In contrast‚ Kleon was opposed by Diodotus and eventually lost the debate (3.40)‚ showing he was not as powerful an orator as his predecessor. Thucydides is also able to get across his view on the Athenian democracy‚ arguing that while Pericles was the leader‚ it was “in name a democracy [and] became in actuality rule by the first man” (2.65). However‚ after Pericles‚ it became more of a fight for a leadership position‚ each man trying to gain the
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considered ideal for an Athenian. However‚ in the latter part of the sixth century‚ Attic paintings on vases showed a sudden change in the iconography of the hero 2. Furthermore‚ Theseus began to be shown as a national hero in Athenian tragedies in the fifth-century 3. In this essay the links between Theseus and Athens will be explored in depth to provide the proposal that Theseus is more of an appropriate hero figure for the Athenians in comparison to Herakles. The Athenians had their ideas about
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People fight for equality for all individuals‚ each person treated the exact same. The problem with this fighting stance is that the equality they want accomplished is not actually equality. Equality means that each person is given equal opportunity to do what they desire. This opportunity does not guarantee that people will pursue those desires‚ but the opportunity stays available for them. When people want exact same treatment for each individual‚ they are actually fighting for sameness rather
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first paragraph: The original aims of the Delian League created by Aristides were to protect the already liberated Greek city-states from Persian attack and to attack and regain losses during the Persian wars. The Athenian long-term aim was to dominate the Aegean area. * The Athenians were interested in the Delian League helping safeguard the corn supply‚ protection against Sparta‚ obtaining precious metals from the Urals‚ securing timber for ship building and major economic aims. * In
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Pericles uses the speech of the Funeral Oration to promote Athens. He believed in his people and through this speech he was able to get the people to be proud to be Athenians. Athenians were very proud of their city and its customs. They had a great deal of respect for the warrior class and believed they were top members of their society. Warriors were classified as heroes. The funeral oration was to respect the ones who had died in battle or after battle to build this city into what it had become
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Socrates was accused at the end of his life of impiety and corruption of youth. Rumors‚ prejudices‚ and questions flew about the town. Plato experienced this situation when Socrates‚ his teacher and friend‚ accepted the ruling of death from an Athenian court. In The Last Days of Socrates‚ Plato uses Socrates’ own voice to explain the reasons that Socrates‚ though innocent in Plato’s view‚ was convicted and why Socrates did not escape his punishment as offered by the court. The writings‚ "Euthyphro
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Is Socrates Guilty? In the case of Socrates and the ancient Athenian government‚ it is difficult to determine whether or not he was actually guilty. We have to keep in mind that the Athenian Law is much different than laws today. Even though Athenian laws may have been unjust‚ they were still laws and Socrates’ trial would have to assessed accordingly. In other words‚ the laws in Athens back then may be immoral today‚ but they were still enforced and absolute. Also‚ there may be some information
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reason the Greeks could be known as the Athenians or the Spartans. The Athenian’s political system was based on the belief of democracy. The meaning of democracy comes from the Greek word‚ demos‚ a word meaning neighborhood or affinity group. An Athenian leader Pericles stated‚ “We practice a politics that does not emulate the customs of our neighbors . . . Because we are governed for the many and not for the few‚ we go by the name of democracy.” Athenian democracy was built on the foundation that
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In The Peloponnesian War‚ by Thucydides‚ translated by Steven Lattimore‚ Perikles celebrates many aspects of Athenian society in his funeral oration; the form of government‚ the celebrations or events that take place as well as attraction sites‚ and the type of education for children (92‚ 93). Perikles starts off by stating that their form of government‚ a Democracy‚ is different from their neighboring countries and that it is “…being administered in the interest not of the few but the many‚” (92)
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the first year of the Peloponnesian war provides an excellent vision of the things that made the warriors and citizens of Athens strive to achieve honor or Arete. Pericles speaks of valor‚ ancestry‚ parenthood and many more honorable facets of the Athenian society and it’s implication within it’s society and societies beyond‚ “ [F]or Athens alone of her contemporaries is found when tested to be greater than her reputation…[R]ather the admiration of the present and succeeding ages will be ours”. (Thucydides
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