people who lived there. The leader of Athens‚ Nicias argued that conquering Sicily would be difficult and even more difficult to control if conquered. The Athenian people however want the benefits of victory and without a strong leader such as Pericles the benefits of victory clouded their judgment. The expedition turned out to be a grave mistake and Athens had miserably
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used during their battles. Although Athens and Sparta were both the two most powerful and famous city-states in Ancient Greece‚ Athens is by far more impressive than Sparta. During the Golden age of Greece‚ which was also known as the “Age of Pericles”(480-408 BCE) Athens flourished as a center of not only education but also‚ art‚ culture and democracy. Throughout this time of prosperity‚ success‚ and profitability‚ the Athenians set the foundation for most of the ideologies today‚ such as democracy
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democracy? During this time (approx. 550 BC) alienation of political power was seemingly foolish to the Greek people. Elections were held through a lottery and only the people that were personally selected such as their military leaders (like Pericles) and other high ranking officers where given the rights to make definitive decisions. The distinctions between the citizens and non-citizens were clearly made. The Greeks were profoundly concerned with differences among individuals‚ between humans
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themselves and create their own identity. One of the dominant aspects of their culture was literature and their belief of the Greek gods and goddesses in which they “believed themselves to be descended from a legendary race of heroes” (Bowra 31). As Pericles said‚ they wanted to be examples of their neighbors instead of them copying others. This helped in their rise to power because they were able to use their culture as a form of their motivation because they strive to be something greater and match
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"I doubt seriously whether a man can think with full wisdom and deep convictions regarding certain of the basic international issues today who has not at least reviewed in his mind the period of the Peloponnesian War and the Fall of Athens." George C. Marshall. The Peloponnesian War that took place from 431 B.C. to 404 B.C.‚ as George C. Marshall said‚ is one of the most important wars in the last 2‚500 years of history. The war changed the expansion of democracy for the rest of history and forced
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is a fragment from Pericles’ Funeral Oration. It describes Athens’ governmental plan. A system of government called democracy‚ where
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group of aristocrats. Consequently‚ the poor and middle class Greeks upheld this form of government. Since they formed the majority of the population‚ democracy survived for a long time in the Athenian community‚ as can be seen by the reelection of Pericles‚ the leading advocate of democracy. Another advantage is the equality and justice provided to all. The democratic courts allowed a person to be judged by his peers in a jury‚ which provided a means of unbiased justice to even the poorest of the
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The Carnage of Just Speech William Myers Section Eschenburg Thursday 9:00am Topic B Aristophanes & Pericles In Aristophanes’ play‚ “clouds”‚ there is a battle between the “old” and “new” way of going out about life. This can be seen through the “just” and “unjust” speech‚ whose argumentative outcomes dictate the way in which society should go about educating its citizens. The “unjust speech”‚ which is a heavy logical and manipulative approach to thinking
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aristocratic he was a normal person. Themistocles knew that they might not win next time and Persia was still a threat. He built a state of the art ship‚ Trireme Quotes: ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ ‘Our whole city is an education’-Pericles. It was a stroke of luck that the government was a Democracy‚ so Themistocles could persuade them‚ but if it was a monarchy (something with a king) he would use it on himself. Themistocles told the people that they would use the boat to defeat
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The conflict between oligarchy and democracy often seems to be a relatively recent phenomenon for many in the modern world‚ however it is often disregarded that this conflict goes back millennia in the western world‚ all the way back to ancient Greece‚ and specifically back to the city-state of Athens. Though very different from the modern‚ western concept of democracy‚ Athens’ democratic system was revolutionary for it’s time and often stirred conflict between democratic and oligarchic forces‚ not
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