Transcript of “The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization” Episode One
... perhaps the most extraordinary two centuries in history, a time that saw the birth of science and politics, philosophy, literature and drama. [A time that] saw the creation of art and architecture w ...
... perhaps the most extraordinary two centuries in history, a time that saw the birth of science and politics, philosophy, literature and drama. [A time that] saw the creation of art and architecture w ...
Making Athens Great Again - International Psychoanalysis
... greatness. Mere kleos is for losers. Only an exceptional man would have dared to challenge such a fundamental presumption of his society. But if Socrates was so extraordinary, how did Athenians —who took pride in citizens of distinction and had long been fondly tolerant of their exuberantly eccentri ...
... greatness. Mere kleos is for losers. Only an exceptional man would have dared to challenge such a fundamental presumption of his society. But if Socrates was so extraordinary, how did Athenians —who took pride in citizens of distinction and had long been fondly tolerant of their exuberantly eccentri ...
300 - Thermopylae and Rise of an Empire
... messenger to tell Xerxes a tall tale. If he wanted to enjoy an easy victory, Xerxes should attack immediately since the Athenians were planning to leave Salamis by dawn. The Greeks, in other words, were reportedly running away. Taking the bait, Xerxes and his fleet of slower ships sailed into the bay ...
... messenger to tell Xerxes a tall tale. If he wanted to enjoy an easy victory, Xerxes should attack immediately since the Athenians were planning to leave Salamis by dawn. The Greeks, in other words, were reportedly running away. Taking the bait, Xerxes and his fleet of slower ships sailed into the bay ...
Argos Argos lies on the fertile Argolid plain in the eastern
... [Sparta was] everywhere admired and nowhere imitated. Xenophon The relationship between citizens and helots was an uneasy one and there were sometimes uprisings, notably in the 7th century BCE which contributed to Sparta’s defeat to Argos at Hysiae in 669 BCE. Sparta gained revenge on Argos in c. 54 ...
... [Sparta was] everywhere admired and nowhere imitated. Xenophon The relationship between citizens and helots was an uneasy one and there were sometimes uprisings, notably in the 7th century BCE which contributed to Sparta’s defeat to Argos at Hysiae in 669 BCE. Sparta gained revenge on Argos in c. 54 ...
Thucydides on the evacuation of Athens in 480 BC - E
... were already advancing, but that they had begun to create their fleet some years earlier, under the threat of a Persian invasion (i.e. ueydAou xivöuvou emxoeLiaot>evxog)". We can find some arguments in the text in favour of the second interpreta¬ tion. The first genitive absolute in Thucydides 1.18. ...
... were already advancing, but that they had begun to create their fleet some years earlier, under the threat of a Persian invasion (i.e. ueydAou xivöuvou emxoeLiaot>evxog)". We can find some arguments in the text in favour of the second interpreta¬ tion. The first genitive absolute in Thucydides 1.18. ...
Thucydides on the evacuation of Athens in 480 BC - E
... were already advancing, but that they had begun to create their fleet some years earlier, under the threat of a Persian invasion (i.e. ueydAou xivöuvou emxoeLiaot>evxog)". We can find some arguments in the text in favour of the second interpreta¬ tion. The first genitive absolute in Thucydides 1.18. ...
... were already advancing, but that they had begun to create their fleet some years earlier, under the threat of a Persian invasion (i.e. ueydAou xivöuvou emxoeLiaot>evxog)". We can find some arguments in the text in favour of the second interpreta¬ tion. The first genitive absolute in Thucydides 1.18. ...
File - The Sicilian Association of Australia
... Holy Week in Caltanissetta: for the entire week the city becomes a great spectacle of ancient traditions, the most famous is the Processione dei Misteri (procession of mysteries) oN holy Thursday. The highlight of the procession are the "Vare", great groups of holy statues of chalk and terracotta. T ...
... Holy Week in Caltanissetta: for the entire week the city becomes a great spectacle of ancient traditions, the most famous is the Processione dei Misteri (procession of mysteries) oN holy Thursday. The highlight of the procession are the "Vare", great groups of holy statues of chalk and terracotta. T ...
a spear butt from the lesbians - The American School of Classical
... Mytilene in 428/7 B.C., an event described in some detail by Thucydides in his account of the Peloponnesian war.5 At first the Athenians attacked only with their fleet, but later they brought in one thousand hoplites and besieged the city from land and sea. In a desperate move the people of Mytilene ...
... Mytilene in 428/7 B.C., an event described in some detail by Thucydides in his account of the Peloponnesian war.5 At first the Athenians attacked only with their fleet, but later they brought in one thousand hoplites and besieged the city from land and sea. In a desperate move the people of Mytilene ...
Ancient Greece Paper 2 Final Draft
... In the Classical Age of ancient Greece, the beginning of the fifth century B.C. and the rise of Alexander the great in 323 B.C, Athens expanded developed a flourishing economy based on trade and the shipment of goods to other parts of Greece and the Aegean.1 In order for Athens to maintain this esta ...
... In the Classical Age of ancient Greece, the beginning of the fifth century B.C. and the rise of Alexander the great in 323 B.C, Athens expanded developed a flourishing economy based on trade and the shipment of goods to other parts of Greece and the Aegean.1 In order for Athens to maintain this esta ...
Defence of Socrates - Not Entirely Stable
... Greece (Athens in particular, of course), that he was a sophist, and that he was influencing and corrupting Athens’ youth. But beyond the official charges against him, there were plenty of other things that people held Socrates responsible for, even if it was not explicitly said in his indictment or ...
... Greece (Athens in particular, of course), that he was a sophist, and that he was influencing and corrupting Athens’ youth. But beyond the official charges against him, there were plenty of other things that people held Socrates responsible for, even if it was not explicitly said in his indictment or ...
Chapter 3 - Jaconline
... Ionian Sea to the west. Greece is a mainly mountainous country. In ancient times, most Greeks lived either on narrow strips of land along the coast, with each settlement separated by mountains coming down to the sea, or on the many islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas. It was actually easier to tra ...
... Ionian Sea to the west. Greece is a mainly mountainous country. In ancient times, most Greeks lived either on narrow strips of land along the coast, with each settlement separated by mountains coming down to the sea, or on the many islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas. It was actually easier to tra ...
When Sophocles produced the Antigone in 442
... Antigone and despite his lack of military training or aptitude, Sophocles was elected as strategos, or commander, a position that he held during Athens’ expedition against the island of Samos. Narrative Context, Dramatic Setting and Reception Although some tragedies dealt with historical or near-con ...
... Antigone and despite his lack of military training or aptitude, Sophocles was elected as strategos, or commander, a position that he held during Athens’ expedition against the island of Samos. Narrative Context, Dramatic Setting and Reception Although some tragedies dealt with historical or near-con ...
The Early Greeks - Point Pleasant Beach School District
... • When they did not come, the Persian commander ordered the troops back on the boat. • When the horsemen were on the boat, the Greeks charged the Persian foot soldiers and defeated them. • After Darius’s death, his son Xerxes became king. • He vowed a new invasion of Greece. (pages 134–137) ...
... • When they did not come, the Persian commander ordered the troops back on the boat. • When the horsemen were on the boat, the Greeks charged the Persian foot soldiers and defeated them. • After Darius’s death, his son Xerxes became king. • He vowed a new invasion of Greece. (pages 134–137) ...
Introduction: Athenian History and Society in the Age of Pericles
... Solon’s property qualifications actually represented a radical movement in Greek politics, because they formally separated the qualifications for office-holding from one’s birth.22 At an earlier point in Athenian history, perhaps even into the period just before Solon’s reforms, it appears likely that ...
... Solon’s property qualifications actually represented a radical movement in Greek politics, because they formally separated the qualifications for office-holding from one’s birth.22 At an earlier point in Athenian history, perhaps even into the period just before Solon’s reforms, it appears likely that ...
Journey Across Time - Point Pleasant Beach School District
... • When they did not come, the Persian commander ordered the troops back on the boat. • When the horsemen were on the boat, the Greeks charged the Persian foot soldiers and defeated them. • After Darius’s death, his son Xerxes became king. • He vowed a new invasion of Greece. (pages 134–137) ...
... • When they did not come, the Persian commander ordered the troops back on the boat. • When the horsemen were on the boat, the Greeks charged the Persian foot soldiers and defeated them. • After Darius’s death, his son Xerxes became king. • He vowed a new invasion of Greece. (pages 134–137) ...
JAT EA Chapter 04
... • When they did not come, the Persian commander ordered the troops back on the boat. • When the horsemen were on the boat, the Greeks charged the Persian foot soldiers and defeated them. • After Darius’s death, his son Xerxes became king. • He vowed a new invasion of Greece. (pages 134–137) ...
... • When they did not come, the Persian commander ordered the troops back on the boat. • When the horsemen were on the boat, the Greeks charged the Persian foot soldiers and defeated them. • After Darius’s death, his son Xerxes became king. • He vowed a new invasion of Greece. (pages 134–137) ...
Antigone Background Information
... A system was created in which the city was run by ten _______________, each from one of the ten tribes. ...
... A system was created in which the city was run by ten _______________, each from one of the ten tribes. ...
He did NOT find them wise. the pursuit of wisdom
... Disastrous twenty-seven year struggle (431-404 B.C.E.) between the rival Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta. Socrates fought in this war and it defined him intellectually. He was critical of Athenian democracy and Spartan Oligarchy 3 of his former students were leaders associated with the do ...
... Disastrous twenty-seven year struggle (431-404 B.C.E.) between the rival Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta. Socrates fought in this war and it defined him intellectually. He was critical of Athenian democracy and Spartan Oligarchy 3 of his former students were leaders associated with the do ...
athens and the tyranny of a democratic state
... Greek states of their freedom. This takes the discussion back to Thucydides account of the Peloponnesian war. It is noteworthy that the events of this period belong to a period when the Athenian democracy was firmly established so much that her political hegemony, economic growth and cultural prospe ...
... Greek states of their freedom. This takes the discussion back to Thucydides account of the Peloponnesian war. It is noteworthy that the events of this period belong to a period when the Athenian democracy was firmly established so much that her political hegemony, economic growth and cultural prospe ...
Ancient Studies History -- Unit 3 -
... What advice does Xerxes receive in his dreams about going to war? (19-20) And what advice does Artabanus then receive in a dream when he sleeps in Xerxes’ bed? (21) ...
... What advice does Xerxes receive in his dreams about going to war? (19-20) And what advice does Artabanus then receive in a dream when he sleeps in Xerxes’ bed? (21) ...
Kelsey T. Chodorow
... When Ephialtes died Pericles became the leader of the party. He was the post powerful person in the state at that time”(Donald 1). After Cleisthenes died Pericles felt like he had to carry on what hus uncle did and did not want to fail him. Once Ephialtes died Pericles felt like he had to step up th ...
... When Ephialtes died Pericles became the leader of the party. He was the post powerful person in the state at that time”(Donald 1). After Cleisthenes died Pericles felt like he had to carry on what hus uncle did and did not want to fail him. Once Ephialtes died Pericles felt like he had to step up th ...
Strategy and Changing Moods in Thucydides
... (passion, orge) in the assembly but another in the war’s execution. As circumstances change, resolutions change (1.140). 15 In his initial material estimation, Perikles sees Sparta advantaged in single combat but without the funds for a longer war. The Athenian fleet is a permanent or insuperable ad ...
... (passion, orge) in the assembly but another in the war’s execution. As circumstances change, resolutions change (1.140). 15 In his initial material estimation, Perikles sees Sparta advantaged in single combat but without the funds for a longer war. The Athenian fleet is a permanent or insuperable ad ...
Background Briefing: The Polis, The City
... most significant development, and through the 6th and 5th centuries it is certainly the dominant political institution in Greece. As we shall see, there is a rough correlation between the polis system and the possible (but not necessary) emergence of democracies, while ethnos organizations tend to r ...
... most significant development, and through the 6th and 5th centuries it is certainly the dominant political institution in Greece. As we shall see, there is a rough correlation between the polis system and the possible (but not necessary) emergence of democracies, while ethnos organizations tend to r ...
Get Ready to Read (cont.)
... • When they did not come, the Persian commander ordered the troops back on the boat. • When the horsemen were on the boat, the Greeks charged the Persian foot soldiers and defeated them. • After Darius’s death, his son Xerxes became king. • He vowed a new invasion of Greece. (pages 134–137) ...
... • When they did not come, the Persian commander ordered the troops back on the boat. • When the horsemen were on the boat, the Greeks charged the Persian foot soldiers and defeated them. • After Darius’s death, his son Xerxes became king. • He vowed a new invasion of Greece. (pages 134–137) ...
Thucydides and Xenophon: Political Historians of Ancient Greece
... Athens. Speech, discussion and debate were very much part of the ancient Greek way of life generally, and even more so in a democratic society in which discussion before the assembly and debates before the law courts were a central part of political practice and the manipulation of power. This becam ...
... Athens. Speech, discussion and debate were very much part of the ancient Greek way of life generally, and even more so in a democratic society in which discussion before the assembly and debates before the law courts were a central part of political practice and the manipulation of power. This becam ...
Corinthian War
The Corinthian War was an ancient Greek conflict lasting from 395 BC until 387 BC, pitting Sparta against a coalition of four allied states, Thebes, Athens, Corinth, and Argos, who were initially backed by Persia. The immediate cause of the war was a local conflict in northwest Greece in which both Thebes and Sparta intervened. The deeper cause was hostility towards Sparta provoked by that city's ""expansionism in Asia Minor, central and northern Greece and even the west"".The war was fought on two fronts, on land near Corinth (hence the name) and Thebes and at sea in the Aegean. On land, the Spartans achieved several early successes in major battles, but were unable to capitalize on their advantage, and the fighting soon became stalemated. At sea, the Spartan fleet was decisively defeated by a Persian fleet early in the war, an event that effectively ended Sparta's attempts to become a naval power. Taking advantage of this fact, Athens launched several naval campaigns in the later years of the war, recapturing a number of islands that had been part of the original Athenian Empire during the 5th century BC.Alarmed by these Athenian successes, the Persians stopped backing the allies and began supporting Sparta. This defection forced the allies to seek peace. The Peace of Antalcidas, commonly known as the King's Peace, was signed in 387 BC, ending the war. This treaty declared that Persia would control all of Ionia, and that all other Greek cities would be independent. Sparta was to be the guardian of the peace, with the power to enforce its clauses. The effects of the war, therefore, were to establish Persia's ability to interfere successfully in Greek politics and to affirm Sparta's hegemonic position in the Greek political system.