Athens vs. Sparta
... Document 8- Excerpt from “Parallel Lives: Lycurgus” by Plutarch. For ample leisure was one of the blessings with which Lycurgus provided his countrymen, since they were absolutely forbidden to practice any mechanical craft, and moneymaking and business were unnecessary because wealth was disregarded ...
... Document 8- Excerpt from “Parallel Lives: Lycurgus” by Plutarch. For ample leisure was one of the blessings with which Lycurgus provided his countrymen, since they were absolutely forbidden to practice any mechanical craft, and moneymaking and business were unnecessary because wealth was disregarded ...
Illinois classical studies: http://hdl.handle.net/10684
... Professors L. Bliquez, J. Clauss and M. Langdon for their courteous assistance. I have left out of account those treatises marked doubtful or spurious by D. A. Russell.^ One obvious yardstick of Plutarch's interest in Athens is the number of Athenian subjects of his biographies: 10 out of the 23 Gre ...
... Professors L. Bliquez, J. Clauss and M. Langdon for their courteous assistance. I have left out of account those treatises marked doubtful or spurious by D. A. Russell.^ One obvious yardstick of Plutarch's interest in Athens is the number of Athenian subjects of his biographies: 10 out of the 23 Gre ...
Prytaneion
... marriage of the King's Wife with Dionysus takes place there), while the Archon had the President's Hall, and the War-lord the Epilyceum (which formerly used to be called the War-lord's House, but because Epilycus on becoming War-lord rebuilt and furnished it, it received the name of Epilyceum); and ...
... marriage of the King's Wife with Dionysus takes place there), while the Archon had the President's Hall, and the War-lord the Epilyceum (which formerly used to be called the War-lord's House, but because Epilycus on becoming War-lord rebuilt and furnished it, it received the name of Epilyceum); and ...
Source E: Robert Browning `Pheidippides` by
... runner. This man, according to the account which he gave to the Athenians on his return, when he was near Mount Parthenium, above Tegea, fell in with the god Pan, who called him by his name, and bade him ask the Athenians “wherefore they neglected him so entirely, when he was kindly disposed towards ...
... runner. This man, according to the account which he gave to the Athenians on his return, when he was near Mount Parthenium, above Tegea, fell in with the god Pan, who called him by his name, and bade him ask the Athenians “wherefore they neglected him so entirely, when he was kindly disposed towards ...
Evidence Pericles
... o Elected 16 times as strategos o Never ostracised, despite evidence of Ostracon with his name inscribed What reasons do sources give for his popularity? o Personal skills (oratorical skills) common agreement between Plutarch and Thucydides o Plutarch cornered his opponents in a method of ques ...
... o Elected 16 times as strategos o Never ostracised, despite evidence of Ostracon with his name inscribed What reasons do sources give for his popularity? o Personal skills (oratorical skills) common agreement between Plutarch and Thucydides o Plutarch cornered his opponents in a method of ques ...
Studying Athenian democracy by the arts and the Parthenon frieze
... “Pericles boldly suggested to the people projects for great constructions, and designs for works which would call many arts into play and involve long periods of time. The materials to be used were stone, bronze, ivory, gold, ebony and cypresswood. And since particular art, like a general with the a ...
... “Pericles boldly suggested to the people projects for great constructions, and designs for works which would call many arts into play and involve long periods of time. The materials to be used were stone, bronze, ivory, gold, ebony and cypresswood. And since particular art, like a general with the a ...
File - Pi Beta Philes!
... A. Plutarch was a Greek by birth and culture and a Roman citizen who spent much time in Rome. He was well regarded by the Emperor Hadrian and held the high imperial office of procurator of the province of Achaea (Greece). B. He lived in his hometown of Chaeronea, was very active in its civic life, a ...
... A. Plutarch was a Greek by birth and culture and a Roman citizen who spent much time in Rome. He was well regarded by the Emperor Hadrian and held the high imperial office of procurator of the province of Achaea (Greece). B. He lived in his hometown of Chaeronea, was very active in its civic life, a ...
Source E: Robert Browning `Pheidippides`
... runner. This man, according to the account which he gave to the Athenians on his return, when he was near Mount Parthenium, above Tegea, fell in with the god Pan, who called him by his name, and bade him ask the Athenians “wherefore they neglected him so entirely, when he was kindly disposed towards ...
... runner. This man, according to the account which he gave to the Athenians on his return, when he was near Mount Parthenium, above Tegea, fell in with the god Pan, who called him by his name, and bade him ask the Athenians “wherefore they neglected him so entirely, when he was kindly disposed towards ...
File
... Plutarch, a Roman citizen and historian, wrote a book entitled Parallel Lives recounting the lives of famous Greeks and Romans. Plutarch’s accounts are vital to modern historians, as they provide historical accounts, and give us an idea of how Greeks and Romans wanted to remember and interpret their ...
... Plutarch, a Roman citizen and historian, wrote a book entitled Parallel Lives recounting the lives of famous Greeks and Romans. Plutarch’s accounts are vital to modern historians, as they provide historical accounts, and give us an idea of how Greeks and Romans wanted to remember and interpret their ...
Witchcraft in Fourth Century Athens? The Case
... McKechnie, Paul, 1989, Outsiders in the Greek Citiies in the Fourth Century BC. London, Routledge. Osborne, M. J. and Byrne, S.G, 1994. A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names Vol. II Attica Oxford, Clarendon ...
... McKechnie, Paul, 1989, Outsiders in the Greek Citiies in the Fourth Century BC. London, Routledge. Osborne, M. J. and Byrne, S.G, 1994. A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names Vol. II Attica Oxford, Clarendon ...
II. Hints on Reading an Historical Document
... Requirements: Two examinations--a midterm held on the last day of the sixth week of the quarter and the final. The midterm is a short answer identification examination in which students are required to identify ten of twenty items. Identification items are drawn from both lectures and readings but w ...
... Requirements: Two examinations--a midterm held on the last day of the sixth week of the quarter and the final. The midterm is a short answer identification examination in which students are required to identify ten of twenty items. Identification items are drawn from both lectures and readings but w ...
Lecture 1 - Crassus
... • An account of someone's life written by someone else. • “My design is not to write histories but lives. And the most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtues and vice in men; sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs us better of ...
... • An account of someone's life written by someone else. • “My design is not to write histories but lives. And the most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtues and vice in men; sometimes a matter of less moment, an expression or a jest, informs us better of ...
Plutarch
Plutarch (/ˈpluːtɑrk/; Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarkhos, Koine Greek: [plǔːtarkʰos]; later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος); c. AD 46 – AD 120) was a Greek historian, biographer and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia.He is considered today to be a Middle Platonist. Plutarch's surviving works seem to have all been originally written in Koine Greek.