Compare and contrast Thucydides’ and Socrates’ analyses of the fate of Athenian democracy in war‚ of why the Athenians went to war‚ and of how and why they failed. The Peloponnesian War was the turning point in Athenian hegemony in Ancient Greece. It was fought in 431 B.C. between the Delian League‚ led by Athens‚ and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. According to Thucydides‚ Athens’ imposing hegemonic status and its overwhelming quest for more power made the Peloponnesian War and Athens’s
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democracy. Pericles had brought Athens to its best years. A blossom of education and arts had occurred and that advanced civilization globally. Themistocles could have never been able to do what Pericles had accomplished. Pericles had a vision for what he wanted Athens to look like and he went and achieved it. Pericles did not have as many enemies as Themistocles‚ because if he did he would have too been voted out of the democracy. Overall the better fit to rule over Athens was Pericles. Themistocles
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power to vote on the operation and execution of legislations. This system is well known for its stability and strength which have allowed an outline for modern western politics. Powerful Athenian statesmen‚ Kleisthenes‚ who reigned from 508BC‚ and Pericles‚ who reigned from 461-429 BC‚ significantly developed Athenian democracy through various reforms‚ these reforms constituted a remarkable re-shaping of Athenian society. They revised the citizenship law‚ the process of ostracism and the system of
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Fifth-century Athens refers to the Greek city-state of Athens in the period of roughly 480 BC-404 BC. This was a period of Athenian political hegemony‚ economic growth and cultural flourishing formerly known as the Golden Age of Athens or The Age of Pericles. The period began in 480 BC when an Athenian-led coalition of city-states‚ known as the Delian League‚ defeated the Persians at Salamis. As the fifth century wore on‚ what started as an alliance of independent city-states gradually became an Athenian
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Hetaera’s‚ one of a class of professional independent courtesans (prostitutes) of ancient Greece who‚ besides developing physical beauty‚ cultivated their minds and talents to a degree far beyond that allowed to by the average woman. Usually living fashionably alone‚ or sometimes two or three together‚ the hetairai enjoyed an enviable and respected position of wealth and were protected and taxed by the state. Though they were generally foreigners‚ slaves‚ or freedwomen‚ their freedom was greater
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climax and begins the denouement. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar‚ the funeral orations delivered by Marc Antony and Brutus is the turning point. Marc Antony delivers the more effective funeral oration because he plays with the commoners’ emotions and uses repetition to illustrate sarcasm which wins the crowd over. Funeral orations commonly focus on emotions. Marc Antony’s funeral oration was very effective because he played with the plebeians’ emotions. He states‚ “And‚ being
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the roots of the famous phrase "equal justice under law." The liberality of which Pericles spoke also extended to Athens’ foreign policy: "We throw open our city to the world‚ and never by alien acts exclude foreigners from any opportunity of learning or observing‚ although the eyes of an enemy may occasionally profit by our liberality..."[14] Yet Athens’ values of equality and openness do not‚ according to Pericles‚ hinder Athens’ greatness‚ indeed‚ they enhance it‚ "...advancement in public life
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our own civilization. But it was one person by the name Pericles who changed it all. Nobody dominated Athenian political life during the Golden Age more than the statesman Pericles (495-429BCE)‚ who served nearly 30 years on the board of Ten Generals which was elected annually rather than the chosen by lot‚ and was the representative of the people. A privileged person by birth‚ he was still democracy’s strongest advocate. Later in Pericles career‚ he conveyed an intriguing speech honoring soldiers
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Spartans besiege city of Athens. Plague kills many Athenians Pericles the great ruler died Spartans win in 404B.C. Never again was Greek unity bonded like that again. After all this happened Greeks were never the same they didn’t think that Sparta was going to set a plague on Athens. After they just helped them try to win a war against the Peloponnesians. His contemporary historian‚ acclaimed him as "the first citizen of Athens". Pericles turned the Dalian League into an Athenian empire and led his
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the Peloponnesian War; however‚ this paper will focus only on the failure of Athens to execute Pericles’s strategy. Athens lost the Peloponnesian War because of a failure to follow the strategy of Pericles‚ which ultimately led to reckless expeditions‚ ill-advised war decisions and loss of allies. Pericles was an Athenian politician and general during the time when tensions between Sparta and Athens were rapidly escalating. The two city-states were constantly feuding over interests and were unable
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