Sophocles and Alcibiades
... (son of Milesias, to distinguish him from the historian) in the 440s bce. Thucydides had been the first to create anything like a political party in Athens, encouraging his partisans to sit together in the assembly. Thucydides’ power came to an abrupt end when he was ostracized in 443 bce, and Peric ...
... (son of Milesias, to distinguish him from the historian) in the 440s bce. Thucydides had been the first to create anything like a political party in Athens, encouraging his partisans to sit together in the assembly. Thucydides’ power came to an abrupt end when he was ostracized in 443 bce, and Peric ...
Alcibiades ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΟΣ: Socratic Philosopher and Tragic Hero?
... had famously claimed to be ‘the same’ (.., ..), but, paradoxically, his immutability permitted the Athenians to be irresponsible, since they could rely upon him to return them to the proper course of action whenever they strayed (..). In any case, Alcibiades has for the second time de ...
... had famously claimed to be ‘the same’ (.., ..), but, paradoxically, his immutability permitted the Athenians to be irresponsible, since they could rely upon him to return them to the proper course of action whenever they strayed (..). In any case, Alcibiades has for the second time de ...
the pdf - Open Collections
... The second clear example of a h i s t o r i c a l cause i n terms of previously described p o l i t i c a l institutions i s found i n Book VII. Here, not long before the battle of Thermopylae, Xerxes reviews h i s forces, summons Demaratus, the exiled Spartan king, and asks him i f the Greeks w i l ...
... The second clear example of a h i s t o r i c a l cause i n terms of previously described p o l i t i c a l institutions i s found i n Book VII. Here, not long before the battle of Thermopylae, Xerxes reviews h i s forces, summons Demaratus, the exiled Spartan king, and asks him i f the Greeks w i l ...
Alcibiades - WordPress.com
... Roman life, never the Greek. So, we have a Julius Caesar, who does conquer France―that’s a significant achievement, whatever they may say―but otherwise just offers a ―! to the Germans across the Danube as his legions wet themselves in fear, pitches a tent in Brighton, loses out to Antony for the gir ...
... Roman life, never the Greek. So, we have a Julius Caesar, who does conquer France―that’s a significant achievement, whatever they may say―but otherwise just offers a ―! to the Germans across the Danube as his legions wet themselves in fear, pitches a tent in Brighton, loses out to Antony for the gir ...
A Victor of Salamis
... and earth to have your Ephors and Council somewhat more forward than of late in preparing for war? We all count on you.” “I will try.” “Who can ask more? But now make an end to statecraft. We were speaking about the pentathlon and the chances of—” Here the same brawling voices that had arrested Simo ...
... and earth to have your Ephors and Council somewhat more forward than of late in preparing for war? We all count on you.” “I will try.” “Who can ask more? But now make an end to statecraft. We were speaking about the pentathlon and the chances of—” Here the same brawling voices that had arrested Simo ...
A Tale of Two Cities? - VUW research archive
... Heracles, who should have ruled Mycenae but instead became slave to her ruler, to the major epics of the Seven Against Thebes and the Trojan War. 3 This study hopes to update and revise the earlier conclusion of the two major studies published on Argos and its history. Both Tomlinson’s (1972) and Ke ...
... Heracles, who should have ruled Mycenae but instead became slave to her ruler, to the major epics of the Seven Against Thebes and the Trojan War. 3 This study hopes to update and revise the earlier conclusion of the two major studies published on Argos and its history. Both Tomlinson’s (1972) and Ke ...
The crown, the Philippics and ten other orations of Demosthenes
... The student, looking elsewhere for a thorough explanation of the syntax, may fairly consult the translator as an exponent of the true meaning of ever}'- sentence. And this is one piece of service which the translator renders him. But he has a right to look for much more than this; viz., good English ...
... The student, looking elsewhere for a thorough explanation of the syntax, may fairly consult the translator as an exponent of the true meaning of ever}'- sentence. And this is one piece of service which the translator renders him. But he has a right to look for much more than this; viz., good English ...
Leo Strauss on Thucydides - National Humanities Institute
... must isolate Thucydides’ judgment of who broke the Thirty Years Peace. At first glance, it seems clear that Athens did, because the oracle promises support for the Spartan cause. But Thucydides was not a believer in oracles, and, moreover, even the Spartans themselves soon doubted the oracle, fearin ...
... must isolate Thucydides’ judgment of who broke the Thirty Years Peace. At first glance, it seems clear that Athens did, because the oracle promises support for the Spartan cause. But Thucydides was not a believer in oracles, and, moreover, even the Spartans themselves soon doubted the oracle, fearin ...
Socrates in the Agora
... life and words given dramatic attention in his own time in the Clouds of Aristophanes, but they have also become the subject of many others’ writing in the centuries since his death. Fourth-century B.C. writers who had first-hand knowledge of him composed either dialogues in which he was the dominan ...
... life and words given dramatic attention in his own time in the Clouds of Aristophanes, but they have also become the subject of many others’ writing in the centuries since his death. Fourth-century B.C. writers who had first-hand knowledge of him composed either dialogues in which he was the dominan ...
English A2 HL II
... mechane (“theatrical machine”), a crane to which a cable with a harness for an actor was attached. This device allowed an actor portraying a god or goddess to arrive on scene in the most realistic way possible, from the sky. The mechane deposited the actor on top of the skene so that he as a deity c ...
... mechane (“theatrical machine”), a crane to which a cable with a harness for an actor was attached. This device allowed an actor portraying a god or goddess to arrive on scene in the most realistic way possible, from the sky. The mechane deposited the actor on top of the skene so that he as a deity c ...
Daedalus, Minos, Ariadne, and Theseus
... loss he himself experienced fourteen years ago. Minos summoned his guards and marched to Theseus' cell. When he saw Theseus, Minos immediately sensed the young man's confidence and sense of hope. "How perfect," Minos thought to himself, knowing what awaited the young prince in the heart of his Labyr ...
... loss he himself experienced fourteen years ago. Minos summoned his guards and marched to Theseus' cell. When he saw Theseus, Minos immediately sensed the young man's confidence and sense of hope. "How perfect," Minos thought to himself, knowing what awaited the young prince in the heart of his Labyr ...
e Council of the Areopagus
... witnesses; and I know that before now certain men have won their case, although they spoke most feebly, and although no witnesses testified for them. For it is not on the strength of the pleading alone, nor of the testimony alone, that the members of the court give their verdict, but on the strength ...
... witnesses; and I know that before now certain men have won their case, although they spoke most feebly, and although no witnesses testified for them. For it is not on the strength of the pleading alone, nor of the testimony alone, that the members of the court give their verdict, but on the strength ...
Theseus and the Minotaur
... As the ship bearing Theseus and his liberated fellow Athenians approached the promontory on which King Aegeus watched daily for his return, Theseus forgot the signal which he had prearranged with his father. The vessel's sails were to be black only if the expedition concluded as on all previous occa ...
... As the ship bearing Theseus and his liberated fellow Athenians approached the promontory on which King Aegeus watched daily for his return, Theseus forgot the signal which he had prearranged with his father. The vessel's sails were to be black only if the expedition concluded as on all previous occa ...
- MTSU - Walker Library - Open Access Journals
... elements of the Acropolis’s structures in drawing, measuring, and molding in 1800-1801. Upon arriving and beginning their work, they noticed the rate at which the precious sculptures were being stolen and destroyed, and they resolved to get permission to take all sculptures and inscriptions that did ...
... elements of the Acropolis’s structures in drawing, measuring, and molding in 1800-1801. Upon arriving and beginning their work, they noticed the rate at which the precious sculptures were being stolen and destroyed, and they resolved to get permission to take all sculptures and inscriptions that did ...
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 ...
Gadfly on Trial: Socrates as Citizen and Social Critic
... jurors must weigh my opponent’s lying words against my reputation and you should judge me accordingly. If there are nasty rumors about me floating around, these are the product of my opponent’s slanders. Now Socrates at first seems to be playing by the usual rules. When responding to the “old charge ...
... jurors must weigh my opponent’s lying words against my reputation and you should judge me accordingly. If there are nasty rumors about me floating around, these are the product of my opponent’s slanders. Now Socrates at first seems to be playing by the usual rules. When responding to the “old charge ...
The Political Motivations Behind Socrates` Execution
... of his former students and their relatives who are present at the trial, no witness comes forward to speak against Socrates. One can argue that no former student or relative present believed he was guilty of corrupting the youth. Hence, the disparity between Socrates and the sophists as well as the ...
... of his former students and their relatives who are present at the trial, no witness comes forward to speak against Socrates. One can argue that no former student or relative present believed he was guilty of corrupting the youth. Hence, the disparity between Socrates and the sophists as well as the ...
History 421 Chapter 4 Notes
... poetry of Homer. • According to Homer, the Mycenaeans sacked the city of Troy, on the northwestern coast of modern Turkey, around 1250 B.C. • Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, led them. • Ever since Schliemann’s excavation of Troy, some people have believed Homer’s account is based in fact, but no o ...
... poetry of Homer. • According to Homer, the Mycenaeans sacked the city of Troy, on the northwestern coast of modern Turkey, around 1250 B.C. • Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, led them. • Ever since Schliemann’s excavation of Troy, some people have believed Homer’s account is based in fact, but no o ...
- LSE Theses Online
... ronments of the institutions that originally gave rise to the conflicts or to transform the institutions themselves. I call this the ‘structural’ approach to tragedy. Another school of thought argues that tragic outcomes in international politics are the result of the misjudgements of powerful acto ...
... ronments of the institutions that originally gave rise to the conflicts or to transform the institutions themselves. I call this the ‘structural’ approach to tragedy. Another school of thought argues that tragic outcomes in international politics are the result of the misjudgements of powerful acto ...
Escaping the Labyrinth 2
... • Sciron would compel travelers to wash his feet then throw them over the cliff to feed a giant turtle; Theseus threw him over the cliff • Cercyon of Eleusis would compel people to wrestle and kill them; Theseus body-slammed him • Procrustes (or Damastes) would hammer and saw his guests to fit in be ...
... • Sciron would compel travelers to wash his feet then throw them over the cliff to feed a giant turtle; Theseus threw him over the cliff • Cercyon of Eleusis would compel people to wrestle and kill them; Theseus body-slammed him • Procrustes (or Damastes) would hammer and saw his guests to fit in be ...
Reading Plato`s Apology
... world. Of course, with this great success also came a certain degree of envy from those city-states that had not done quite so well as Athens---particularly Sparta. By 430 the Peloponnesian War had engulfed the entire Greek peninsula, and would continue on and off for another 27 years. Ultimately Sp ...
... world. Of course, with this great success also came a certain degree of envy from those city-states that had not done quite so well as Athens---particularly Sparta. By 430 the Peloponnesian War had engulfed the entire Greek peninsula, and would continue on and off for another 27 years. Ultimately Sp ...
WINTHROP LINDSAY ADAMS CASS ANDER AND THE GREEK
... assess the nature of the crisis21. It was obvious to them that Cassander, with Antigonos’ aid, “would hold all the Greek cities”, some of which were guarded by Antipater’s old garrisons, while others were dominated by Antipater’s old friends, mercenaries and oligarchies. They also assumed that Cassa ...
... assess the nature of the crisis21. It was obvious to them that Cassander, with Antigonos’ aid, “would hold all the Greek cities”, some of which were guarded by Antipater’s old garrisons, while others were dominated by Antipater’s old friends, mercenaries and oligarchies. They also assumed that Cassa ...
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 ...
Aristophanes on Alcibiades - Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
... was Alcibiades. 3 But there is no evidence in the Aristophanic corpus for an entire play devoted, like Eupolis' Baptai, to an attack on Alcibiades. Acharnians contains one certain reference to Alcibiades. At 714-16 the chorus proposes that in the future young men should be prosecuted by a chattering ...
... was Alcibiades. 3 But there is no evidence in the Aristophanic corpus for an entire play devoted, like Eupolis' Baptai, to an attack on Alcibiades. Acharnians contains one certain reference to Alcibiades. At 714-16 the chorus proposes that in the future young men should be prosecuted by a chattering ...
Chapter 1 - Philosophy
... means oratory, in the strictest sense of the word. It was therefore perfectly precise to call political leaders “orators”, as a synonym and not merely, as we might do, as a mark of the particular skill of a particular political figure.9 However, more was required of the rhetorical skills of the aspi ...
... means oratory, in the strictest sense of the word. It was therefore perfectly precise to call political leaders “orators”, as a synonym and not merely, as we might do, as a mark of the particular skill of a particular political figure.9 However, more was required of the rhetorical skills of the aspi ...
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.