Grissom_umd_0117E_13755 - DRUM
... The Department of History at the University of Maryland welcomed me with open arms and helped me broaden my focus through a comprehensive course of study. Special thanks must go out to Dr. Ken Holum whose perspective on history is very different from my own. This difference, of course, has made me a ...
... The Department of History at the University of Maryland welcomed me with open arms and helped me broaden my focus through a comprehensive course of study. Special thanks must go out to Dr. Ken Holum whose perspective on history is very different from my own. This difference, of course, has made me a ...
The Peloponnesian War
... In the second half of the fifth century bc the two leading powers in Greece were Athens, which was democratic and innovative, and whose navy had built up an empire in the Aegean Sea, and Sparta, which was oligarchic and conservative, and whose army of heavy infantry enabled it to dominate the souther ...
... In the second half of the fifth century bc the two leading powers in Greece were Athens, which was democratic and innovative, and whose navy had built up an empire in the Aegean Sea, and Sparta, which was oligarchic and conservative, and whose army of heavy infantry enabled it to dominate the souther ...
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 ...
Heracles and the Foundings of Sparta and Rome
... aspects of his myth: no matter what virtues he practices in his myths, Heracles was always the hero who was so strong that no task was beyond him. This sort of constancy is in itself a literary meta-strength, emphasized by the authors of the myths as well as respected by believers, a trait very rare ...
... aspects of his myth: no matter what virtues he practices in his myths, Heracles was always the hero who was so strong that no task was beyond him. This sort of constancy is in itself a literary meta-strength, emphasized by the authors of the myths as well as respected by believers, a trait very rare ...
Puppets of the Barbarian: How Persia controlled Greek relations
... Photius. Ctesias’ writings were derived from personal observation as well as the oral tradition of the Persian court. Brosius’ argument that Ctesias may never have been at the Persian, which rests on the examination of the extant fragments, ignores completely this fragmentary nature. 13 It has been ...
... Photius. Ctesias’ writings were derived from personal observation as well as the oral tradition of the Persian court. Brosius’ argument that Ctesias may never have been at the Persian, which rests on the examination of the extant fragments, ignores completely this fragmentary nature. 13 It has been ...
the failure of Athenian democracy and the reign of the Thirty Tyrants
... of certain events and, overall, the lack of serious historical purpose and detail which can be found in his predecessor, Thucydides. Although Xenophon was an Athenian citizen, his stance as a Laconophile and oligarchic supporter should be considered.4 Xenophon was known to have spent much of his lif ...
... of certain events and, overall, the lack of serious historical purpose and detail which can be found in his predecessor, Thucydides. Although Xenophon was an Athenian citizen, his stance as a Laconophile and oligarchic supporter should be considered.4 Xenophon was known to have spent much of his lif ...
POLITICS AND POLICY IN CORINTH 421
... se pouvalt rien apporter d'original.^2 The present work is an attempt to throw more light upon this obscure period. ...
... se pouvalt rien apporter d'original.^2 The present work is an attempt to throw more light upon this obscure period. ...
The Early Development of the Polis: Boundaries, Balance, and
... stating that “the polis must always be approached as a psychological and spiritual, not physical bond,” I believe that this procedure will not only dichotomize certain physical aspects of poleis and how those physical aspects, or the establishment of them, affected the citizenry, but will discuss t ...
... stating that “the polis must always be approached as a psychological and spiritual, not physical bond,” I believe that this procedure will not only dichotomize certain physical aspects of poleis and how those physical aspects, or the establishment of them, affected the citizenry, but will discuss t ...
- Free Documents
... ascend from it to a grasp of genuine virtue. But a difculty confronts any effort to approach Thucydides text today. There would seem to be a promising indication at the start of the work that it will speak directly to the concerns of an enlightened time like our own it is written at the peak of poli ...
... ascend from it to a grasp of genuine virtue. But a difculty confronts any effort to approach Thucydides text today. There would seem to be a promising indication at the start of the work that it will speak directly to the concerns of an enlightened time like our own it is written at the peak of poli ...
File - HSIE Teachers
... ONE Ancient Society – Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BC Revise the social Revise the social structure and structure and political Revise the political Revise the Revise the organisation – economy – organisation – economy – land geographical Lycurgus, the two periokoi and control of the ...
... ONE Ancient Society – Spartan Society to the Battle of Leuctra 371 BC Revise the social Revise the social structure and structure and political Revise the political Revise the Revise the organisation – economy – organisation – economy – land geographical Lycurgus, the two periokoi and control of the ...
Exploring the Role of Basic Motives in Foreign Policy
... foreign policy decisionmaking which takes into account all three basic motivational categories. 5 We will refer to them here as fear, interest, and recognition and to the associated goals as security, prosperity, and community. The central theoretical contention on which this framework is based is t ...
... foreign policy decisionmaking which takes into account all three basic motivational categories. 5 We will refer to them here as fear, interest, and recognition and to the associated goals as security, prosperity, and community. The central theoretical contention on which this framework is based is t ...
“Is there an exit strategy from a preventive war? The opposing cases
... by the same aforementioned International Relations’ three schools of thought. Cosmoicon is the inherent, unique, alphabet whereby the leader reads the book of international politics which is written by the states’ interaction. That alphabet is indispensable for “self-orientation” within the politic ...
... by the same aforementioned International Relations’ three schools of thought. Cosmoicon is the inherent, unique, alphabet whereby the leader reads the book of international politics which is written by the states’ interaction. That alphabet is indispensable for “self-orientation” within the politic ...
S N : PEECH AND
... the Platonic corpus. Where efforts are expended outside of the dialogues or the letters, the turn is usually to “historical” sources, i.e. near contemporary commentators on the dialogues. There has been some, not a great deal by ratio, but some discussion of Plato’s relation to his philosophical fo ...
... the Platonic corpus. Where efforts are expended outside of the dialogues or the letters, the turn is usually to “historical” sources, i.e. near contemporary commentators on the dialogues. There has been some, not a great deal by ratio, but some discussion of Plato’s relation to his philosophical fo ...
INDIVIDUALS IN XENOPHON, HELLENICA 1
... he may outwit the enemy on the field of battle. Leading figures in the Hellenica to whom Xenophon attributes several or many characteristics of his ideal commander are Hermocrates, Agesilaus, Teleutias, Iphicrates and Jason. A case could be made out for adding Thrasybulus and Dercylidas to the list. ...
... he may outwit the enemy on the field of battle. Leading figures in the Hellenica to whom Xenophon attributes several or many characteristics of his ideal commander are Hermocrates, Agesilaus, Teleutias, Iphicrates and Jason. A case could be made out for adding Thrasybulus and Dercylidas to the list. ...
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Thucydides [from Encyclopedia of Social Measurement]
... though democratic Athens has exerted a greater influence on the thinking of Thucydides’ contemporary interpreters than has aristocratic Sparta, the latter of these two powers was clearly the stronger at the war’s beginning. Indeed, as Thucydides tells us, most Greeks initially believed that the Spar ...
... though democratic Athens has exerted a greater influence on the thinking of Thucydides’ contemporary interpreters than has aristocratic Sparta, the latter of these two powers was clearly the stronger at the war’s beginning. Indeed, as Thucydides tells us, most Greeks initially believed that the Spar ...
Winchester 2 Table of Contents Chapter One: Historical Background
... assembly and the three generals assigned to positions of command in the Sicilian Expedition – Alcibiades, Nicias, and Lamachus – and attempt to contextualize Alcibiades’ defecting from Athens to Sparta. I focus on the Sicilian Expedition narrative in Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War Book ...
... assembly and the three generals assigned to positions of command in the Sicilian Expedition – Alcibiades, Nicias, and Lamachus – and attempt to contextualize Alcibiades’ defecting from Athens to Sparta. I focus on the Sicilian Expedition narrative in Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War Book ...
The Second Athenian League: An Alliance
... dedication, excellent advice, and passion for ancient history were indispensable assets for the entirety of my time in the graduate program. Many thanks as well to Professors Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Andrew Koh, and the entire faculty of the AGRS program, without whose guidance and support this pres ...
... dedication, excellent advice, and passion for ancient history were indispensable assets for the entirety of my time in the graduate program. Many thanks as well to Professors Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Andrew Koh, and the entire faculty of the AGRS program, without whose guidance and support this pres ...
Thucydides and Civil War: the Case of Alcibiades
... furnished with the greatest city and, for that reason, more used to being over others than to defending” (Crawley: “a great city able to think less of defending (itself) than of attacking others” (6.64.1). Can we infer the disturbing truth that the great difference among free countries is this, empi ...
... furnished with the greatest city and, for that reason, more used to being over others than to defending” (Crawley: “a great city able to think less of defending (itself) than of attacking others” (6.64.1). Can we infer the disturbing truth that the great difference among free countries is this, empi ...
Spartans change of tactics - Utrecht University Repository
... The two sites which can be confirmed as part of the Attic coastal defense were Rhamnous which was fortified in 412 B.C. and Sounion in the same year, both of which were set up in reaction to the loss of northern attic town of Dekelia in the same year. In the case of Thorikos it was fortified at an e ...
... The two sites which can be confirmed as part of the Attic coastal defense were Rhamnous which was fortified in 412 B.C. and Sounion in the same year, both of which were set up in reaction to the loss of northern attic town of Dekelia in the same year. In the case of Thorikos it was fortified at an e ...
AH3 option 2 Conflict
... wars between political factions within cities (the Thucydidean paradigm is that of Corcyra: Thuc. 3.69-85 (a stunningly vivid passage)), although political factions in Greek cities were often aligned according to pro- and anti-Athenian factions (as they were in Megara: Thuc. 4.6. Relations between A ...
... wars between political factions within cities (the Thucydidean paradigm is that of Corcyra: Thuc. 3.69-85 (a stunningly vivid passage)), although political factions in Greek cities were often aligned according to pro- and anti-Athenian factions (as they were in Megara: Thuc. 4.6. Relations between A ...
AH3 option 2 Conflict
... wars between political factions within cities (the Thucydidean paradigm is that of Corcyra: Thuc. 3.69-85 (a stunningly vivid passage)), although political factions in Greek cities were often aligned according to pro- and anti-Athenian factions (as they were in Megara: Thuc. 4.6. Relations between A ...
... wars between political factions within cities (the Thucydidean paradigm is that of Corcyra: Thuc. 3.69-85 (a stunningly vivid passage)), although political factions in Greek cities were often aligned according to pro- and anti-Athenian factions (as they were in Megara: Thuc. 4.6. Relations between A ...
- Enlighten: Theses
... the Athenian ephebeia at this period is contested. The issues surrounding Spartan and Athenian state training will be discussed further in Chapter 2.2 and 2.3. ...
... the Athenian ephebeia at this period is contested. The issues surrounding Spartan and Athenian state training will be discussed further in Chapter 2.2 and 2.3. ...
Menaldo - North American Business Press
... and personality approaches, which tend to reduce it either to strategic institutional maneuvering for the sake of staying in power or to static personality traits and psychological needs. Political ambition and the leadership that accompanies it is partly the product of internal drives and unalterab ...
... and personality approaches, which tend to reduce it either to strategic institutional maneuvering for the sake of staying in power or to static personality traits and psychological needs. Political ambition and the leadership that accompanies it is partly the product of internal drives and unalterab ...
M. Lang, Thucydidean Narrative and Discourse
... (a) ‘Revolution of the : Chronology and Constitutions’ () is the earliest and longest published essay in the book, still cited, though rarely accepted in toto, six decades later. Lang ingeniously attempts to reconcile Aristotle’s and Thucydides’ analyses of the oligarchic takeover at Athens, ...
... (a) ‘Revolution of the : Chronology and Constitutions’ () is the earliest and longest published essay in the book, still cited, though rarely accepted in toto, six decades later. Lang ingeniously attempts to reconcile Aristotle’s and Thucydides’ analyses of the oligarchic takeover at Athens, ...
Sleepwalkers in Athens: Power, Norms, and Ambiguity in Thucydides
... presentation, abandoned all hope of changing the Athenians’ mind. The envoys from Sparta, Thucydides explains, thought on the one hand that “whatever concessions they might be prepared to make in their misfortune, it was impossible to express them before the multitude and lose credit with their alli ...
... presentation, abandoned all hope of changing the Athenians’ mind. The envoys from Sparta, Thucydides explains, thought on the one hand that “whatever concessions they might be prepared to make in their misfortune, it was impossible to express them before the multitude and lose credit with their alli ...
Sparta
Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, Spártā; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, Spártē) or Lacedaemon (/ˌlæsəˈdiːmən/; Λακεδαίμων, Lakedaímōn) was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece, situated on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese. It emerged as a political entity around the 10th century BC, when the invading Dorians subjugated the local, non-Dorian population. Around 650 BC, it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece.Given its military pre-eminence, Sparta was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars. Between 431 and 404 BC, Sparta was the principal enemy of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, from which it emerged victorious, though at great cost of lives lost. Sparta's defeat by Thebes in the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC ended Sparta's prominent role in Greece. However, it maintained its political independence until the Roman conquest of Greece in 146 BC. It then underwent a long period of decline, especially in the Middle Ages, when many Spartans moved to live in Mystras. Modern Sparta is the capital of the Greek regional unit of Laconia and a center for the processing of goods such as citrus and olives.Sparta was unique in ancient Greece for its social system and constitution, which completely focused on military training and excellence. Its inhabitants were classified as Spartiates (Spartan citizens, who enjoyed full rights), mothakes (non-Spartan free men raised as Spartans), perioikoi (freedmen), and helots (state-owned serfs, enslaved non-Spartan local population). Spartiates underwent the rigorous agoge training and education regimen, and Spartan phalanges were widely considered to be among the best in battle. Spartan women enjoyed considerably more rights and equality to men than elsewhere in the classical world.Sparta was the subject of fascination in its own day, as well as in the West following the revival of classical learning. This love or admiration of Sparta is known as Laconism or Laconophilia. At its peak around 500 BC the size of the city would have been some 20,000 – 35,000 free residents, plus numerous helots and perioikoi (“dwellers around”). At 40,000 – 50,000 it was one of the largest Greek cities; however, according to Thucydides, the population of Athens in 431 BC was 360,000 – 610,000, making it unlikely that Athens was smaller than Sparta in 5th century BC.