no true origin of what exactly started the war. “The war started‚” according to Thucydides‚ “because of the growth of Athens alarmed Sparta” (Hunt 100). Although‚ Sparta was the first to attack; Athens contributed the cause for the attack from Sparta. Athens is the one to blame for the Peloponnesian War due to the fact that Athens was growing in power which scared Sparta and Athens mistreating Sparta’s allies‚ Pericles ignoring the ultimatum due to Sparta’s “refusal” to settle the dispute of the treaty
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theme of honor the most is the “Funeral Oration of Pericles Book II”. Thucydides speaks of how great the Athenian culture is and
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especially for the Pentecontaetia (the „fifty- Year Period‟ 478-432). Without Plutarch our evidence from this period would be very fragmentary indeed. Source Plutarch‚ Life of Pericles‚ Penguin Classics Buckley‚ T. (1996) Aspects of Greek History 750-323BC. A Source Based Approach. Routledge‚ London Pericles Study Guide Chapters 1 & 2 Details you should know: • In these first two sections Plutarch sets out his philosophy for writing about the lives of eminent citizens. He does
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Explain the methods used by the Athenians to transform the Delian League into the Athenian Empire. (25 marks) There is certainty no evidence to suggest that the Athenians had any long-term plans‚ in the years 479-470 BC‚ to change the Delian League into an empire‚ although from the beginning the potential to develop into an imperial power were there. Because from the beginning‚ Athens had considerable power as she was the permanent hegemon.The most important aspects involving the transformation of
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annals or king lists‚ and pragmatic epigraphy. Herodotus is widely known as the "father of history": his Histories are eponymous of the entire field. Written between the 450s and 420s BC‚ Herodotus’ work reaches about a century into the past‚ discussing 6th century historical figures such as Darius I of Persia‚ Cambyses II and Psamtik III‚ and alluding to some 8th century ones such as Candaules. Herodotus was succeeded by authors such as Thucydides‚ Xenophon‚ Demosthenes‚ Plato and Aristotle. Most
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against taxation and being ruled by foreign tyrants. Persian invasion of Greece- Herodotus: alive for most of these events‚ was probably too young for most of it. He knew veterans from these campaigns. Considered “the father of history” or the “father of lies.” Dilos Maxos Pericles comes to power‚ undisputed political leader. Acropolis you see today was built by Pericles 399 - Death of Socrates Thucydides Wars between allies In 410 democady is restores‚ Alcibiades leads
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With reference to sources‚ what does the evidence reveal about Spartan cultural life? There were many different aspects to the Spartan cultural life which ancient sources and evidence have provided insight and knowledge for our modern societies. These features include art‚ architecture‚ writing and literature‚ and Greek writer’s views of Sparta. The Spartan cultural life also gives us knowledge into other aspects of Spartan life and the society in which they lived. Architecture was one of the essential
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Ancient Greek Cultural Values (Fiero 76-136) rational explanations experiential extensions Pericles’ Funeral Speech (88-89) the Iliad (81-84) Aristotle’s Poetics (99) the Antigone (92-98) Plato’s Crito (102-104) Sappho’s poems (128) Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (104-107) Pindar’s Odes (128) Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics (109-110) Vitruvius on Symmetry (114-116) * * * * *
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that a child or grandchild would cause the death of the one asking for the prediction. In mythology‚ Acrisius came to fear Perseus because the Oracle’s prediction of killing him. This same situation was seen in Oedipus and the story provided by Herodotus of Cyrus. Grandfathers tried to do away with an infant that would cause their death‚ left to be exposed to the wild but ended up being taken care of by a farmer family. The story of creation comes from this idea of the new generation replacing
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than any other cultures‚ influences American policies today in terms of values‚ government‚ and self-image. The Greek civilization was one of the first organized and well-structured societies in history. The Greeks viewed themselves as great and superior to all those that were not of their culture. They thought that most of the outside world consisted of barbarians and‚ although under the law of Xenia‚ they were kind and generous to outsiders‚ they thought of themselves as the more intelligent individuals
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