Sophocles and Alcibiades
... Greek politics were highly personalized. The very existence of the institution of ostracism, for example, whereby individuals were sent into exile by means of a popular vote, attests to the fact. Pericles owed his dominance of Athenian political life in large part to the fact that he had successfull ...
... Greek politics were highly personalized. The very existence of the institution of ostracism, for example, whereby individuals were sent into exile by means of a popular vote, attests to the fact. Pericles owed his dominance of Athenian political life in large part to the fact that he had successfull ...
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... world. More such works are needed: in particular, I believe we need works that look specifically at the actual events that make up Athenian (and other) history and that then attempt to relate these events to our own world. In short, we need more of what I call “practical history”—history that examin ...
... world. More such works are needed: in particular, I believe we need works that look specifically at the actual events that make up Athenian (and other) history and that then attempt to relate these events to our own world. In short, we need more of what I call “practical history”—history that examin ...
Leo Strauss on Thucydides - National Humanities Institute
... write the speeches himself, keeping as close as possible to the gist of what the speakers had said.”38 Yet “the wording of the speeches is Thucydides’ own work.”39 The speeches, in Strauss’s judgment, are a particularly useful tool because they precede and succeed actions, and can therefore be measu ...
... write the speeches himself, keeping as close as possible to the gist of what the speakers had said.”38 Yet “the wording of the speeches is Thucydides’ own work.”39 The speeches, in Strauss’s judgment, are a particularly useful tool because they precede and succeed actions, and can therefore be measu ...
Rhetoric and the Architecture of Empire in the Athenian Agora
... The various political regimes of ancient Athens established and legitimated their power through civic architecture and public rhetoric in the agora. A study of the parallel developments of architectural and rhetorical form, supported by previously published archaeological evidence and the well docum ...
... The various political regimes of ancient Athens established and legitimated their power through civic architecture and public rhetoric in the agora. A study of the parallel developments of architectural and rhetorical form, supported by previously published archaeological evidence and the well docum ...
Life and So ciety in
... city, much as Plato in the Laws and Aristotle in the lasr two books of the believed it possible to discover an ideal city behind the unsatisfactory fariousness of real cities. Thc rcason that wc cannot do this satisfactorilyis not so much the absenc cvidencc as its conccntration on two unrepresentat ...
... city, much as Plato in the Laws and Aristotle in the lasr two books of the believed it possible to discover an ideal city behind the unsatisfactory fariousness of real cities. Thc rcason that wc cannot do this satisfactorilyis not so much the absenc cvidencc as its conccntration on two unrepresentat ...
Alcibiades - Miss Allaker`s Classical Studies
... of Alcibiades Gabriela Arcan Alcibiades was a good illustration of a basically negative human being. Loaded with good qualities, he misused them in order to pursue his ambitions and his thirst for power. Tellingly, he was considered immoral even by ancient Greek society, a society not known for its ...
... of Alcibiades Gabriela Arcan Alcibiades was a good illustration of a basically negative human being. Loaded with good qualities, he misused them in order to pursue his ambitions and his thirst for power. Tellingly, he was considered immoral even by ancient Greek society, a society not known for its ...
Isocrates
... education in order to provide his students with a guideline to reference in forming a topic that would inspire the audience to act. Isocrates introduced the thematic to his students as the first step in forming strong rhetoric that would be beneficial to their city-state. In selecting a topic that r ...
... education in order to provide his students with a guideline to reference in forming a topic that would inspire the audience to act. Isocrates introduced the thematic to his students as the first step in forming strong rhetoric that would be beneficial to their city-state. In selecting a topic that r ...
Stage 2 Classical Studies Assessment Type 3: Special Study
... him(Cantarella, 1987).Plato suggests that it was Aspasia who taught Socrates in Rhetoric and also taught him his famous alleged 'Socratic Method', becoming a part of his Socratic circle(Plato ,2012) highlighting her place in society not only as an intellectual but an individual. Although accepted by ...
... him(Cantarella, 1987).Plato suggests that it was Aspasia who taught Socrates in Rhetoric and also taught him his famous alleged 'Socratic Method', becoming a part of his Socratic circle(Plato ,2012) highlighting her place in society not only as an intellectual but an individual. Although accepted by ...
Did the Ancient Greeks Know of Collective Tyranny?
... The picture of tyranny as the rule of a powerful individual predominates in both ancient and modern writers. Thus H. Berve defines the tyrant as an individual violating the existing norms and laws, but not as a proponent of any particular social, political, national or quasi-religious idea, because ...
... The picture of tyranny as the rule of a powerful individual predominates in both ancient and modern writers. Thus H. Berve defines the tyrant as an individual violating the existing norms and laws, but not as a proponent of any particular social, political, national or quasi-religious idea, because ...
Alcibiades Christian Jones Col Sheldon HI-304
... In Greece’s long and ancient history, many men and women have come and gone and only a select few have left a lasting impression on Greece, whether good or bad, there are those that will be remembered forever. There was an Athenian man named Alcibiades who has left a lasting impression on Greece an ...
... In Greece’s long and ancient history, many men and women have come and gone and only a select few have left a lasting impression on Greece, whether good or bad, there are those that will be remembered forever. There was an Athenian man named Alcibiades who has left a lasting impression on Greece an ...
LYKOURGAN SPARTA AND THE CLASSICAL WRITERS THAT
... one must examine the history, institutions, and the education system of Sparta to determine where the opinions of the Athenians agreed with the those of modern scholars. That shall be the order followed in this thesis. In the end, class differences between the supporters of Athens and the supporters ...
... one must examine the history, institutions, and the education system of Sparta to determine where the opinions of the Athenians agreed with the those of modern scholars. That shall be the order followed in this thesis. In the end, class differences between the supporters of Athens and the supporters ...
The Discourse of Kingship in Classical Athenian Thought
... One source for detailed accounts of kings was the emerging genre of local history, represented in Athens by a group of texts known as the Atthides. These histories began with the first kings and founders in the pre-historic past, working through lists of kings before moving on to the more recent pa ...
... One source for detailed accounts of kings was the emerging genre of local history, represented in Athens by a group of texts known as the Atthides. These histories began with the first kings and founders in the pre-historic past, working through lists of kings before moving on to the more recent pa ...
The Lesser Mysteries of Eleusis
... purifications and unsettling events and hope for something sweet and bright to come out of the present anxiety and confusion.”3 The ancient Greeks believed that participation in the Mysteries was of great importance, as it was the most popular cult of ancient Greece. Plato explains that “Whoever arr ...
... purifications and unsettling events and hope for something sweet and bright to come out of the present anxiety and confusion.”3 The ancient Greeks believed that participation in the Mysteries was of great importance, as it was the most popular cult of ancient Greece. Plato explains that “Whoever arr ...
2100 BC
... Socrates •Socrates was a famous Athenian philosopher. •He taught Plato, who then taught Aristotle. •He was accused of corrupting the minds of the youth and forced to commit suicide. •Know thyself! •question everything •only the pursuit of goodness brings happiness. ...
... Socrates •Socrates was a famous Athenian philosopher. •He taught Plato, who then taught Aristotle. •He was accused of corrupting the minds of the youth and forced to commit suicide. •Know thyself! •question everything •only the pursuit of goodness brings happiness. ...
THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION (tm) Ver. 4.8 2: The Life of Greece
... a fair, rich land, begirt with water; and therein are many men past counting, and ninety cities." `02014 When Homer sang these lines, perhaps in the ninth century before our era, *02002 Greece had almost forgotten, though the poet had not, that the island whose wealth seemed to him even then so grea ...
... a fair, rich land, begirt with water; and therein are many men past counting, and ninety cities." `02014 When Homer sang these lines, perhaps in the ninth century before our era, *02002 Greece had almost forgotten, though the poet had not, that the island whose wealth seemed to him even then so grea ...
S N : PEECH AND
... has been some, not a great deal by ratio, but some discussion of Plato’s relation to his philosophical forebears: the various thinkers gathered under the umbrella of pre-Socratic. But most of this inquiry has focused on doctrinal inheritance and conceptual influence. Very, very little attention has ...
... has been some, not a great deal by ratio, but some discussion of Plato’s relation to his philosophical forebears: the various thinkers gathered under the umbrella of pre-Socratic. But most of this inquiry has focused on doctrinal inheritance and conceptual influence. Very, very little attention has ...
Stoa of Attalos
... Despite these differences, certain features and principles of arrangement are common to both. ...
... Despite these differences, certain features and principles of arrangement are common to both. ...
The Growth of the City State - McMaster University, Canada
... Cnossus was destroyed about 1450 B.C., whether by invasion or by internal political trouble must remain doubtful. But since civilisation in Crete, though it degenerated, did not change its character as a result of the fall of Cnossus, it must be assumed that there was no intrusion of a new race. It ...
... Cnossus was destroyed about 1450 B.C., whether by invasion or by internal political trouble must remain doubtful. But since civilisation in Crete, though it degenerated, did not change its character as a result of the fall of Cnossus, it must be assumed that there was no intrusion of a new race. It ...
introduction
... There is, however, another reason for the lack of such studies, namely the nature of our sources. The pioneers in studying crowd behavior in historical contexts were the students of 18–19th century Europe, such as Gustave Le Bon or George Rude. They used as their sources police archives, newspapers ...
... There is, however, another reason for the lack of such studies, namely the nature of our sources. The pioneers in studying crowd behavior in historical contexts were the students of 18–19th century Europe, such as Gustave Le Bon or George Rude. They used as their sources police archives, newspapers ...
III. Political Onomastics of Classical Athens
... their political life. Another Russian historian of that period, Nikitskii, underlined that both in ancient Russia and in ancient Greece the notions of "the city" and that of "the state" were interchangeable. [c. 276] So, for the scholars of Russian history continuity between Greek polis and Russian ...
... their political life. Another Russian historian of that period, Nikitskii, underlined that both in ancient Russia and in ancient Greece the notions of "the city" and that of "the state" were interchangeable. [c. 276] So, for the scholars of Russian history continuity between Greek polis and Russian ...
origins of public speaking - The Public Speaking Project
... to dialectic; Aristotle compared the two: both have to do with things which are within the field of knowledge of all men and are not part of any specialized science. They do not differ in nature, but in subject and form: dialectic is primarily philosophical, rhetoric political; dialectic consists of ...
... to dialectic; Aristotle compared the two: both have to do with things which are within the field of knowledge of all men and are not part of any specialized science. They do not differ in nature, but in subject and form: dialectic is primarily philosophical, rhetoric political; dialectic consists of ...
origins of public speaking - The Public Speaking Project
... to dialectic; Aristotle compared the two: both have to do with things which are within the field of knowledge of all men and are not part of any specialized science. They do not differ in nature, but in subject and form: dialectic is primarily philosophical, rhetoric political; dialectic consists of ...
... to dialectic; Aristotle compared the two: both have to do with things which are within the field of knowledge of all men and are not part of any specialized science. They do not differ in nature, but in subject and form: dialectic is primarily philosophical, rhetoric political; dialectic consists of ...
The Greeks - users.miamioh.edu
... Greek culture has a distinctive style that enables us to see it as an organic whole. To the English classicist H. D. F. Kitto, the common thread that runs through Greek philosophy, literature, and art is "a sense of the wholeness of things"-the conviction that the universe contains an inherent order ...
... Greek culture has a distinctive style that enables us to see it as an organic whole. To the English classicist H. D. F. Kitto, the common thread that runs through Greek philosophy, literature, and art is "a sense of the wholeness of things"-the conviction that the universe contains an inherent order ...
HermChoppers
... proper rhetorical activity:the single, named, public figure who composes (or is composed through) speeches and texts. This rhetorical paradigm works in ways similar to Foucault's "authorfunction," where legitimacy depends upon the discursive unities that cluster around an ceuvreand a proper name (22 ...
... proper rhetorical activity:the single, named, public figure who composes (or is composed through) speeches and texts. This rhetorical paradigm works in ways similar to Foucault's "authorfunction," where legitimacy depends upon the discursive unities that cluster around an ceuvreand a proper name (22 ...
People and cities: economic horizons beyond the Hellenistic polis
... governance that the polis would have confronted in such a scenario. Quite frankly, the polis-approach to Hellenistic economies is necessary simply to present alternative narratives to those that dominate much of the discourse deployed by modern commentators/historians. An example from literary sourc ...
... governance that the polis would have confronted in such a scenario. Quite frankly, the polis-approach to Hellenistic economies is necessary simply to present alternative narratives to those that dominate much of the discourse deployed by modern commentators/historians. An example from literary sourc ...
Ancient Greek philosophy
Ancient Greek philosophy arose in the 6th century BCE and continued throughout the Hellenistic period and the period in which Ancient Greece was part of the Roman Empire. It dealt with a wide variety of subjects, including political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, ontology, logic, biology, rhetoric, and aesthetics.Many philosophers today concede that Greek philosophy has influenced much of Western culture since its inception. Alfred North Whitehead once noted: ""The safest general characterization of the European philosophical traditionis that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."" Clear, unbroken lines of influence lead from ancient Greek and Hellenistic philosophers to Early Islamic philosophy, the European Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment.Some claim that Greek philosophy, in turn, was influenced by the older wisdom literature and mythological cosmogonies of the ancient Near East. Martin Litchfield West gives qualified assent to this view, stating, ""contact with oriental cosmology and theology helped to liberate the early Greek philosophers' imagination; it certainly gave them many suggestive ideas. But they taught themselves to reason. Philosophy as we understand it is a Greek creation.""Subsequent philosophic tradition was so influenced by Socrates (as presented by Plato) that it is conventional to refer to philosophy developed prior to Socrates as pre-Socratic philosophy. The periods following this until the wars of Alexander the Great are those of ""classical Greek"" and ""Hellenistic"" philosophy.