Areopagus and Pnyx
... Thucydides, in opposition to Aristophanes, decrees in book 8, chapter 97, “It was during the first period of this constitution that the Athenians appear to have enjoyed the best government that they ever did, at least in my time.” This statement was issued following a discourse on the assembly’s shi ...
... Thucydides, in opposition to Aristophanes, decrees in book 8, chapter 97, “It was during the first period of this constitution that the Athenians appear to have enjoyed the best government that they ever did, at least in my time.” This statement was issued following a discourse on the assembly’s shi ...
The Parthenon Setting | Architecture | Orders | Metopes | Pediments
... Athenian politician, Perikles, who championed its construction. Some historians believe that Athens concluded a peace treaty with Persia in 449, two years before work began on the Parthenon. The significance of this would be that the Delian League/Athenian Empire continued to exist, even after the r ...
... Athenian politician, Perikles, who championed its construction. Some historians believe that Athens concluded a peace treaty with Persia in 449, two years before work began on the Parthenon. The significance of this would be that the Delian League/Athenian Empire continued to exist, even after the r ...
Sacrilege in the Sanctuary: Thucydidean Perspectives on the
... democracy and possessed a naval empire portrayed in Thucydides‟s account as adventurous, innovative, and swift to capitalize on good fortune. It was also the leader of the Delian League, founded in 477 BCE in the wake of the Persian Wars (490-479 BCE). At its height, one hundred and fifty allies con ...
... democracy and possessed a naval empire portrayed in Thucydides‟s account as adventurous, innovative, and swift to capitalize on good fortune. It was also the leader of the Delian League, founded in 477 BCE in the wake of the Persian Wars (490-479 BCE). At its height, one hundred and fifty allies con ...
1 Peter Hunt Associate Professor Department of Classics University
... by this temporal and geographic extent is somewhat obviated by the paucity of evidence for many times and states. Our evidence before the fifth century is scanty, difficult to interpret, or both. But when our early sources—Homer, scraps of archaic poetry, vase paintings, and stories passed down the ...
... by this temporal and geographic extent is somewhat obviated by the paucity of evidence for many times and states. Our evidence before the fifth century is scanty, difficult to interpret, or both. But when our early sources—Homer, scraps of archaic poetry, vase paintings, and stories passed down the ...
Plague at Athens
... to try to force a battle. The inhabitants must have carried on the cultivation of the land in between invasions as there always seem to have been crops to destroy. These were probably mainly corn and vegetables, for vines and olives, once damaged, need many years to recover.' Aristophanes' picture i ...
... to try to force a battle. The inhabitants must have carried on the cultivation of the land in between invasions as there always seem to have been crops to destroy. These were probably mainly corn and vegetables, for vines and olives, once damaged, need many years to recover.' Aristophanes' picture i ...
TERMS
... • The study of basic truths:______________ • To capture the perfect form in art is called the ___________ • Serious drama about downfalls of a character ...
... • The study of basic truths:______________ • To capture the perfect form in art is called the ___________ • Serious drama about downfalls of a character ...
Marathon and the Myth of the Same-Day March
... p.m .... The shield signal then was made before 9 a.m .... It follows that the battle started very close to dawn, i.e. very close to 5.30 a.m." In fact, there is reason to think the Athenians did not attack at first light. Though ancient testimony for this mundane element of daily routine on campaig ...
... p.m .... The shield signal then was made before 9 a.m .... It follows that the battle started very close to dawn, i.e. very close to 5.30 a.m." In fact, there is reason to think the Athenians did not attack at first light. Though ancient testimony for this mundane element of daily routine on campaig ...
Chapter 4: Ancient Greece, 1900-133 B.C.
... The Iliad and the Odyssey were the first great epic poems of early Greece. An epic poem is a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero. The Iliad and the Odyssey were based on stories that had been passed from generation to generation. Homer used stories of the Trojan War to compose the Iliad a ...
... The Iliad and the Odyssey were the first great epic poems of early Greece. An epic poem is a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero. The Iliad and the Odyssey were based on stories that had been passed from generation to generation. Homer used stories of the Trojan War to compose the Iliad a ...
Chapter 4: Ancient Greece, 1900
... The Iliad and the Odyssey were the first great epic poems of early Greece. An epic poem is a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero. The Iliad and the Odyssey were based on stories that had been passed from generation to generation. Homer used stories of the Trojan War to compose the Iliad a ...
... The Iliad and the Odyssey were the first great epic poems of early Greece. An epic poem is a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero. The Iliad and the Odyssey were based on stories that had been passed from generation to generation. Homer used stories of the Trojan War to compose the Iliad a ...
//c/tr,tt/y: empo/67 /ostî WAR AGATNST XERXES a
... suggests that they had formulated a unified, wellplanned strategy against the Persians. The account in Herodotus, written some fifty years later when Athens and Sparta were at war, paints the Spartans in a bad light. They had let Athens down badly by not sending more troops north and by selfishly wa ...
... suggests that they had formulated a unified, wellplanned strategy against the Persians. The account in Herodotus, written some fifty years later when Athens and Sparta were at war, paints the Spartans in a bad light. They had let Athens down badly by not sending more troops north and by selfishly wa ...
Athens - Agathe.gr
... found in the pits. The first planting probably took place in the early third century B.C. At that time an aqueduct was constructed to carry water to the entrance of the precinct (9). The garden was maintained at least till the Augustan period. When the water system went out of use in the late first ...
... found in the pits. The first planting probably took place in the early third century B.C. At that time an aqueduct was constructed to carry water to the entrance of the precinct (9). The garden was maintained at least till the Augustan period. When the water system went out of use in the late first ...
Democracy and institutional change
... for war, in exchange of remuneration in peace time. This took the form of increased payment for “theorika” (i.e. attending public ceremonies like the theatre, but also employment in the various public bodies like the Assembly and the Courts, as stated above). Through the continuous voting procedure ...
... for war, in exchange of remuneration in peace time. This took the form of increased payment for “theorika” (i.e. attending public ceremonies like the theatre, but also employment in the various public bodies like the Assembly and the Courts, as stated above). Through the continuous voting procedure ...
Taiwan: Melos or Pylos
... Second, a powerful nation can use its armed might for a variety of purposes derived from the Thucydidean motives of fear, honor, and interest. An empire might, for instance, use its military power to acquire strategically placed territories. “By conquering you,” proclaimed the Athenian ambassadors, ...
... Second, a powerful nation can use its armed might for a variety of purposes derived from the Thucydidean motives of fear, honor, and interest. An empire might, for instance, use its military power to acquire strategically placed territories. “By conquering you,” proclaimed the Athenian ambassadors, ...
Third Annual Kossmann Lecture by Paul Cartledge
... democracy. Certainly, the democratic Athenians took the notion of popular jurisdiction in their People's Courts as far as it could reasonably go; and they knew nothing - and would have wanted to know less - about the early-modern and still accepted liberal doctrine of the separation of the powers of ...
... democracy. Certainly, the democratic Athenians took the notion of popular jurisdiction in their People's Courts as far as it could reasonably go; and they knew nothing - and would have wanted to know less - about the early-modern and still accepted liberal doctrine of the separation of the powers of ...
Philip II and the Coming of Macedon
... Boiotians to its assistance and the other the Athenians, war broke out in Euboia. Several battles and skirmishes took place, in which sometimes the Thebans were superior and sometimes the Athenians carried off the victory. No important pitched battle occurred, yet, even when the island had been deva ...
... Boiotians to its assistance and the other the Athenians, war broke out in Euboia. Several battles and skirmishes took place, in which sometimes the Thebans were superior and sometimes the Athenians carried off the victory. No important pitched battle occurred, yet, even when the island had been deva ...
Lysias, Against Eratosthenes, 1-36
... • Against Eratosthenes is one of the most famous speeches surviving from ancient Greece • A forensic (legal) speech delivered in Athens • Highly emotionally charged: Lysias is prosecuting someone for the murder of his brother ...
... • Against Eratosthenes is one of the most famous speeches surviving from ancient Greece • A forensic (legal) speech delivered in Athens • Highly emotionally charged: Lysias is prosecuting someone for the murder of his brother ...
Sophocles (ca 495 – ca 405)
... the Athenians) helped highlight political and moral themes Helped in the process of lifelong education for the tremendous responsibility of democracy (“ruling and being ruled”) Tragedy for the Greeks was a religious and moral undertaking For Aristotle, “the imitation of an action that is compl ...
... the Athenians) helped highlight political and moral themes Helped in the process of lifelong education for the tremendous responsibility of democracy (“ruling and being ruled”) Tragedy for the Greeks was a religious and moral undertaking For Aristotle, “the imitation of an action that is compl ...
FJCL Greek Literature Study Guide
... Before the robbers killed him, he exclaimed, “Those cranes will avenge me.” Afterwards, one of the robbers was in a crowded theater, and seeing a flock of cranes overhead, said, “There go the avengers of Ibycus.” His comment was overheard and the robbers were brought to justice. Parmenides: Presocra ...
... Before the robbers killed him, he exclaimed, “Those cranes will avenge me.” Afterwards, one of the robbers was in a crowded theater, and seeing a flock of cranes overhead, said, “There go the avengers of Ibycus.” His comment was overheard and the robbers were brought to justice. Parmenides: Presocra ...
DUMmIES - Ritter Illustration
... Chapter 6: East versus West: The Persian Wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Powering Up the Persians .............................................................................67 Taking charge with Cyrus ....................................................................68 Rebelling with ...
... Chapter 6: East versus West: The Persian Wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Powering Up the Persians .............................................................................67 Taking charge with Cyrus ....................................................................68 Rebelling with ...
The Glue of Democracy: Economics, Warfare and Values in
... Mogen Herman Hansen, Polis (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), 5-12. ...
... Mogen Herman Hansen, Polis (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), 5-12. ...
Ancient Greece LEGS Government and Law
... What was the citizen assembly and its functions? Also, how did it work? The citizen assembly was something where there wasn’t much to it, the citizen assembly just voted on issues that concerned their city. Also after 462 BC controlled legislation (before this the Areopagus did), or the citizen asse ...
... What was the citizen assembly and its functions? Also, how did it work? The citizen assembly was something where there wasn’t much to it, the citizen assembly just voted on issues that concerned their city. Also after 462 BC controlled legislation (before this the Areopagus did), or the citizen asse ...
Classical Greek drama evolved from religious festivals honoring
... amphitheaters hold over fourteen thousand people. Sophocles appeared as a tragic poet in 468 B.C., when he competed against Aeschylus, who was twice Sophocles' age and at the height of his fame. Legend says that during their contest the audience became increasingly excited and eventually violent. Wh ...
... amphitheaters hold over fourteen thousand people. Sophocles appeared as a tragic poet in 468 B.C., when he competed against Aeschylus, who was twice Sophocles' age and at the height of his fame. Legend says that during their contest the audience became increasingly excited and eventually violent. Wh ...
2.3 Battle of Marathon Workbook and Internal Instructions
... moreover, took the side of the Persians, especially Thessaly, Thebes and Argos. Xerxes was not the oldest son of Darius, and according to old Iranian traditions Xerxes set out in the spring of 480 BC from Sardis with a fleet and army which should not have succeeded the King. Xerxes was however the o ...
... moreover, took the side of the Persians, especially Thessaly, Thebes and Argos. Xerxes was not the oldest son of Darius, and according to old Iranian traditions Xerxes set out in the spring of 480 BC from Sardis with a fleet and army which should not have succeeded the King. Xerxes was however the o ...
Theseus and the Minotaur
... Trojan War (around 1300 BCE). At this time, the Minoans, who lived on the island of Crete, had a very strong navy. The Minoan king, King Minos, would often send his navy to attack Greek cities, including Athens. Everyone was afraid of him and his soldiers. King Aegeus had an agreement with King Mino ...
... Trojan War (around 1300 BCE). At this time, the Minoans, who lived on the island of Crete, had a very strong navy. The Minoan king, King Minos, would often send his navy to attack Greek cities, including Athens. Everyone was afraid of him and his soldiers. King Aegeus had an agreement with King Mino ...
this PDF file - Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
... centuries and makes one wonder whether homonoia might have had the same status as other political abstractions (eirene, demokratia, demos, etc.) which were worshipped at Athens as early as the fourth century.2 A goddess Homonoia had been known from dedications and an altar at Thera in the third cent ...
... centuries and makes one wonder whether homonoia might have had the same status as other political abstractions (eirene, demokratia, demos, etc.) which were worshipped at Athens as early as the fourth century.2 A goddess Homonoia had been known from dedications and an altar at Thera in the third cent ...
First Peloponnesian War
The First Peloponnesian War (460–445 BC) was fought between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta's other allies, most notably Thebes, and the Delian League led by Athens with support from Argos. This war consisted of a series of conflicts and minor wars, such as the Second Sacred War. There were several causes for the war including the building of the Athenian long walls, Megara's defection and the envy and concern felt by Sparta at the growth of the Athenian Empire.The war began in 460 BC (Battle of Oenoe). At first the Athenians had the better of the fighting, winning the naval engagements using their superior fleet. They also had the better of the fighting on land, until 457 BC when the Spartans and their allies defeated the Athenian army at Tanagra. The Athenians, however, counterattacked and scored a crushing victory over the Boeotians at the Battle of Oenophyta and followed this victory up by conquering all of Boeotia except for Thebes.Athens further consolidated their position by making Aegina a member of the Delian League and by ravaging the Peloponnese. The Athenians were defeated in 454 BC by the Macedonians which caused them to enter into a five years' truce with Sparta. However, the war flared up again in 448 BC with the start of the Second Sacred War. In 446 BC, Boeotia revolted and defeated the Athenians at Coronea and regained their independence.The First Peloponnesian War ended in an arrangement between Sparta and Athens, which was ratified by the Thirty Years' Peace (winter of 446–445 BC). According to the provisions of this peace treaty, both sides maintained the main parts of their empires. Athens continued its domination of the sea while Sparta dominated the land. Megara returned to the Peloponnesian League and Aegina becoming a tribute paying but autonomous member of the Delian League. The war between the two leagues restarted in 431 BC and in 404 BC, Athens was occupied by Sparta.