Thuc. 8.25-27 - The Ancient History Bulletin
... further his goals. His decision, no doubt was a controversial one; it caused friction and discontent among the allies, and led the Argives abandon the expedition in rage, and withdraw from the war altogether until its very end.10 Another point worth noting is that Phrynichus was also gravely concern ...
... further his goals. His decision, no doubt was a controversial one; it caused friction and discontent among the allies, and led the Argives abandon the expedition in rage, and withdraw from the war altogether until its very end.10 Another point worth noting is that Phrynichus was also gravely concern ...
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... In a year that has been much disputed, the Athenians made an alliance with the Elymian city of Egesta (now Segesta) in western Sicily. Historians would warmly welcome a date for this event, since such a date would enable us to trace at least this one step in the development of Athenian international ...
... In a year that has been much disputed, the Athenians made an alliance with the Elymian city of Egesta (now Segesta) in western Sicily. Historians would warmly welcome a date for this event, since such a date would enable us to trace at least this one step in the development of Athenian international ...
PERICLEAN IMPERIAL POLICY AND THE MYTILENEAN DEBATE
... and unity was then narrowed down to involve the Sea-league only. 12 Dienelt, intent on the peaceful measures to secure Hellenic leadership, draws attention to the diplomatic measure of extending influence by the system of cleruchies at this time. 13 To achieve tllis Athenian leadership, Athenian re ...
... and unity was then narrowed down to involve the Sea-league only. 12 Dienelt, intent on the peaceful measures to secure Hellenic leadership, draws attention to the diplomatic measure of extending influence by the system of cleruchies at this time. 13 To achieve tllis Athenian leadership, Athenian re ...
Sea-Power in Greek Thought
... argument from the anti-democratic tradition of the fifth century. II. It would be difficultto prove that Pericles' last speech in Thucydides (ii. 60-4) is directed against the PseudoXenophontean pamphlet, but probably Thucydides knew it,' and certainly the set of arguments which Pericles takes for g ...
... argument from the anti-democratic tradition of the fifth century. II. It would be difficultto prove that Pericles' last speech in Thucydides (ii. 60-4) is directed against the PseudoXenophontean pamphlet, but probably Thucydides knew it,' and certainly the set of arguments which Pericles takes for g ...
Classics / WAGS 23: Essay 3 (April 16, 2011) 3.1 Disruptive
... ability to reason even as it erodes the courage and confidence of her citizens. Fear, the quality conquered by bravery, overwhelms the population, and men heed neither laws nor piety. Chance takes precedent; pleasure seeking replaces honorable existence; and the Athenian empire that emerges, as out ...
... ability to reason even as it erodes the courage and confidence of her citizens. Fear, the quality conquered by bravery, overwhelms the population, and men heed neither laws nor piety. Chance takes precedent; pleasure seeking replaces honorable existence; and the Athenian empire that emerges, as out ...
1 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN—EAU CLAIRE ARCHIDAMUS
... in Greek history, the pentekontaetia.24 During this dynamic fifty year interval, the Spartan state was nearly destroyed in a massive earthquake and subsequent helot25 revolt, the Spartan/Athenian alliance collapsed, leading to a rigid division of Greece into two hostile camps, Athens upset the balan ...
... in Greek history, the pentekontaetia.24 During this dynamic fifty year interval, the Spartan state was nearly destroyed in a massive earthquake and subsequent helot25 revolt, the Spartan/Athenian alliance collapsed, leading to a rigid division of Greece into two hostile camps, Athens upset the balan ...
Pericles
... democracy as a slow process. The credit for creating the first democracy on earth goes to social, political and economic circumstances which a single individual could influence, but not create. ...
... democracy as a slow process. The credit for creating the first democracy on earth goes to social, political and economic circumstances which a single individual could influence, but not create. ...
415-413 Be
... Athens rose to become the top city-state (polis) in the Greek world. As the leading maritime power it made itself the strongest member of what modern commentators call the Delian League, an alliance of Greek city-states (poleis) dedicated to continuing the war of liberation and vengeance against Per ...
... Athens rose to become the top city-state (polis) in the Greek world. As the leading maritime power it made itself the strongest member of what modern commentators call the Delian League, an alliance of Greek city-states (poleis) dedicated to continuing the war of liberation and vengeance against Per ...
The Revival of Athens in the History of Political Thought*
... Athens owed to the plague the beginnings of a state of unprecedented lawlessness. Seeing how quick and abrupt were the changes of fortune which came to the rich who suddenly died and to those who had previously been penniless but now inherited their wealth , people now began openly to venture on act ...
... Athens owed to the plague the beginnings of a state of unprecedented lawlessness. Seeing how quick and abrupt were the changes of fortune which came to the rich who suddenly died and to those who had previously been penniless but now inherited their wealth , people now began openly to venture on act ...
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the editors of The
... in dominion," there was no great concentration of power in Hellas prior to the war with Persia: "There was no union of subject cities round a great state, no spontaneous combination of equals for confederate expeditions; what fighting there was consisted merely of local warfare between rival neighbo ...
... in dominion," there was no great concentration of power in Hellas prior to the war with Persia: "There was no union of subject cities round a great state, no spontaneous combination of equals for confederate expeditions; what fighting there was consisted merely of local warfare between rival neighbo ...
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... their allies exact tribute from such cities’ i.e. cities that belong to King Darius II or did belong to his father or to his ancestors). Tribute collection is implied in 2.69.1, 3.19.1, 4.50.1 and 4.75.1. cf. Xen. Hell. 1.1.8, 1.1.12 and 1.4.9. For details about the administration and collection of ...
... their allies exact tribute from such cities’ i.e. cities that belong to King Darius II or did belong to his father or to his ancestors). Tribute collection is implied in 2.69.1, 3.19.1, 4.50.1 and 4.75.1. cf. Xen. Hell. 1.1.8, 1.1.12 and 1.4.9. For details about the administration and collection of ...
Pericles
... Pericles was a man of a new age and came under the influence of a school of thinking, a school called Sophists, which was a way of looking at the world through debunking illogical mythical and religious beliefs. What made it possible for Pericles to be in power for 15 years? Specific reforms he brou ...
... Pericles was a man of a new age and came under the influence of a school of thinking, a school called Sophists, which was a way of looking at the world through debunking illogical mythical and religious beliefs. What made it possible for Pericles to be in power for 15 years? Specific reforms he brou ...
Abstract
... argued by Blösel. Thucydides focuses on a single word, τόλμα, to describe the ἀρετή of Themistocles; in fact, every appearance of Themistocles in the Histories revolves around a major action or decision, which he influences in one way or another (e.g. 7.173.2; 8.4.2; 8.19; 8.22). For instance, Themi ...
... argued by Blösel. Thucydides focuses on a single word, τόλμα, to describe the ἀρετή of Themistocles; in fact, every appearance of Themistocles in the Histories revolves around a major action or decision, which he influences in one way or another (e.g. 7.173.2; 8.4.2; 8.19; 8.22). For instance, Themi ...
Introduction: Athenian History and Society in the Age of Pericles
... regularly befriended such individuals – facts to which other sources already testify.3 Unfortunately for our purposes, Herodotus was neither a product nor a chronicler of Periclean Athens, and thus his work can do little more than suggest a kind of prose that might have been popular late in Pericles ...
... regularly befriended such individuals – facts to which other sources already testify.3 Unfortunately for our purposes, Herodotus was neither a product nor a chronicler of Periclean Athens, and thus his work can do little more than suggest a kind of prose that might have been popular late in Pericles ...
For over 20 years, at Athens` height, the city was dominated by the
... and a non-Athenian mother becoming a full citizen. The law's main effect was to curb the power of the aristocrats since if their heirs could not be legally recognized they could no longer forge alliances with aristocrats from other cities. Ironically, it would have major consequences for Pericles ow ...
... and a non-Athenian mother becoming a full citizen. The law's main effect was to curb the power of the aristocrats since if their heirs could not be legally recognized they could no longer forge alliances with aristocrats from other cities. Ironically, it would have major consequences for Pericles ow ...
The Peloponnesian War
... • Do not engage in hoplite battle • When Archidamus sees he cannot win, he will stop • Pericles “never really had any clear strategy for how to mount an offensive…” (Hanson, 2006: 20). • Is Hanson correct? ...
... • Do not engage in hoplite battle • When Archidamus sees he cannot win, he will stop • Pericles “never really had any clear strategy for how to mount an offensive…” (Hanson, 2006: 20). • Is Hanson correct? ...
democracy and aristocracy in ancient athens
... In Archaic Athens political activity was dominated by the aristocratic families who relied upon their followers (hetairoi).14 According to Aristotle’s Politics in oligarchies ‘the magistrates . . . are filled from high property-grades or from political clubs (hetairon)’.15 Perhaps the Athenian const ...
... In Archaic Athens political activity was dominated by the aristocratic families who relied upon their followers (hetairoi).14 According to Aristotle’s Politics in oligarchies ‘the magistrates . . . are filled from high property-grades or from political clubs (hetairon)’.15 Perhaps the Athenian const ...
The Spartans “at Sea”
... While it is true that the Spartans often denied such requests for aid, such decisions did not necessarily reflect concerns about long-range naval expeditions. In the case of the Ionians and Aeolians, for example, the Spartans rejected their envoys but still sent men in a penteconter to Phocaea osten ...
... While it is true that the Spartans often denied such requests for aid, such decisions did not necessarily reflect concerns about long-range naval expeditions. In the case of the Ionians and Aeolians, for example, the Spartans rejected their envoys but still sent men in a penteconter to Phocaea osten ...
Strategy and Changing Moods in Thucydides
... world of the concrete to increasingly abstract and general things, and ultimately to the forms. Loves draws us toward “contemplating the vast sea of beauty,” which is “absolute, separate, simple, and everlasting.”9 But this is the ideal; in practice, the dialogue concludes with such problems of love ...
... world of the concrete to increasingly abstract and general things, and ultimately to the forms. Loves draws us toward “contemplating the vast sea of beauty,” which is “absolute, separate, simple, and everlasting.”9 But this is the ideal; in practice, the dialogue concludes with such problems of love ...
21:510:255 Ancient Greek Civilization (Fall 2012) Class Meeting
... Pomeroy, S. et al. Ancient Greece: A Political, Social and Cultural History. Oxford 2010. Herodotus, The Histories. Ed. By J.Marincola (Penguin Books, 2003) Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Ed. By M.I. Finley (Penguin Books, 1972) *All other readings will be available via Blackboa ...
... Pomeroy, S. et al. Ancient Greece: A Political, Social and Cultural History. Oxford 2010. Herodotus, The Histories. Ed. By J.Marincola (Penguin Books, 2003) Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Ed. By M.I. Finley (Penguin Books, 1972) *All other readings will be available via Blackboa ...
The `Surge`: Tragedy Replayed as Farce
... War: “The Athenian expedition to Sicily in 415 has been compared with the British attempt to seize the Dardanelles in 1915 or the American war in Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, undertakings whose purposes and feasibility remain controversial, and which ended in defeat and different degrees of disas ...
... War: “The Athenian expedition to Sicily in 415 has been compared with the British attempt to seize the Dardanelles in 1915 or the American war in Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, undertakings whose purposes and feasibility remain controversial, and which ended in defeat and different degrees of disas ...
Chronology of Athenian Imperialism
... no personal failure in an enterprise could make them consent to deprive their country of their valor, but they laid it at her feet as the most glorious contribution that they could offer.” ...
... no personal failure in an enterprise could make them consent to deprive their country of their valor, but they laid it at her feet as the most glorious contribution that they could offer.” ...
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 ...
View Michael Peters` presentation in print
... Similarly, while I wil l not attempt to link the issues Thucydides raises directly to contemporary events, I will conclude with some of the lessons from the Peloponnesian War which may have some contemporary relevance. First, a word about Thucydides. He was an Athenian general. Followi ng his defeat ...
... Similarly, while I wil l not attempt to link the issues Thucydides raises directly to contemporary events, I will conclude with some of the lessons from the Peloponnesian War which may have some contemporary relevance. First, a word about Thucydides. He was an Athenian general. Followi ng his defeat ...
Thucydides
Thucydides (/θjuːˈsɪdɨdiːz/; Greek: Θουκυδίδης, Thoukudídēs, Ancient Greek: [tʰuːkydídɛːs]; c. 460 – c. 400 BC) was an Athenian historian, political philosopher and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of ""scientific history"" because of his strict standards of evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.He has also been called the father of the school of political realism, which views the political behavior of individuals and the subsequent outcome of relations between states as ultimately mediated by and constructed upon the emotions of fear and self-interest. His text is still studied at both universities and advanced military colleges worldwide. The Melian dialogue remains a seminal work of international relations theory while Pericles' Funeral Oration is widely studied in political theory, history, and classical studies.More generally, Thucydides showed an interest in developing an understanding of human nature to explain behaviour in such crises as plague, massacres, as in that of the Melians, and civil war.