Thucydides: The Reinvention of History
... Thucydides: The Reinvention of History is by design a highly selective engagement with, in Kagan’s words, “case studies” of events in Thucydides’s history (227). The Athenian historian’s challenges to contemporary opinions begin on his opening pages, from his claim that the present war was greater t ...
... Thucydides: The Reinvention of History is by design a highly selective engagement with, in Kagan’s words, “case studies” of events in Thucydides’s history (227). The Athenian historian’s challenges to contemporary opinions begin on his opening pages, from his claim that the present war was greater t ...
Sleepwalkers in Athens: Power, Norms, and Ambiguity in Thucydides
... In the overall framework of the approaches to the evolution of norms, in which ideas as well as actors play key roles at different stages (Florini 1996: 363-389), Thucydides has his own place and contribution. The main point of this paper is that Thucydides’ own account of the outbreak of the great ...
... In the overall framework of the approaches to the evolution of norms, in which ideas as well as actors play key roles at different stages (Florini 1996: 363-389), Thucydides has his own place and contribution. The main point of this paper is that Thucydides’ own account of the outbreak of the great ...
The Spartans “at Sea”
... of friendship and alliance with Sparta ca. 548/7 (I 69-70, 1). Nevertheless, the Lacedaemonians, ostensibly because of their struggle with the Argives over the Thyreatis, were not able to prepare a force in time to raise Cyrus’ siege of Sardis and to save Croesus (I 82-83). Perhaps to add insult to ...
... of friendship and alliance with Sparta ca. 548/7 (I 69-70, 1). Nevertheless, the Lacedaemonians, ostensibly because of their struggle with the Argives over the Thyreatis, were not able to prepare a force in time to raise Cyrus’ siege of Sardis and to save Croesus (I 82-83). Perhaps to add insult to ...
KTEMA ES AEI - McGill University
... These words are certainly not those of a supposedly fearful and jealous Sparta, eager and prepared to strike down Athenian imperialism. Upon considering the theory that Thucydides had revised his work later and inserted the theory of Spartan fears of Athenian dominance in Greece Finley remarks that, ...
... These words are certainly not those of a supposedly fearful and jealous Sparta, eager and prepared to strike down Athenian imperialism. Upon considering the theory that Thucydides had revised his work later and inserted the theory of Spartan fears of Athenian dominance in Greece Finley remarks that, ...
Thucydides on Athens` Democratic Advantage in the Archidamian War
... major player on the Greek scene -- was falsified by post-Peloponnesian War history. Although I see little value in rehearsing at length my assessment of Thucydides’ explanation for how democracy may have contributed to Athens’ failure, or the limitations of that explanation, readers of this chapter ...
... major player on the Greek scene -- was falsified by post-Peloponnesian War history. Although I see little value in rehearsing at length my assessment of Thucydides’ explanation for how democracy may have contributed to Athens’ failure, or the limitations of that explanation, readers of this chapter ...
Thucydides 1, 97, 2 : the "arche of the Athenians" and - E
... at sea and on that dement are adequately protected by a fleet of their own, men who were autonomous and treated by us with the highest regard when such as these aet thus, they cannot be said to have revolted (revolt implies oppression); they conspired, they rose up against us.' (vi) In his speech at ...
... at sea and on that dement are adequately protected by a fleet of their own, men who were autonomous and treated by us with the highest regard when such as these aet thus, they cannot be said to have revolted (revolt implies oppression); they conspired, they rose up against us.' (vi) In his speech at ...
History - Manchester eScholar - The University of Manchester
... it is exceptional. It belongs to the first half of the History, and yet it deals fully with negotiations which, while not in the least secret, were conducted through heralds representing the leaders on each side : because the armies were still under arms, the issues at stake were not publicly debate ...
... it is exceptional. It belongs to the first half of the History, and yet it deals fully with negotiations which, while not in the least secret, were conducted through heralds representing the leaders on each side : because the armies were still under arms, the issues at stake were not publicly debate ...
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 ...
Piraeus - The University of Texas at Austin
... Piraeus, Plague, Pericles, and the Peloponnesian War • Thucydides 2.13, Pericles urges Athenians to become “an island” as war approaches with Sparta • Athenians move into the Long and Phaleric Walls in 431, Peloponnesian War begins • Plague enters Athens from the Piraeus in 430, things begin to go ...
... Piraeus, Plague, Pericles, and the Peloponnesian War • Thucydides 2.13, Pericles urges Athenians to become “an island” as war approaches with Sparta • Athenians move into the Long and Phaleric Walls in 431, Peloponnesian War begins • Plague enters Athens from the Piraeus in 430, things begin to go ...
ATHENS vs SPARTA – THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
... •Athenian Leader- “First Citizen of Athens” •Turned Athens into an Empire- Lead the People •Athens could not match Sparta’s Army, routinely invaded ...
... •Athenian Leader- “First Citizen of Athens” •Turned Athens into an Empire- Lead the People •Athens could not match Sparta’s Army, routinely invaded ...
The Peloponessian War 431 – 404 BC
... Archidamus beseiged the twon of Plataea, which only consisted of 800 citizens and 85 Athenians The Plataeans resisted courageously & Archidamus resorted to starving the city out ...
... Archidamus beseiged the twon of Plataea, which only consisted of 800 citizens and 85 Athenians The Plataeans resisted courageously & Archidamus resorted to starving the city out ...
The Peloponnesian War
... 1. The dispute at Epidamnus, 433 BCE. Epidamnus was a tiny colony of Corcyra, a neutral state in the Athens-Sparta conflict. Corcyra was a colony of Corinth, a major Spartan ally, but was now hostile to Corinth. A civil war erupts in Epidamnus. The losers appeal for aid first to Corcyra, then to Cor ...
... 1. The dispute at Epidamnus, 433 BCE. Epidamnus was a tiny colony of Corcyra, a neutral state in the Athens-Sparta conflict. Corcyra was a colony of Corinth, a major Spartan ally, but was now hostile to Corinth. A civil war erupts in Epidamnus. The losers appeal for aid first to Corcyra, then to Cor ...
Peloponnesian War: 418 BCE - International Relations Organization
... * indicates a placeholder name for the position due to lack of records indicating the actual names of these leaders. Rather than on the individual, please focus your research on the position geographically, politically, and historically. 1. King of Sparta - Agis II The Eurypontid King of Sparta who ...
... * indicates a placeholder name for the position due to lack of records indicating the actual names of these leaders. Rather than on the individual, please focus your research on the position geographically, politically, and historically. 1. King of Sparta - Agis II The Eurypontid King of Sparta who ...
Melian Dialog: Historical Context, Summary, and Results[1
... Melian Dialog: Historical Context, Summary, and Results1 Historical Context During the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE), between Athens and Sparta and their various allies, the island of Melos had stayed neutral, and refused to become a subject of Athens. As the war progressed, though, Athens encroac ...
... Melian Dialog: Historical Context, Summary, and Results1 Historical Context During the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE), between Athens and Sparta and their various allies, the island of Melos had stayed neutral, and refused to become a subject of Athens. As the war progressed, though, Athens encroac ...
Introduction - The University of Michigan Press
... an oligarchical state, was supporting the democrats in Epidamnus, while Corcyra was supporting the oligarchs. With help from her allies, Corinth put together a navy of seventy vessels to oppose the Corcyrean navy of eighty (Thuc. I.29.4). The Corcyreans sought arbitration, but the Corinthians refuse ...
... an oligarchical state, was supporting the democrats in Epidamnus, while Corcyra was supporting the oligarchs. With help from her allies, Corinth put together a navy of seventy vessels to oppose the Corcyrean navy of eighty (Thuc. I.29.4). The Corcyreans sought arbitration, but the Corinthians refuse ...
Instructor Handout 1 TSP 1776
... and in the battle of Arginusae in August 406 the largest fleets so far seen in the war entered battle. Callicratidas was drowned while loosing and Sparta again offered peace. Again the Athenian democrats led by Cleophon refused. Even more incredible, during the course of their victory bad weather ha ...
... and in the battle of Arginusae in August 406 the largest fleets so far seen in the war entered battle. Callicratidas was drowned while loosing and Sparta again offered peace. Again the Athenian democrats led by Cleophon refused. Even more incredible, during the course of their victory bad weather ha ...
The Peloponnesian War
... • Withdraw inside the walls • 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? ...
... • Withdraw inside the walls • 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? ...
How did the introduction of democracy change the life of
... fully developed, they had enshrined it in their law. Solon introduced the concept of isonomia into his proto-democratic state: this concept was founded entirely upon all citizens being equal in the eyes of the law. Due to the hyper-politicisation of Athens, ordinary citizens theoretically had a say ...
... fully developed, they had enshrined it in their law. Solon introduced the concept of isonomia into his proto-democratic state: this concept was founded entirely upon all citizens being equal in the eyes of the law. Due to the hyper-politicisation of Athens, ordinary citizens theoretically had a say ...
Peloponnesian War
... located on the Greek mainland, on the west coast of Asia Minor, and on the many islands of the Aegean Sea. Most of the city-states had become allied with one or the other of the leading military powers, Athens and Sparta. Athens was a great naval power, while Sparta relied mainly on its army for sup ...
... located on the Greek mainland, on the west coast of Asia Minor, and on the many islands of the Aegean Sea. Most of the city-states had become allied with one or the other of the leading military powers, Athens and Sparta. Athens was a great naval power, while Sparta relied mainly on its army for sup ...
Chronology of Athenian Imperialism
... 427 Corcyra Massacre 425 Battle of Sphacteria • near Mycenaean Pylos • Athenians built a fort • Spartan force get trapped on island – They surrender (never happened before) ...
... 427 Corcyra Massacre 425 Battle of Sphacteria • near Mycenaean Pylos • Athenians built a fort • Spartan force get trapped on island – They surrender (never happened before) ...
Peloponnesian War
... people enslaved. However, Sparta disagreed. They made the city tear down its walls, but refused to destroy the city or enslave its people. Interesting Facts about the Peloponnesian War ...
... people enslaved. However, Sparta disagreed. They made the city tear down its walls, but refused to destroy the city or enslave its people. Interesting Facts about the Peloponnesian War ...
Athenian Democracy and War
... c. Much of the city had been damaged in the Peloponnesian War. d. Much of the city had been damaged in the Persian Wars. 9. Why were other ...
... c. Much of the city had been damaged in the Peloponnesian War. d. Much of the city had been damaged in the Persian Wars. 9. Why were other ...
Lecture 15 The Peloponnesian War pt. 1
... 427 Corcyra Massacre 425 Battle of Sphacteria • near Mycenaean Pylos • Athenians built a fort • Spartan force get trapped on island – They surrender (never happened before) ...
... 427 Corcyra Massacre 425 Battle of Sphacteria • near Mycenaean Pylos • Athenians built a fort • Spartan force get trapped on island – They surrender (never happened before) ...
Hellenistic Civilization
... The Peloponnesian League Loyalty of the Delian League The Peloponnesian War Athenian leaders Impoverishment of the Thetes Reliance on Mercenaries Confused loyalties ...
... The Peloponnesian League Loyalty of the Delian League The Peloponnesian War Athenian leaders Impoverishment of the Thetes Reliance on Mercenaries Confused loyalties ...
Theramenes
Theramenes (/θɨˈræmɨniːz/; Greek: Θηραμένης; died 404 BC) was an Athenian statesman, prominent in the final decade of the Peloponnesian War. He was particularly active during the two periods of oligarchic government at Athens, as well as in the trial of the generals who had commanded at Arginusae in 406 BC. A moderate oligarch, he often found himself caught between the democrats on the one hand and the extremist oligarchs on the other. Successful in replacing a narrow oligarchy with a broader one in 411 BC, he failed to achieve the same end in 404 BC, and was executed by the extremists whose policies he had opposed.Theramenes was a central figure in four major episodes of Athenian history. He appeared on the scene in 411 BC as one of the leaders of an oligarchic coup, but, as his views and those of the coup's other leaders diverged, he began to oppose their dictates and took the lead in replacing the narrow oligarchy they had imposed with a more broadly based one. He served as a general for several years after this, but was not reelected to that office in 407 BC. After the Battle of Arginusae, in which he served as a trierarch, he was assigned to rescue Athenian sailors from sinking ships, but was prevented from doing so by a storm. That incident prompted a massive furor at Athens, in which Theramenes had to exonerate himself from responsibility for the failed rescue; the controversy ended in the execution of six generals who had commanded at that battle. After the Athenian defeat at Aegospotami in 405 BC, Theramenes arranged the terms by which Athens surrendered to Sparta. He then became a member of the narrow oligarchic government, known as the Thirty Tyrants, that Sparta imposed on its defeated rival. As he had in 411 BC, Theramenes soon came into conflict with the more extreme members of that government; his protests against the reign of terror the Thirty implemented led the leading oligarchs to plot his demise; he was denounced before the oligarchic assembly, and then, when that body appeared reluctant to punish him, struck him from the roster of citizens and executed him without trial.Theramenes remained a controversial figure after his death; Lysias vigorously denounced him while prosecuting several of his former political allies, but others defended his actions. Modern historical assessments have shifted over time; in the 19th century, Theramenes's part in the coup of 411 BC and his use of Arginusae were widely condemned, but newly discovered ancient texts and 20th-century scholarship supported more positive assessments. Some historians have found in Theramenes a selfish opportunist, others a principled moderate. The details of his actions, his motivations, and his character continue to be debated down to the present day.