Grissom_umd_0117E_13755 - DRUM
... dissertation, however, will focus on one facet of Thucydides’ work. I will argue that Thucydides’ didactic message to his reader is that in a dangerous world where external threats to security combine with the often self-destructive internal threat of irrationality, the wise statesman needs to recog ...
... dissertation, however, will focus on one facet of Thucydides’ work. I will argue that Thucydides’ didactic message to his reader is that in a dangerous world where external threats to security combine with the often self-destructive internal threat of irrationality, the wise statesman needs to recog ...
After the Democracy: Athens under Phocion (322/1 – 319/8 B.C.)
... after the Lamian War. This pivotal time in Athenian history has received too little attention. Life in Athens changed dramatically after Antipater defeated the Greek forces at the Battle of Crannon. The Athenians lost their freedom and autonomy and were fated never to regain the hegemony of the Gree ...
... after the Lamian War. This pivotal time in Athenian history has received too little attention. Life in Athens changed dramatically after Antipater defeated the Greek forces at the Battle of Crannon. The Athenians lost their freedom and autonomy and were fated never to regain the hegemony of the Gree ...
Alcibiades - Miss Allaker`s Classical Studies
... desired to. Actually that happened only when the situation dictated. When he lived in Sparta, according to Plutarch, he changed his behavior in order to please the citizens of that city. Plutarch best describes his transformation when he says: Not that his natural disposition changed so easily, nor ...
... desired to. Actually that happened only when the situation dictated. When he lived in Sparta, according to Plutarch, he changed his behavior in order to please the citizens of that city. Plutarch best describes his transformation when he says: Not that his natural disposition changed so easily, nor ...
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 price of failure
... account of Athens, discusses an honorary stele listing those Athenians who had died in 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 ...
... account of Athens, discusses an honorary stele listing those Athenians who had died in 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 ...
History of the Peloponnesian War
... furnished by him; this at least is what Homer says, if his testimony is deemed sufficient. Besides, in his account of the transmission of the sceptre, he calls him Of many an isle, and of all Argos king. Now Agamemnon's was a continental power; and he could not have been master of any except the adj ...
... furnished by him; this at least is what Homer says, if his testimony is deemed sufficient. Besides, in his account of the transmission of the sceptre, he calls him Of many an isle, and of all Argos king. Now Agamemnon's was a continental power; and he could not have been master of any except the adj ...
T H E S E U S Θ Η Σ Ε Υ Σ
... After Theseus had been a prisoner of Pluto for some time, Hercules happened to be travelling in Epirus, and he stopped to visit Pluto. In the course of their conversation, Pluto casually mentioned what had happened to Theseus and Perithous. Horrified, Hercules asked Pluto to do him the favor of rele ...
... After Theseus had been a prisoner of Pluto for some time, Hercules happened to be travelling in Epirus, and he stopped to visit Pluto. In the course of their conversation, Pluto casually mentioned what had happened to Theseus and Perithous. Horrified, Hercules asked Pluto to do him the favor of rele ...
in partial fuifillrnent of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts.
... rhetoricians, the one who is preeminent among the Greeks Pericles. son of Xanthippus" (235e). This too seems unproblematic. until one notices that Socrates refers to Pericles in the present tense. which suggests that we are to read the dialogue as if Pericles is presently alive. This point creates f ...
... rhetoricians, the one who is preeminent among the Greeks Pericles. son of Xanthippus" (235e). This too seems unproblematic. until one notices that Socrates refers to Pericles in the present tense. which suggests that we are to read the dialogue as if Pericles is presently alive. This point creates f ...
THUCYDIDES: THE PELOPONNESIAN WARS
... by city, as they came to understand each other, but also those who assumed it afterwards as the name of the whole people, were before the Trojan war prevented by their want of strength and the absence of mutual intercourse from displaying any collective action. Indeed, they could not unite for this ...
... by city, as they came to understand each other, but also those who assumed it afterwards as the name of the whole people, were before the Trojan war prevented by their want of strength and the absence of mutual intercourse from displaying any collective action. Indeed, they could not unite for this ...
The History of the Peloponnesian War
... the absence of mutual intercourse from displaying any collective action. Indeed, they could not unite for this expedition till they had gained increased familiarity with the sea. [4] And the first person known to us by tradition as having established a navy is Minos. He made himself master of what i ...
... the absence of mutual intercourse from displaying any collective action. Indeed, they could not unite for this expedition till they had gained increased familiarity with the sea. [4] And the first person known to us by tradition as having established a navy is Minos. He made himself master of what i ...
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. ...
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... Treatments of Brasidas are rare none examines him at length with a view to moral virtue and its limits. Cogan , explains the ideologizing of the war that Brasidas heightened by his threat to compel liberation of Acanthus from the Athenian empire, reading Brasidas threat to burn their crops as a pote ...
... Treatments of Brasidas are rare none examines him at length with a view to moral virtue and its limits. Cogan , explains the ideologizing of the war that Brasidas heightened by his threat to compel liberation of Acanthus from the Athenian empire, reading Brasidas threat to burn their crops as a pote ...
Plutarch, Charinus, and the Megarian Decree
... which Plutarch knew from some source, perhaps Craterus (Per. 30.23). I shall return to this explanation shortly. The second, the Megarian story, blamed the origin of the decree, and hence Pericles' refusal to repeal it, on his anger over the theft of two of Aspasia's harlots by Megarian youths (30.4 ...
... which Plutarch knew from some source, perhaps Craterus (Per. 30.23). I shall return to this explanation shortly. The second, the Megarian story, blamed the origin of the decree, and hence Pericles' refusal to repeal it, on his anger over the theft of two of Aspasia's harlots by Megarian youths (30.4 ...
Theseus - Mark Moore Online
... After the suicide of Aegeus had made Theseus king, he proceeded to gather the inhabitants of Attica into one city. Before, they had been spread out, and were not easy to assemble. Theseus settled their disputes and persuaded them to be at peace under a central government. The poor people consented e ...
... After the suicide of Aegeus had made Theseus king, he proceeded to gather the inhabitants of Attica into one city. Before, they had been spread out, and were not easy to assemble. Theseus settled their disputes and persuaded them to be at peace under a central government. The poor people consented e ...
A short biography of Pericles
... Megarians. They, however, disclaimed any responsibility and suggested that Pericles had the man murdered so he could have his war. Because of this murder, the Athenians declared war on the Megarians, thus breaking the thirty-year truce with Sparta. The Spartans gave the Athenians an ultimatum to ta ...
... Megarians. They, however, disclaimed any responsibility and suggested that Pericles had the man murdered so he could have his war. Because of this murder, the Athenians declared war on the Megarians, thus breaking the thirty-year truce with Sparta. The Spartans gave the Athenians an ultimatum to ta ...
INDIVIDUALS IN XENOPHON, HELLENICA 1
... He was, however, thoroughly familiar with the methods whereby Greek cities conducted their internal government and their external relations with one another. He also enjoyed the misfortune, so valuable to a historian, of having been exiled.2 Banishment, as Plutarch points out,3 was the lot of many G ...
... He was, however, thoroughly familiar with the methods whereby Greek cities conducted their internal government and their external relations with one another. He also enjoyed the misfortune, so valuable to a historian, of having been exiled.2 Banishment, as Plutarch points out,3 was the lot of many G ...
The Peloponnesian War
... Greeks of western Asia Minor, who were still under Persian rule, and also to guard against subsequent Persian attacks. Already in 479 Greek forces landed on Cape Mycale, on the mainland of Asia Minor opposite Samos, and defeated the Persians there; later that year, when the Spartans and some of the ...
... Greeks of western Asia Minor, who were still under Persian rule, and also to guard against subsequent Persian attacks. Already in 479 Greek forces landed on Cape Mycale, on the mainland of Asia Minor opposite Samos, and defeated the Persians there; later that year, when the Spartans and some of the ...
LYKOURGAN SPARTA AND THE CLASSICAL WRITERS THAT
... As William Forrest indicated in his book A History of 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. ...
... As William Forrest indicated in his book A History of 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. ...
- ShareILL
... fifth century) often favored an aggressive stance toward Sparta or its allies (e.g., Ephialtes, Pericles, Cleon). By conservative I mean to connote those individuals who resisted such liberalization, and who (in the fifth century) usually preferred peace with Sparta to a policy that might antagonize ...
... fifth century) often favored an aggressive stance toward Sparta or its allies (e.g., Ephialtes, Pericles, Cleon). By conservative I mean to connote those individuals who resisted such liberalization, and who (in the fifth century) usually preferred peace with Sparta to a policy that might antagonize ...
Independent Colonies Emerge into Flourishing Independent City
... Athens was very important to Aristides and that there may have been an advantageous agenda behind the agreement. Since Aristodes was one of the leading Athenian commanders in power, he certainly would have commended the idea of having a colony in such great geographic and trade positioning under th ...
... Athens was very important to Aristides and that there may have been an advantageous agenda behind the agreement. Since Aristodes was one of the leading Athenian commanders in power, he certainly would have commended the idea of having a colony in such great geographic and trade positioning under th ...
AH 1.3 Politics and Society of Ancient Sparta Maria Preztler
... Later authors (e.g. Plutarch) also realised that Tyrtaeus was a crucial authentic source for early Sparta, and therefore quoted passages to illustrate arguments about early Spartan history. Apart from a few lines of Tyrtaeus which were discovered on papyrus, these quotations ensured the survival of ...
... Later authors (e.g. Plutarch) also realised that Tyrtaeus was a crucial authentic source for early Sparta, and therefore quoted passages to illustrate arguments about early Spartan history. Apart from a few lines of Tyrtaeus which were discovered on papyrus, these quotations ensured the survival of ...
AH1 option 3 Sparta
... Later authors (e.g. Plutarch) also realised that Tyrtaeus was a crucial authentic source for early Sparta, and therefore quoted passages to illustrate arguments about early Spartan history. Apart from a few lines of Tyrtaeus which were discovered on papyrus, these quotations ensured the survival of ...
... Later authors (e.g. Plutarch) also realised that Tyrtaeus was a crucial authentic source for early Sparta, and therefore quoted passages to illustrate arguments about early Spartan history. Apart from a few lines of Tyrtaeus which were discovered on papyrus, these quotations ensured the survival of ...
- Nottingham ePrints
... This doctoral thesis would not have been possible without the support of a number of people and it is a pleasure to offer special thanks to the following: I am irredeemably indebted to my supervisor Dr Konstantinos Vlassopoulos for all his inspirational guidance and patience throughout this research ...
... This doctoral thesis would not have been possible without the support of a number of people and it is a pleasure to offer special thanks to the following: I am irredeemably indebted to my supervisor Dr Konstantinos Vlassopoulos for all his inspirational guidance and patience throughout this research ...
Breaking the Cuffs: The Helots Rise to Freedom A Lesson in the
... slaves. What developed out of these concurrent debates are primarily two revolving perspectives surrounding helotry: the idea that helots were serfs because of their relationship to the land with the state being the figurative lord (yet, there was no transferring of ownership), and the idea that hel ...
... slaves. What developed out of these concurrent debates are primarily two revolving perspectives surrounding helotry: the idea that helots were serfs because of their relationship to the land with the state being the figurative lord (yet, there was no transferring of ownership), and the idea that hel ...
The Battlefield of History: Megara, Athens, and the Mythic Past
... power came into conflict with its close neighbor. Border tensions and territorial wars culminated in the Athenian seizure of the island of Salamis at the end of a decades-long war with Megara. The transfer of Salamis to Athens signaled the beginning of Megara’s decline. The city quickly lost its eco ...
... power came into conflict with its close neighbor. Border tensions and territorial wars culminated in the Athenian seizure of the island of Salamis at the end of a decades-long war with Megara. The transfer of Salamis to Athens signaled the beginning of Megara’s decline. The city quickly lost its eco ...
Greco-Persian Wars
The Greco-Persian Wars (also often called the Persian Wars) were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia (modern day Iran) and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC. The collision between the fractious political world of the Greeks and the enormous empire of the Persians began when Cyrus the Great conquered the Greek-inhabited region of Ionia in 547 BC. Struggling to rule the independent-minded cities of Ionia, the Persians appointed tyrants to rule each of them. This would prove to be the source of much trouble for the Greeks and Persians alike.In 499 BC, the tyrant of Miletus, Aristagoras, embarked on an expedition to conquer the island of Naxos, with Persian support; however, the expedition was a debacle and, pre-empting his dismissal, Aristagoras incited all of Hellenic Asia Minor into rebellion against the Persians. This was the beginning of the Ionian Revolt, which would last until 493 BC, progressively drawing more regions of Asia Minor into the conflict. Aristagoras secured military support from Athens and Eretria, and in 498 BC these forces helped to capture and burn the Persian regional capital of Sardis. The Persian king Darius the Great vowed to have revenge on Athens and Eretria for this act. The revolt continued, with the two sides effectively stalemated throughout 497–495 BC. In 494 BC, the Persians regrouped, and attacked the epicentre of the revolt in Miletus. At the Battle of Lade, the Ionians suffered a decisive defeat, and the rebellion collapsed, with the final members being stamped out the following year.Seeking to secure his empire from further revolts and from the interference of the mainland Greeks, Darius embarked on a scheme to conquer Greece and to punish Athens and Eretria for the burning of Sardis. The first Persian invasion of Greece began in 492 BC, with the Persian general Mardonius successfully re-subjugating Thrace and conquering Macedon before several mishaps forced an early end to the rest of the campaign. In 490 BC a second force was sent to Greece, this time across the Aegean Sea, under the command of Datis and Artaphernes. This expedition subjugated the Cyclades, before besieging, capturing and razing Eretria. However, while en route to attack Athens, the Persian force was decisively defeated by the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon, ending Persian efforts for the time being.Darius then began to plan to completely conquer Greece, but died in 486 BC and responsibility for the conquest passed to his son Xerxes. In 480 BC, Xerxes personally led the second Persian invasion of Greece with one of the largest ancient armies ever assembled. Victory over the Allied Greek states at the famous Battle of Thermopylae allowed the Persians to torch an evacuated Athens and overrun most of Greece. However, while seeking to destroy the combined Greek fleet, the Persians suffered a severe defeat at the Battle of Salamis. The following year, the confederated Greeks went on the offensive, defeating the Persian army at the Battle of Plataea, and ending the invasion of Greece.The allied Greeks followed up their success by destroying the rest of the Persian fleet at the Battle of Mycale, before expelling Persian garrisons from Sestos (479 BC) and Byzantium (478 BC). The actions of the general Pausanias at the siege of Byzantium alienated many of the Greek states from the Spartans, and the anti-Persian alliance was therefore reconstituted around Athenian leadership, as the so-called Delian League. The Delian League continued to campaign against Persia for the next three decades, beginning with the expulsion of the remaining Persian garrisons from Europe. At the Battle of the Eurymedon in 466 BC, the League won a double victory that finally secured freedom for the cities of Ionia. However, the League's involvement in an Egyptian revolt (from 460–454 BC) resulted in a disastrous defeat, and further campaigning was suspended. A fleet was sent to Cyprus in 451 BC, but achieved little, and when it withdrew the Greco-Persian Wars drew to a quiet end. Some historical sources suggest the end of hostilities was marked by a peace treaty between Athens and Persia, the so-called Peace of Callias.