
Sophocles and Alcibiades
... sophocles and alcibiades target. Many fail because they speak in generalities about macro-political themes: for example, the endorsement of aristocratic paternalism and imperial hegemony,5 competing models of elite leadership6 or “a [strong] contemporary application to the problems of the Athenian ...
... sophocles and alcibiades target. Many fail because they speak in generalities about macro-political themes: for example, the endorsement of aristocratic paternalism and imperial hegemony,5 competing models of elite leadership6 or “a [strong] contemporary application to the problems of the Athenian ...
Grissom_umd_0117E_13755 - DRUM
... certain leaders in his society to act primarily out of fear concerning both their lack of physical safety (the external danger) as well as out of anger at perceived threats to their honor and status (emotions which Thucydides saw as the internal danger). I will show, however, that fear per se need n ...
... certain leaders in his society to act primarily out of fear concerning both their lack of physical safety (the external danger) as well as out of anger at perceived threats to their honor and status (emotions which Thucydides saw as the internal danger). I will show, however, that fear per se need n ...
the price of failure
... various theaters of military action, including Sicily. Pausanias says that he agrees with Philistus, who says that Nicias‟ name did not appear on the stele because he had surrendered voluntarily in Sicily, and was therefore considered an unworthy soldier2. Plutarch, the great biographer who helped i ...
... various theaters of military action, including Sicily. Pausanias says that he agrees with Philistus, who says that Nicias‟ name did not appear on the stele because he had surrendered voluntarily in Sicily, and was therefore considered an unworthy soldier2. Plutarch, the great biographer who helped i ...
History of the Peloponnesian War
... islands, as communication by sea became more common, were tempted to turn pirates, under the conduct of their most powerful men; the motives being to serve their own cupidity and to support the needy. They would fall upon a town unprotected by walls, and consisting of a mere collection of villages, ...
... islands, as communication by sea became more common, were tempted to turn pirates, under the conduct of their most powerful men; the motives being to serve their own cupidity and to support the needy. They would fall upon a town unprotected by walls, and consisting of a mere collection of villages, ...
The Peloponnesian War
... the most part) the decisions on which reading to adopt in the many places where the Greek text is in doubt: Peter for all the rest of the book. The process has been interactive. In a series of virtually weekly emails we have seen and commented on each other’s drafts section by section, and I am grat ...
... the most part) the decisions on which reading to adopt in the many places where the Greek text is in doubt: Peter for all the rest of the book. The process has been interactive. In a series of virtually weekly emails we have seen and commented on each other’s drafts section by section, and I am grat ...
Leo Strauss on Thucydides - National Humanities Institute
... modern historian’s project. While Thucydides may have subjected history dealt his report to “the most severe and detailed test possible,” he also with universal “inserts speeches, composed by him,” into his narrative, which truths. “say what was demanded of them.”8 Moreover, contrary to the modern h ...
... modern historian’s project. While Thucydides may have subjected history dealt his report to “the most severe and detailed test possible,” he also with universal “inserts speeches, composed by him,” into his narrative, which truths. “say what was demanded of them.”8 Moreover, contrary to the modern h ...
The History of the Peloponnesian War
... and islands, as communication by sea became more common, were tempted to turn pirates, under the conduct of their most powerful men; the motives being to serve their own cupidity and to support the needy. They would fall upon a town unprotected by walls, and consisting of a mere collection of villag ...
... and islands, as communication by sea became more common, were tempted to turn pirates, under the conduct of their most powerful men; the motives being to serve their own cupidity and to support the needy. They would fall upon a town unprotected by walls, and consisting of a mere collection of villag ...
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... use that knowledge to ones own purposes . Having begun with a realist assumption about selfinterest, Heilke arrives in this way at a conclusion that is of dubious value to contemporary realists, who, while perhaps in need of reminders about the perduring role of chance in human life, are unlikely to ...
... use that knowledge to ones own purposes . Having begun with a realist assumption about selfinterest, Heilke arrives in this way at a conclusion that is of dubious value to contemporary realists, who, while perhaps in need of reminders about the perduring role of chance in human life, are unlikely to ...
the pdf - Open Collections
... badly, but at least i t would have worked. So Herodotus seems to have accepted ...
... badly, but at least i t would have worked. So Herodotus seems to have accepted ...
LYKOURGAN SPARTA AND THE CLASSICAL WRITERS THAT
... Sparta, the world's image of Athens would not significantly change, even if we found a million more pot shards and another Parthenon, because one knows what the Greeks themselves thought about Athens. great mystery. ...
... Sparta, the world's image of Athens would not significantly change, even if we found a million more pot shards and another Parthenon, because one knows what the Greeks themselves thought about Athens. great mystery. ...
The Politics of Pity in Athenian Civic Ideology and Aristotle`s Poetics
... The Athenians of the classical democratic polis viewed themselves and their city as exceptional - quite literally superior to other Greeks and other Greek poleis. The most common justification for this exceptionalism is kinship (in one form or another). The Athenians championed their autochthony and ...
... The Athenians of the classical democratic polis viewed themselves and their city as exceptional - quite literally superior to other Greeks and other Greek poleis. The most common justification for this exceptionalism is kinship (in one form or another). The Athenians championed their autochthony and ...
INDIVIDUALS IN XENOPHON, HELLENICA 1
... in his twenties, he was, it appears, never again actively involved in political life, and he was less interested in politics than in war. He was, however, thoroughly familiar with the methods whereby Greek cities conducted their internal government and their external relations with one another. He a ...
... in his twenties, he was, it appears, never again actively involved in political life, and he was less interested in politics than in war. He was, however, thoroughly familiar with the methods whereby Greek cities conducted their internal government and their external relations with one another. He a ...
Author of Illusions - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
... mere curiosity for all who want to know the “clear truth”, as he puts it, about the war (to saphes, 1.22.4; literally, “the clear thing”).6 For inasmuch as it is Thucydides who has framed all the questions in the first place, his own answers to them are far from irrelevant to inquiries about the cau ...
... mere curiosity for all who want to know the “clear truth”, as he puts it, about the war (to saphes, 1.22.4; literally, “the clear thing”).6 For inasmuch as it is Thucydides who has framed all the questions in the first place, his own answers to them are far from irrelevant to inquiries about the cau ...
Thucydides` Corinthians - OUR Archive
... show how Thucydides over-emphasises Corinthian ignorance in naval matters, while at the same time exaggerating the skill and ability of their Athenian counterparts. The second section of this chapter will examine the reality of the Corinthian navy at this time. While there is no doubt the Corinthian ...
... show how Thucydides over-emphasises Corinthian ignorance in naval matters, while at the same time exaggerating the skill and ability of their Athenian counterparts. The second section of this chapter will examine the reality of the Corinthian navy at this time. While there is no doubt the Corinthian ...
Breaking the Cuffs: The Helots Rise to Freedom A Lesson in the
... is a secondary source to the ancient Greeks to some degree. Yet, few sources specifically regard the helots, or more specifically, Messenia and Laconia, in much detail. Most texts provide small bits and pieces, which is precisely what John Marincola stated in his book Greek Historians, when he addre ...
... is a secondary source to the ancient Greeks to some degree. Yet, few sources specifically regard the helots, or more specifically, Messenia and Laconia, in much detail. Most texts provide small bits and pieces, which is precisely what John Marincola stated in his book Greek Historians, when he addre ...
The Battlefield of History: Megara, Athens, and the Mythic Past
... Mythology in classical Greece was more than the basis of a religious system or a moral guide. It was a vital tool for politics, the means through which identity was created and attacked. Cities and ethnic groups were differentiated through the myths they called their own, the heroes they looked up t ...
... Mythology in classical Greece was more than the basis of a religious system or a moral guide. It was a vital tool for politics, the means through which identity was created and attacked. Cities and ethnic groups were differentiated through the myths they called their own, the heroes they looked up t ...
Brill`s Companion to Thucydides: "Warfare" by Peter Hunt "The
... A third approach to evaluating Thucydides' battle descriptions is to consider his possible sources of information. If it can be shown that Thucydides could not have known the details of a battle's course, then his narratives represents, at best, his inferences about what probably happened rather tha ...
... A third approach to evaluating Thucydides' battle descriptions is to consider his possible sources of information. If it can be shown that Thucydides could not have known the details of a battle's course, then his narratives represents, at best, his inferences about what probably happened rather tha ...
Ethnography and Empire: Homer and the Hippocratics in Herodotus
... that may beguile others, a manoeuvre which establishes at the outset his authority and his discernment, both of which in turn serving to encourage credibility (in some) regarding those wonders that he chooses to identify as such. At the same time, that an account of the Table of the Sun is provide ...
... that may beguile others, a manoeuvre which establishes at the outset his authority and his discernment, both of which in turn serving to encourage credibility (in some) regarding those wonders that he chooses to identify as such. At the same time, that an account of the Table of the Sun is provide ...
POLITICS AND POLICY IN CORINTH 421
... Corinth after this time, even during the upheavals of the fourtn century. ...
... Corinth after this time, even during the upheavals of the fourtn century. ...
POLITICS AND EURIPIDES by SUSAN C. LAFONT, BA A THESIS IN
... consideration of style is important, but one must remember that Euripides, as any other playwright, was free to 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 ...
... consideration of style is important, but one must remember that Euripides, as any other playwright, was free to 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 ...
AH 1 - JACT
... nature of Athenian power. In 427, the Athenians were ready to rethink their decision to brutally massacre the inhabitants of Mytilene (3.26-50: the perpetrators of the revolt were ultimately the only ones executed), but their rhetoric and activity was more severe in 416 when the inhabitants of Melos ...
... nature of Athenian power. In 427, the Athenians were ready to rethink their decision to brutally massacre the inhabitants of Mytilene (3.26-50: the perpetrators of the revolt were ultimately the only ones executed), but their rhetoric and activity was more severe in 416 when the inhabitants of Melos ...
AH1 option 2 Delian League
... from Delian League to Athenian Empire: this reflects a fixation in the scholarship of the history of Athenian power with the question of when exactly the alliance that was the Delian League became an Athenian Empire. There are several problems with this approach: the extent to which the Athenians we ...
... from Delian League to Athenian Empire: this reflects a fixation in the scholarship of the history of Athenian power with the question of when exactly the alliance that was the Delian League became an Athenian Empire. There are several problems with this approach: the extent to which the Athenians we ...
Puppets of the Barbarian: How Persia controlled Greek relations
... Persian attempts not only to conquer the Greeks, by invading Greece in the early fifth century, but also to woo them through bribery, which was employed not only during the Persia invasion but also during the second Peloponnesian War. It is hoped that by studying the political interactions between t ...
... Persian attempts not only to conquer the Greeks, by invading Greece in the early fifth century, but also to woo them through bribery, which was employed not only during the Persia invasion but also during the second Peloponnesian War. It is hoped that by studying the political interactions between t ...
Athenian Identity and Civic Ideology
... non), will be much the same as the past, or at least similar-if they judge this account useful, that is quite enough [for me]. It is as a possession for all time rather than as an entry into the contest (agonisma) for current listening pleasure that I wrote" (1.22.4)·18 This is a heady claim: those ...
... non), will be much the same as the past, or at least similar-if they judge this account useful, that is quite enough [for me]. It is as a possession for all time rather than as an entry into the contest (agonisma) for current listening pleasure that I wrote" (1.22.4)·18 This is a heady claim: those ...
Dorians
The Dorians (/ˈdɔriənz, ˈdɔər-/; Greek: Δωριεῖς, Dōrieis, singular Δωριεύς, Dōrieus) were one of the four major ethnic groups among which the Hellenes (or Greeks) of Classical Greece considered themselves divided (along with the Aeolians, Achaeans and Ionians). They are almost always referred to as just ""the Dorians"", as they are in the earliest literary mention of them in Odyssey, where they already can be found inhabiting the island of Crete.They were diverse in way of life and social organization, varying from the populous trade center of the city of Corinth, known for its ornate style in art and architecture, to the isolationist, military state of Sparta. And yet, all Hellenes knew which localities were Dorian, and which were not. Dorian states at war could more likely, but not always, count on the assistance of other Dorian states. Dorians were distinguished by the Doric Greek dialect and by characteristic social and historical traditions.In the 5th century BC, Dorians and Ionians were the two most politically important Greek ethne, whose ultimate clash resulted in the Peloponnesian War. The degree to which fifth-century Hellenes self-identified as ""Ionian"" or ""Dorian"" has itself been disputed. At one extreme Édouard Will concludes that there was no true ethnic component in fifth-century Greek culture, in spite of anti-Dorian elements in Athenian propaganda. At the other extreme John Alty reinterprets the sources to conclude that ethnicity did motivate fifth-century actions. Moderns viewing these ethnic identifications through the fifth- and fourth-century BC literary tradition have been profoundly influenced by their own social politics. Also, according to E.N. Tigerstedt, nineteenth-century European admirers of virtues they considered ""Dorian"" identified themselves as ""Laconophile"" and found responsive parallels in the culture of their day as well; their biases contribute to the traditional modern interpretation of ""Dorians"".