Alcibiades ΠΟΛΥΤΡΟΠΟΣ: Socratic Philosopher and Tragic Hero?
... 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 demonstrated his steadfastness, while others advocate change. Again, his public ...
... 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 demonstrated his steadfastness, while others advocate change. Again, his public ...
the price of failure
... career where they survive, can provide some insight into the way those Athenians understood military success and failure. Nicias‟ career contains excellent examples of both. He was Athens‟ most successful general during the period between Pericles‟ death and the Sicilian Expedition itself, and then ...
... career where they survive, can provide some insight into the way those Athenians understood military success and failure. Nicias‟ career contains excellent examples of both. He was Athens‟ most successful general during the period between Pericles‟ death and the Sicilian Expedition itself, and then ...
Alcibiades - Miss Allaker`s Classical Studies
... and indulged himself in sensual pleasures. He was famous for his parties which scandalized the citizens of Athens. His behavior made many enemies, a small but important example being that he liked to wear long, red robes, just like Athenian women, disturbing behavior for a man who wanted to be consi ...
... and indulged himself in sensual pleasures. He was famous for his parties which scandalized the citizens of Athens. His behavior made many enemies, a small but important example being that he liked to wear long, red robes, just like Athenian women, disturbing behavior for a man who wanted to be consi ...
After the Democracy: Athens under Phocion (322/1 – 319/8 B.C.)
... also a few ancient historians who offer some insight into the events of this period. Diodorus is a useful resource. He examines the causes of the Lamian War and gives a detailed list of the Greeks that joined the fight for freedom and autonomy. He also provides a reasonable account of the struggle ...
... also a few ancient historians who offer some insight into the events of this period. Diodorus is a useful resource. He examines the causes of the Lamian War and gives a detailed list of the Greeks that joined the fight for freedom and autonomy. He also provides a reasonable account of the struggle ...
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 ...
AH 1.3 Politics and Society of Ancient Sparta Maria Preztler
... Historiography, wrote c. 450s-420s BC; from Halicarnassus. Herodotus, The Histories, trans. A. de Selincourt, revised by J. Marincola (Penguin). Herodotus was from Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, and is therefore one of the few Greek authors of the classical period who were not Athenian. He did, howeve ...
... Historiography, wrote c. 450s-420s BC; from Halicarnassus. Herodotus, The Histories, trans. A. de Selincourt, revised by J. Marincola (Penguin). Herodotus was from Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, and is therefore one of the few Greek authors of the classical period who were not Athenian. He did, howeve ...
AH1 option 3 Sparta
... Historiography, wrote c. 450s-420s BC; from Halicarnassus. Herodotus, The Histories, trans. A. de Selincourt, revised by J. Marincola (Penguin). Herodotus was from Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, and is therefore one of the few Greek authors of the classical period who were not Athenian. He did, howeve ...
... Historiography, wrote c. 450s-420s BC; from Halicarnassus. Herodotus, The Histories, trans. A. de Selincourt, revised by J. Marincola (Penguin). Herodotus was from Halicarnassus in Asia Minor, and is therefore one of the few Greek authors of the classical period who were not Athenian. He did, howeve ...
Theseus - Mark Moore Online
... Soon afterwards, the collectors from Crete arrived for the tribute that Athens was required to send every nine years: seven boys and seven girls. This tribute had to be paid because of the murder of Androgeus, the eldest son of King Minos of Crete, while he had been a guest of Aegeus in Attica. Mino ...
... Soon afterwards, the collectors from Crete arrived for the tribute that Athens was required to send every nine years: seven boys and seven girls. This tribute had to be paid because of the murder of Androgeus, the eldest son of King Minos of Crete, while he had been a guest of Aegeus in Attica. Mino ...
Τόπος και Χρόνος Γέννησης Τόπος και Χρόνος Θανάτου Κύρι
... 2. Personality and private life His father died in prison because he failed to pay the 50-talent fine he owed to the city and as a result Cimon grew up without paternal supervision. It is reported that he had been an undisciplined young man, fond of drinking like his grandfather Cimon. As he had not ...
... 2. Personality and private life His father died in prison because he failed to pay the 50-talent fine he owed to the city and as a result Cimon grew up without paternal supervision. It is reported that he had been an undisciplined young man, fond of drinking like his grandfather Cimon. As he had not ...
Aspasia - People Server at UNCW
... the symposiums. According to some ancient sources she was skilled in rhetoric and took part in the intellectual discussions of the leading men in Athens, including Socrates. As the mistress of Pericles, she suffered attacks from his political enemies. Aspasia and Pericles had one son, who was later ...
... the symposiums. According to some ancient sources she was skilled in rhetoric and took part in the intellectual discussions of the leading men in Athens, including Socrates. As the mistress of Pericles, she suffered attacks from his political enemies. Aspasia and Pericles had one son, who was later ...
Πολιτικός Ἔρως: Alcibiades` Love in Thucydides and Plato
... Pausanias, one of the several encomiasts of Ἔρως in Plato’s Symposium, giving an orthodox depiction of the classical παιδεία in that dialogue: there is one – and only one – further reason for willingly subjecting oneself to another which is equally above reproach: that is subjection for the sake of ...
... Pausanias, one of the several encomiasts of Ἔρως in Plato’s Symposium, giving an orthodox depiction of the classical παιδεία in that dialogue: there is one – and only one – further reason for willingly subjecting oneself to another which is equally above reproach: that is subjection for the sake of ...
Cimon`s Dismissal, Ephialtes` Revolution and the Peloponnesian Wars
... no more surely founded than his story of the providential hare, which saved the younger boys from collapsing buildings (Cim. 16.5-7). However, there are two more fragmentary but probably more reliable bits of evidence in the best fifth-century sources. Herodotus reports that three hundred Spartans f ...
... no more surely founded than his story of the providential hare, which saved the younger boys from collapsing buildings (Cim. 16.5-7). However, there are two more fragmentary but probably more reliable bits of evidence in the best fifth-century sources. Herodotus reports that three hundred Spartans f ...
Winchester 2 Table of Contents Chapter One: Historical Background
... And with reference to the narrative of events, far from permitting myself to derive it from the first source that came to hand, I did not even trust my own impressions, but it rests partly on what I saw myself, partly on what others saw for me, the accuracy of the report being always tried by the mo ...
... And with reference to the narrative of events, far from permitting myself to derive it from the first source that came to hand, I did not even trust my own impressions, but it rests partly on what I saw myself, partly on what others saw for me, the accuracy of the report being always tried by the mo ...
er ook? - Journals
... excavated by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for over eighty years. That investigation has unearthed a tremendous amount of evidence – architecture, sculpture, inscriptions, pottery and other sorts of finds – that has cast much light on the use and development of the square throug ...
... excavated by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for over eighty years. That investigation has unearthed a tremendous amount of evidence – architecture, sculpture, inscriptions, pottery and other sorts of finds – that has cast much light on the use and development of the square throug ...
Pericles
... Her enemies when defeated are not disgraced; her subjects confess that she is worthy to rule them." Of Athens' dead he says: "To men who fall as they have fallen death is no evil." Other Quotes For the whole Earth is the Sepulchre of famous men; and their story is not graven only on Stone over their ...
... Her enemies when defeated are not disgraced; her subjects confess that she is worthy to rule them." Of Athens' dead he says: "To men who fall as they have fallen death is no evil." Other Quotes For the whole Earth is the Sepulchre of famous men; and their story is not graven only on Stone over their ...
Worksheet - WordPress.com
... poorest part of Athens. This made people see him as a 'man of the people'. It also made it easier for him to talk to ordinary citizens. He could count on their support in votes. "he wooed the poor; and they, not used to being courted, duly loved him back. Touring the taverns, the markets, the docks, ...
... poorest part of Athens. This made people see him as a 'man of the people'. It also made it easier for him to talk to ordinary citizens. He could count on their support in votes. "he wooed the poor; and they, not used to being courted, duly loved him back. Touring the taverns, the markets, the docks, ...
Pericles Structured Essay
... plainly believed that intelligence and reason could restrain unruly passions, maintain the empire at its current size, and use its revenues for a different, safer, possibly even greater glory than the Greeks had yet known.’ Most modern historians, including John Thornley and Chester Starr, interpret ...
... plainly believed that intelligence and reason could restrain unruly passions, maintain the empire at its current size, and use its revenues for a different, safer, possibly even greater glory than the Greeks had yet known.’ Most modern historians, including John Thornley and Chester Starr, interpret ...
Plutarch, Charinus, and the Megarian Decree
... with working the sacred orgas, the land sacred to the Eleusinian goddesses on the boundary with Megara. 8 In addition, he gave Pericles a speech explaining his intransigence, stressing the necessity of standing up to the Spartans even on a minor matter such as the Megarian decree (1.140.2-41.1). Alt ...
... with working the sacred orgas, the land sacred to the Eleusinian goddesses on the boundary with Megara. 8 In addition, he gave Pericles a speech explaining his intransigence, stressing the necessity of standing up to the Spartans even on a minor matter such as the Megarian decree (1.140.2-41.1). Alt ...
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 ...
Peter Marciano
... Famous Greeks and Romans Victory of Sparta and Defeat of Athens: The Lawgivers, Lycurgus and Solon ...
... Famous Greeks and Romans Victory of Sparta and Defeat of Athens: The Lawgivers, Lycurgus and Solon ...
J. C. TREVETT
... Characters in the Sicilian Expedition, Quaderni di Storia2 10 (1979) 39-79 at 59-60. Both these works are cited by author’s name alone; references are to Thucydides unless otherwise stated. 2 Ellis 60 n. 44, who regards this explanation as ‘conceivable but weak’. 3 Plutarch discusses his sources at ...
... Characters in the Sicilian Expedition, Quaderni di Storia2 10 (1979) 39-79 at 59-60. Both these works are cited by author’s name alone; references are to Thucydides unless otherwise stated. 2 Ellis 60 n. 44, who regards this explanation as ‘conceivable but weak’. 3 Plutarch discusses his sources at ...
Pheidippides and the marathon
... • “For myself, my duty is to report all that is said; but I am not obliged to believe it all alike – a remark which may be understood to apply to my whole History.” (Herodotus, 7. 152) • : “... according to the account which he [Pheidippides] gave to the Athenians on his return... [he] fell in with ...
... • “For myself, my duty is to report all that is said; but I am not obliged to believe it all alike – a remark which may be understood to apply to my whole History.” (Herodotus, 7. 152) • : “... according to the account which he [Pheidippides] gave to the Athenians on his return... [he] fell in with ...
specimen
... his writings, particularly in relation to the plague, might be developed. • detailed reference to some of the events Thucydides describes: particular reference might be made to the plague and disputes in Attica, which would have been news in some ways rather than history. Does Thucydides’ presentati ...
... his writings, particularly in relation to the plague, might be developed. • detailed reference to some of the events Thucydides describes: particular reference might be made to the plague and disputes in Attica, which would have been news in some ways rather than history. Does Thucydides’ presentati ...
Commentaar slides pwp Bouw
... for in antiquity was his statues in bronze or gold and ivory. If Plutarch tells us that he superintended the great works of Pericles on the Acropolis, this phrase is very vague. On the other hand, inscriptions prove that the marble blocks intended for the pedimental statues of the Parthenon were not ...
... for in antiquity was his statues in bronze or gold and ivory. If Plutarch tells us that he superintended the great works of Pericles on the Acropolis, this phrase is very vague. On the other hand, inscriptions prove that the marble blocks intended for the pedimental statues of the Parthenon were not ...
Just What are Perceptions
... How did he see this reality working? He tells his audience, even reminds those who could remember back perhaps to the spring of 480 BCE, according to How and Wells (1912) of the day at Delphi when the Pythia, Apollo’s priestess uttered two oracles. The first oracle told the Athenians they must all f ...
... How did he see this reality working? He tells his audience, even reminds those who could remember back perhaps to the spring of 480 BCE, according to How and Wells (1912) of the day at Delphi when the Pythia, Apollo’s priestess uttered two oracles. The first oracle told the Athenians they must all f ...
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.