one of the main causes for the Peloponnesian War. “The real cause I consider to be the one which was formally most kept out of sight. The growth of Athenian power of Athens‚ and the alarm which this inspired in Lacedaemon‚ made war inevitable” (Thucydides). Politically speaking‚ the growth
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world‚ Themistocles stands paramount as the Athenian general‚ whose abilities as a tactician and strategist thwarted the Persian invasion force‚ effectively saving the entire Greek culture from the armies led by Xerxes. Described by ancient writer Thucydides as ‘a man who showed an unmistakable natural genius… and deserves our admiration’‚ Themistocles was the most influential leader of the Athenian war effort against the Persians. It was he who realized that the Persian threat was imminent and catastrophic
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and they unknowingly changed the world. There were so many great ancient Greek writers that wrote great literary works. Some of the writers were Sappho‚ Herodotus‚ Homer‚ and Aesop. Sappho was a gifted lyric poet that used few words‚ and wrote about feelings and emotions. Statues were built in her honor because she was such a great poet. Herodotus wrote about real world and people. One of his works was called “As Much as you can carry”‚ that was a story about the king of Lydia Croesus. He quoted that
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Cleisthenes when coming against his rival for power Isagoras. Herodotus tells about an event where Cleisthenes rearranged the tribes from 4 to 10 and changed their names so that they were closer to his heritage as an Alcmaeonid. These two were rivals for power‚ and Cleisthenes‚ who was getting the worst of it‚ took the people into his party. He the changed the number of Athenian tribes from four to ten‚ and abolished the old names (Herodotus 5. 66) . This was obviously a play to show the people that
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The classical age of ancient Greece saw the appearance of the democratic society of Athens. Even though its formation was a tumultuous affair wrought with power struggles and revolts‚ the leadership of several key figures such as Cleisthenes and Themistocles allowed the city-state to become prosperous and powerful‚ with democracy taking center stage. In fact‚ the citizen rights of political‚ economic and individual freedom all became essential to the system of rule of the Polis. These values helped
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interviewed in this article (The Minoans…) 14. Describe the role of women within Spartan society (Ch. 3) 15. Why was the Peloponnesian War considered a hopeless struggle between the 2 combatants ( Ch. 4) 16. Describe the differences between Herodotus and Thucydides in their work (Ch. 4) 17. How did the Greek philosophers Aristotle and Plato view democracy (Ch. 4) 18. Identify the Great Dionysia? (Ch. 4) 19. Identify the polis that defeated Sparta following their victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian
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will bring upon wars‚ economic stances‚ and most importantly‚ previous historians point of view on the events. I decided to pinpoint were the long standing quarrel originated. It traces back to 1000B.C; to both the cities ancestors. According to Herodotus‚ the ancestors were part of the prominent tribes of Ancient Greece: the Ionians‚ the Dorians‚ and the Aeolians. Spartans believed they descended from the Dorians‚ and the Athenians believed they descended from the Ionians .Both the tribes were very
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A219 Exploring the Classical World Essay PART ONE Look at the Illustrations Book‚ Plate 16: Athens: Parthenon. South metopeXXXI. Lapith and centaur. 447–439 BCE (1.3 x 1.3 m). In no more than 500 words: (i) briefly provide the context of this sculpture (ii) discuss the ways in which its subject matter conveyed a political message to Athenian viewers Metopes were situated on the outside of the Parthenon building they are high reliefs carved into rectangular slabs placed over the columns
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one hundred and fifty miles apart‚ but were distinctly opposite. While they were related by origin‚ worshiped the same God‚ and spoke the same language they were radically different in their ways of living and thinking Seeing the power in navy‚ Pericles ( a prominent and influential statesman‚ orator‚ and general of Athens during the city’s Golden Age—specifically‚ the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars) was preparing a policy to armed conflict. By the way the most successful operations
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We know nothing of his early life. Themistocles (thuh MISS tuh kleez) was born between 510 and 520 BC and stepped onto the world stage in 490 BC. At that time‚ the lives of the Greeks were entwined with the imperial ambitions of the Persians‚ the greatest military power in the world‚ who had just retreated to Persia from their loss by outnumbered Athenians at the Battle of Marathon. All serious statesmen and military leaders fully expected the Persians to return. In 482‚ Themistocles challenged Aristides
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