professor, for his advice and encouragement throughout, APUS Program Director Dr. Richard Hines, for going the extra mile to secure this thesis as an indepe ...
AH 1.3 Politics and Society of Ancient Sparta Maria Preztler
... Historiography, wrote c. 450s-420s BC; from Halicarnassus. Herodotus, The Histories, trans. A. de Selincourt, revised by J. Marincola (Penguin). Herodotus was from Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, and is therefore one of the few Greek authors of the classical period who were not Athenian. He did, howeve ...
... Historiography, wrote c. 450s-420s BC; from Halicarnassus. Herodotus, The Histories, trans. A. de Selincourt, revised by J. Marincola (Penguin). Herodotus was from Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, and is therefore one of the few Greek authors of the classical period who were not Athenian. He did, howeve ...
AH1 option 3 Sparta
... Historiography, wrote c. 450s-420s BC; from Halicarnassus. Herodotus, The Histories, trans. A. de Selincourt, revised by J. Marincola (Penguin). Herodotus was from Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, and is therefore one of the few Greek authors of the classical period who were not Athenian. He did, howeve ...
... Historiography, wrote c. 450s-420s BC; from Halicarnassus. Herodotus, The Histories, trans. A. de Selincourt, revised by J. Marincola (Penguin). Herodotus was from Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, and is therefore one of the few Greek authors of the classical period who were not Athenian. He did, howeve ...
Alcibiades Christian Jones Col Sheldon HI-304
... Alcibiades advocated full support for Egesta and Nicias argued with equal passion against involvement in Sicily, the Athenians would compromise and Alcibiades was sent west with a large force along with two other strategoi, Lamachus and Nicias, who hoped to serve as a check on Alcibiades rashness.9 ...
... Alcibiades advocated full support for Egesta and Nicias argued with equal passion against involvement in Sicily, the Athenians would compromise and Alcibiades was sent west with a large force along with two other strategoi, Lamachus and Nicias, who hoped to serve as a check on Alcibiades rashness.9 ...
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 ...
Cimon`s Dismissal, Ephialtes` Revolution and the Peloponnesian Wars
... forced on reluctant Spartans by bolder Athenians who blocked their way home (Thuc. 1.107-08). Apparently, this was the only Spartan military response to the Athenians until 446, when an army marched north under Pleistoanax and then returned to the Peloponnesus without once having leveled a spear in ...
... forced on reluctant Spartans by bolder Athenians who blocked their way home (Thuc. 1.107-08). Apparently, this was the only Spartan military response to the Athenians until 446, when an army marched north under Pleistoanax and then returned to the Peloponnesus without once having leveled a spear in ...
the failure of Athenian democracy and the reign of the Thirty Tyrants
... enmity held by the aristocratic elements of Athenian society toward the power invested in the perceived Athenian ‘mob’ which the high point of radical democracy began to crumble at the end of the fifth century. The decade immediately prior to the end of war was especially important. It begins with t ...
... enmity held by the aristocratic elements of Athenian society toward the power invested in the perceived Athenian ‘mob’ which the high point of radical democracy began to crumble at the end of the fifth century. The decade immediately prior to the end of war was especially important. It begins with t ...
PERICLES
... them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it. -Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now. If Athens shall appear great to ...
... them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it. -Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now. If Athens shall appear great to ...
The Athenian Empire (478-404 BC)
... were ethnically and culturally remarkably homogeneous—not just all Greeks, but almost all Ionian Greeks. The other empires discussed in this book dwarfed it in almost every sense, and lasted much longer. Second, for something so seemingly insignificant, it has attracted a remarkable amount of attent ...
... were ethnically and culturally remarkably homogeneous—not just all Greeks, but almost all Ionian Greeks. The other empires discussed in this book dwarfed it in almost every sense, and lasted much longer. Second, for something so seemingly insignificant, it has attracted a remarkable amount of attent ...
Thucydides and Civil War: the Case of Alcibiades
... his defense of himself in Sparta. As to his betrayal of a crucial Spartan peace mission: Sparta had slighted him by ignoring his attempt to improve relations and by strengthening my “enemies” and “dishonoring me” (6.89.2). That is, Sparta should have dealt with him as the ruling power in Athens. As ...
... his defense of himself in Sparta. As to his betrayal of a crucial Spartan peace mission: Sparta had slighted him by ignoring his attempt to improve relations and by strengthening my “enemies” and “dishonoring me” (6.89.2). That is, Sparta should have dealt with him as the ruling power in Athens. As ...
Thucydides [from Encyclopedia of Social Measurement]
... two powers was clearly the stronger at the war’s beginning. Indeed, as Thucydides tells us, most Greeks initially believed that the Spartans and their allies would emerge victorious from the conflict within three years (VII 28). Sparta’s obvious military superiority on land, however, was offset by t ...
... two powers was clearly the stronger at the war’s beginning. Indeed, as Thucydides tells us, most Greeks initially believed that the Spartans and their allies would emerge victorious from the conflict within three years (VII 28). Sparta’s obvious military superiority on land, however, was offset by t ...
Oedipus the King Author
... The classical tragedy by Sophocles is set in the ancient city of Thebes. Thebes is presented in a time of major drought and famine. The people and the land are plagued and barren. Nobility is important, and there is a very well defined social structure. Society has also defined rules of conduct and ...
... The classical tragedy by Sophocles is set in the ancient city of Thebes. Thebes is presented in a time of major drought and famine. The people and the land are plagued and barren. Nobility is important, and there is a very well defined social structure. Society has also defined rules of conduct and ...
The Early Development of the Polis: Boundaries, Balance, and
... subcategory of its earlier function. For example, many words refer to a “covering” in Latin coming from the root -teg. The early form that denoted a covering was toga, which was replaced by tegmen at a later date. Toga then took on a more specific meaning, “garment”, though still operating within th ...
... subcategory of its earlier function. For example, many words refer to a “covering” in Latin coming from the root -teg. The early form that denoted a covering was toga, which was replaced by tegmen at a later date. Toga then took on a more specific meaning, “garment”, though still operating within th ...
Socrates the man
... love. Among the guests addressing the topic was Socrates’ friend, Alcibiades, a notorious fifth-century character. At the time of the battle at Potidaea, he would have been only about eighteen. But in his later years, Alcibiades distinguished himself throughout Greece as a general, politician, trait ...
... love. Among the guests addressing the topic was Socrates’ friend, Alcibiades, a notorious fifth-century character. At the time of the battle at Potidaea, he would have been only about eighteen. But in his later years, Alcibiades distinguished himself throughout Greece as a general, politician, trait ...
Personalities and the Peloponnesian War: Alcibiades
... subsisting on the famous Spartan “black broth”, a mix of pork blood and vinegar. And if any still suspected him of loyalty to Athens, Alcibiades acted quickly to dispel that suspicion by advising the Spartans on how they could really hurt his own homeland. He persuaded them to send out a Spartan gen ...
... subsisting on the famous Spartan “black broth”, a mix of pork blood and vinegar. And if any still suspected him of loyalty to Athens, Alcibiades acted quickly to dispel that suspicion by advising the Spartans on how they could really hurt his own homeland. He persuaded them to send out a Spartan gen ...
POLITICS AND EURIPIDES by SUSAN C. LAFONT, BA A THESIS IN
... experiment with various styles of writing, and therefore, it is very possible that he would use a style, abandon it for the next few plays, and then go back to a previous form for reasons now undiscoverable. Political topicality in many of Euripides plays may be at least as good, if not a better, gu ...
... experiment with various styles of writing, and therefore, it is very possible that he would use a style, abandon it for the next few plays, and then go back to a previous form for reasons now undiscoverable. Political topicality in many of Euripides plays may be at least as good, if not a better, gu ...
Socrates
... ideas floating. But since those sources were not first-hand and were often conflicting, it is impossible to tell if they truly reflected Socrates' views. ...
... ideas floating. But since those sources were not first-hand and were often conflicting, it is impossible to tell if they truly reflected Socrates' views. ...
For over 20 years, at Athens` height, the city was dominated by the
... In 451 Pericles introduced a new citizenship law which prevented the son of an Athenian father and a non-Athenian mother becoming a full citizen. The law's main effect was to curb the power of the aristocrats since if their heirs could not be legally recognized they could no longer forge alliances w ...
... In 451 Pericles introduced a new citizenship law which prevented the son of an Athenian father and a non-Athenian mother becoming a full citizen. The law's main effect was to curb the power of the aristocrats since if their heirs could not be legally recognized they could no longer forge alliances w ...
Socrates Reading Comprehension
... ideas floating. But since those sources were not first-hand and were often conflicting, it is impossible to tell if they truly reflected Socrates' views. ...
... ideas floating. But since those sources were not first-hand and were often conflicting, it is impossible to tell if they truly reflected Socrates' views. ...
Determining the Significance of Alliance
... 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 bipolar system without nuclear weapons. However this can be resolved by substituting a wor ...
... 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 bipolar system without nuclear weapons. However this can be resolved by substituting a wor ...
DETERMINING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALLIANCE PATHOLOGIES
... 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 bipolar system without nuclear weapons. However this can be resolved by substituting a wor ...
... 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 bipolar system without nuclear weapons. However this can be resolved by substituting a wor ...
Thebes, Greece
Thebes (/ˈθiːbz/; Ancient Greek: Θῆβαι, Thēbai, Greek pronunciation: [tʰɛ̂ːbai̯]; Modern Greek: Θήβα, Thíva [ˈθiva]) is a city in Boeotia, central Greece. It played an important role in Greek myth, as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus and others. Archaeological excavations in and around Thebes have revealed a Mycenaean settlement and clay tablets written in the Linear B script, indicating the importance of the site in the Bronze Age.Thebes was the largest city of the ancient region of Boeotia and was the leader of the Boeotian confederacy. It was a major rival of ancient Athens, and sided with the Persians during the 480 BC invasion under Xerxes. Theban forces ended the power of Sparta at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC under the command of Epaminondas. The Sacred Band of Thebes (an elite military unit) famously fell at the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC against Philip II and Alexander the Great. Prior to its destruction by Alexander in 335 BC, Thebes was a major force in Greek history, and was the most dominant city-state at the time of the Macedonian conquest of Greece. During the Byzantine period, the city was famous for its silks.The modern city contains an Archaeological Museum, the remains of the Cadmea (Bronze Age and forward citadel), and scattered ancient remains. Modern Thebes is the largest town of the regional unit of Boeotia.