Legacy of the Parthenon
... To our modern sensibilities and academic curiosity, this seems like a gross oversight. In our modern view, the Parthenon is often seen as the pinnacle of ancient Greek temple construction, the apex of a tradition that resonates down into our own architectural past. ...
... To our modern sensibilities and academic curiosity, this seems like a gross oversight. In our modern view, the Parthenon is often seen as the pinnacle of ancient Greek temple construction, the apex of a tradition that resonates down into our own architectural past. ...
J. C. TREVETT
... If we accept that Nikias was Syracusan proxenos, this has implications both for his role in the Sicilian Expedition, and for Thucydides’ account of it. First, it explains why he was, as it turned out, better informed about Sicily in the debate at Athens than was Alkibiades. Second, it suggests an ad ...
... If we accept that Nikias was Syracusan proxenos, this has implications both for his role in the Sicilian Expedition, and for Thucydides’ account of it. First, it explains why he was, as it turned out, better informed about Sicily in the debate at Athens than was Alkibiades. Second, it suggests an ad ...
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... the Athenians finally gave up in sheer weariness, and passed a law forbidding any one for the future, either to speak or to write in favor of the Athenian claim to Salamis, upon pain of death. Solon, grieved at this dishonor, and observing that many of the younger men were eager for an excuse to fig ...
... the Athenians finally gave up in sheer weariness, and passed a law forbidding any one for the future, either to speak or to write in favor of the Athenian claim to Salamis, upon pain of death. Solon, grieved at this dishonor, and observing that many of the younger men were eager for an excuse to fig ...
the taleides amphora
... the ground, but there is strength still left in his legs, for his weight is on the balls of his feet. Theseus himself seems to fight without effort, and there is something almost casual about the manner in which he holds his sword. Some of these stylistic traits can also be observed in the panel on ...
... the ground, but there is strength still left in his legs, for his weight is on the balls of his feet. Theseus himself seems to fight without effort, and there is something almost casual about the manner in which he holds his sword. Some of these stylistic traits can also be observed in the panel on ...
Who was Solon? http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why+was+it+necessary+
... Knowledge of Solon is limited by the lack of documentary and archeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC.[5][6] He wrote poetry for pleasure, as patriotic propaganda, and in defence of his constitutional reforms. His works only survive in fragments. They appear to feature inte ...
... Knowledge of Solon is limited by the lack of documentary and archeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC.[5][6] He wrote poetry for pleasure, as patriotic propaganda, and in defence of his constitutional reforms. His works only survive in fragments. They appear to feature inte ...
Solon was an ancient Athenian leader who came into power in 594
... Knowledge of Solon is limited by the lack of documentary and archeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC.[5][6] He wrote poetry for pleasure, as patriotic propaganda, and in defence of his constitutional reforms. His works only survive in fragments. They appear to feature inte ...
... Knowledge of Solon is limited by the lack of documentary and archeological evidence covering Athens in the early 6th century BC.[5][6] He wrote poetry for pleasure, as patriotic propaganda, and in defence of his constitutional reforms. His works only survive in fragments. They appear to feature inte ...
Theater of War: A Guide for the General Reader Associate
... The Theater of Dionysus on the Acropolis was excavated from a hillside and featured ampitheatre seating; behind the stage was a temple to Dionysus. Spectators would look down onto a flat, round area known as the orchestra, or “dancing place,” where the chorus could dance and interact with the actor ...
... The Theater of Dionysus on the Acropolis was excavated from a hillside and featured ampitheatre seating; behind the stage was a temple to Dionysus. Spectators would look down onto a flat, round area known as the orchestra, or “dancing place,” where the chorus could dance and interact with the actor ...
20th Year of Artaxerxes - Bible Student Chronology
... (479 B.C.), leaving his general Mardonius to finish the war. Mardonius was defeated at Platea by the Grecian army under the command of the Spartan Pausanias (479 B.C.), and on the same day the remainder of the Persian fleet was destroyed at Mycale. 839 The Persians still held many places on the Thr ...
... (479 B.C.), leaving his general Mardonius to finish the war. Mardonius was defeated at Platea by the Grecian army under the command of the Spartan Pausanias (479 B.C.), and on the same day the remainder of the Persian fleet was destroyed at Mycale. 839 The Persians still held many places on the Thr ...
CHRONOLOGY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCRATES IN THE
... Athens was even then, however, sliding toward war with Sparta on a scale that would involve all of Greece over the next three decades. Two of Plato's longer dia‐ logues are set loosely throughout the war. [431‐404 Republic, Gorgias] Both Socra‐ tes and Alcibiades were posted that summe ...
... Athens was even then, however, sliding toward war with Sparta on a scale that would involve all of Greece over the next three decades. Two of Plato's longer dia‐ logues are set loosely throughout the war. [431‐404 Republic, Gorgias] Both Socra‐ tes and Alcibiades were posted that summe ...
Lycon - Gocathedral
... Tyranny of 30 led to mass exodus of disenfranchised Athenians. Socrates did not leave. Two generals, Anytus and Thrasybulus led a small army and defeated the forces of the 30 Democracy restored ...
... Tyranny of 30 led to mass exodus of disenfranchised Athenians. Socrates did not leave. Two generals, Anytus and Thrasybulus led a small army and defeated the forces of the 30 Democracy restored ...
not for circulation - Ancient History and Classics @ hansbeck.org
... of the day, the contest for Agariste was open only to Hellenes, whose intentions, according to Herodotus, were once again fueled by their shared Greekness. Foreign suitors were deliberately excluded from the circle of Cleisthenes’ potential sons-in-law. The term foreign, therefore, merely follows En ...
... of the day, the contest for Agariste was open only to Hellenes, whose intentions, according to Herodotus, were once again fueled by their shared Greekness. Foreign suitors were deliberately excluded from the circle of Cleisthenes’ potential sons-in-law. The term foreign, therefore, merely follows En ...
The Historical Context of Aristotle`s Ethics
... could gain enough honor to win recognition not only from the people of his time, but also from others who lived long after he was dead. Athenians understood that the competition of honor was not bound by mortality. If one‟s honor was greater than someone else‟s honor, the person with the most honor ...
... could gain enough honor to win recognition not only from the people of his time, but also from others who lived long after he was dead. Athenians understood that the competition of honor was not bound by mortality. If one‟s honor was greater than someone else‟s honor, the person with the most honor ...
Socrates
... Socrates was born in Athens on June 4, 470 B.C. At the time of his birth, his home country, the Athenian Empire, was at the peak of its power. But that was about to change. In 431 B.C., Sparta invaded Athens and held the city under siege. The two sides were at a standoff for nearly thirty years. By ...
... Socrates was born in Athens on June 4, 470 B.C. At the time of his birth, his home country, the Athenian Empire, was at the peak of its power. But that was about to change. In 431 B.C., Sparta invaded Athens and held the city under siege. The two sides were at a standoff for nearly thirty years. By ...
Greek Imperialism - McMaster University, Canada
... of Greece were honeycombed at the beginning of the classic period, in the sixth century B.C. Each political cell, so to speak, had its nucleus in a walled town and its substance in a small circuit of grain, pasture, and garden land which the inhabitants of the town owned and cultivated. Most of the ...
... of Greece were honeycombed at the beginning of the classic period, in the sixth century B.C. Each political cell, so to speak, had its nucleus in a walled town and its substance in a small circuit of grain, pasture, and garden land which the inhabitants of the town owned and cultivated. Most of the ...
Rhetoric and History in Plato: the Menexenus as the Myth about
... Thus all these parallels between two dialogues emphasise the idea of two opposite courses of life, the former aiming at the Good, the latter aiming at Pleasure that pretends to be the Good. This idea provokes in the Gorgias a kind of duplication of terms and practices: politics and rhetoric receive, ...
... Thus all these parallels between two dialogues emphasise the idea of two opposite courses of life, the former aiming at the Good, the latter aiming at Pleasure that pretends to be the Good. This idea provokes in the Gorgias a kind of duplication of terms and practices: politics and rhetoric receive, ...
Trial of Socrates
... The Trial of Socrates Background The year is 399 BC. It is five years after the end of the war with Sparta. Life has not been good for the Athenians. After the war, Sparta put the Thirty Tyrants in charge of Athens. This was an oligarchy of thirty people that limited many of the rights and freedoms ...
... The Trial of Socrates Background The year is 399 BC. It is five years after the end of the war with Sparta. Life has not been good for the Athenians. After the war, Sparta put the Thirty Tyrants in charge of Athens. This was an oligarchy of thirty people that limited many of the rights and freedoms ...
Precautionary Constitutionalism in Ancient Athens
... both to put them in their best light and to provide criteria for evaluating their successes and failures. Our account is that Athenian institutions are best understood as an illustration of precautionary constitutionalism: roughly, the idea that institutions should be designed to safeguard against p ...
... both to put them in their best light and to provide criteria for evaluating their successes and failures. Our account is that Athenian institutions are best understood as an illustration of precautionary constitutionalism: roughly, the idea that institutions should be designed to safeguard against p ...
An Application of Plato`s Theaetetus
... victor, charting justice as the reality of human triumphs—in the rise and fall of the tides of political and military might and in the riches amassed in their coffers. But the philosopher understands justice as a higher reality that provides a model for human behavior. Justice is often corrupted by ...
... victor, charting justice as the reality of human triumphs—in the rise and fall of the tides of political and military might and in the riches amassed in their coffers. But the philosopher understands justice as a higher reality that provides a model for human behavior. Justice is often corrupted by ...
B R A I
... who predicted he would destroy a great empire. This emboldened him to attack the Persians to the east. The Persian King Cyrus crushed his army and conquered Lydia. Only then did Croessus realize that the empire he would destroy was his own. Herodotus thus set the stage for the fall of great men who ...
... who predicted he would destroy a great empire. This emboldened him to attack the Persians to the east. The Persian King Cyrus crushed his army and conquered Lydia. Only then did Croessus realize that the empire he would destroy was his own. Herodotus thus set the stage for the fall of great men who ...
The Plague of Athens: Epidemiology and Paleopathology
... Health and disease have played an important part in human religion and history. Although our conquest of disease has extended the modern lifespan to 78 years in the Western world versus 25 to 35 years in the ancient world, we are still frightened by and concerned with plagues. In the modern world, e ...
... Health and disease have played an important part in human religion and history. Although our conquest of disease has extended the modern lifespan to 78 years in the Western world versus 25 to 35 years in the ancient world, we are still frightened by and concerned with plagues. In the modern world, e ...
The Plague of Athens: Epidemiology and
... Health and disease have played an important part in human religion and history. Although our conquest of disease has extended the modern lifespan to 78 years in the Western world versus 25 to 35 years in the ancient world, we are still frightened by and concerned with plagues. In the modern world, e ...
... Health and disease have played an important part in human religion and history. Although our conquest of disease has extended the modern lifespan to 78 years in the Western world versus 25 to 35 years in the ancient world, we are still frightened by and concerned with plagues. In the modern world, e ...
The Development of Ancient Greek Naval Warfare
... The earliest use of warships in Greece was for the transportation of armed men and their equipment to a battle on land. 1 The earliest representations, as seen on a terra-cotta material, depict warships with a “frying-pan” like body (Figure 1). 2 In such depictions, there are sometimes no oarsmen or ...
... The earliest use of warships in Greece was for the transportation of armed men and their equipment to a battle on land. 1 The earliest representations, as seen on a terra-cotta material, depict warships with a “frying-pan” like body (Figure 1). 2 In such depictions, there are sometimes no oarsmen or ...
Democrat or Tyrant? A New Perspective on Solon`s
... The nullification of debts would not have obviated the need for loans, and the elimination of debt-bondage would have stripped poor farmers of their only collateral. Further, wealthy lenders would likely have been unwilling to risk giving loans without assurance that no more financially devastating ...
... The nullification of debts would not have obviated the need for loans, and the elimination of debt-bondage would have stripped poor farmers of their only collateral. Further, wealthy lenders would likely have been unwilling to risk giving loans without assurance that no more financially devastating ...
Marathon: Die Verarbeitung eines Kriegsereignisses in der
... Today, I would like to show you how the first phase of Marathon monuments, constructed right after the battle, was linked directly to the realities of the event itself. Then I am going to point out how abstraction set in during a second phase; this means that the event of war was no longer mirrored ...
... Today, I would like to show you how the first phase of Marathon monuments, constructed right after the battle, was linked directly to the realities of the event itself. Then I am going to point out how abstraction set in during a second phase; this means that the event of war was no longer mirrored ...
First Peloponnesian War
The First Peloponnesian War (460–445 BC) was fought between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta's other allies, most notably Thebes, and the Delian League led by Athens with support from Argos. This war consisted of a series of conflicts and minor wars, such as the Second Sacred War. There were several causes for the war including the building of the Athenian long walls, Megara's defection and the envy and concern felt by Sparta at the growth of the Athenian Empire.The war began in 460 BC (Battle of Oenoe). At first the Athenians had the better of the fighting, winning the naval engagements using their superior fleet. They also had the better of the fighting on land, until 457 BC when the Spartans and their allies defeated the Athenian army at Tanagra. The Athenians, however, counterattacked and scored a crushing victory over the Boeotians at the Battle of Oenophyta and followed this victory up by conquering all of Boeotia except for Thebes.Athens further consolidated their position by making Aegina a member of the Delian League and by ravaging the Peloponnese. The Athenians were defeated in 454 BC by the Macedonians which caused them to enter into a five years' truce with Sparta. However, the war flared up again in 448 BC with the start of the Second Sacred War. In 446 BC, Boeotia revolted and defeated the Athenians at Coronea and regained their independence.The First Peloponnesian War ended in an arrangement between Sparta and Athens, which was ratified by the Thirty Years' Peace (winter of 446–445 BC). According to the provisions of this peace treaty, both sides maintained the main parts of their empires. Athens continued its domination of the sea while Sparta dominated the land. Megara returned to the Peloponnesian League and Aegina becoming a tribute paying but autonomous member of the Delian League. The war between the two leagues restarted in 431 BC and in 404 BC, Athens was occupied by Sparta.