Athens growth in power. The Peloponnesian War was fought between Athens and Sparta. Both of which were very powerful Greek city-states and fought together in the Persian Wars. The peace between the two powerful city-states deteriorated. Athens grew more powerful after the Persian Wars‚ thus creating tension‚ which escalated into roughly three decades of war between Sparta and Athens. After the Peloponnesian War ended‚ Sparta came out on top as victorious. After the war‚ Athens was left in devastation
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Spartans had decisively beaten Athens‚ long their most dangerous enemy. In so doing Sparta had seized the hegemony of the Greek world. Leuctra must have seemed to many observers of the contemporary scene like rain from a clear blue sky. Yet‚ in hindsight‚ when we look more closely at the history of Sparta as a military society‚ the collapse at Leuctra starts to make sense. By the time they met the Thebans there‚ Sparta had long been in serious trouble; it was only a matter of time before someone found
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GREECE TIMES Socrates‚ our Greek philosopher‚ has profoundly affected our philosophy. Born in Athens‚ the son of Sophroniscus‚ he received the regular elementary education in literature‚ music‚ and gymnastics. He familiarized himself with the rhetoric and dialectics of the Sophists‚ the speculations of the lonian philosophers‚ and the general culture of Periclean Athens. I interviewed Socrates outside of his cell after his trial. He had just finished talking
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often portrayed as sexual objects. In the movie 300‚ the Spartan men served and protected the city of Sparta‚ while the Spartan women did domestic chores and bred more warriors. Because this movie was set back in 480 BC society portrayed men to be superior to women. Some of the main characters in 300 are prime examples for the different gender roles. King Leonidas is the proud‚ triumphant King of Sparta. In the film‚ the character Leonidas possesed as a couple different male stereotypes. King Leonidas
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THE ANCIENT GREEKS NAME ___Harrison Funk_________________________________ To complete this worksheet use the information found on the following website: http://www.mythologyteacher.com/GreekIntro.html GREEK INTRO 1. At roughly what time period was the golden age of ancient Greece? 500 B.C. 2. Who was an ancient Greek writer of fables? Homer 3. Who was a Greek mathematician? Pythrogras 4. Why should Americans study ancient Greece? We oew everything to ancient Greece. GREEK CITY-STATES
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Bibliography: Cartledge‚ Paul. Sparta and Lakonia: A Regional History 1300-362 BC. New York‚ NY: Routledge‚ 2002 Cartledge‚ Paul. Spartan Reflections. London‚ UK: University of California Press‚ 2003 Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House‚ Inc. http://dictionary.reference
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Athens and Sparta as allies gained independence from the Persians in 480 BC. Athens with a democratic rule expanded by using the surrounding waterways for trade and developing a great navy. Sparta with an oligarchic rule settled in by developing a thriving agriculture community and a land based army. Civil war occurs in Epidamnus with two sides‚ democratic and oligarchic. The democrats requested assistance from Athens. If Athens chooses to get involved‚ she breaks the truce with Sparta. If she
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Explain the Social Structure of Sparta and its Significance in Spartan Society Good morning According to historical accounts‚ the Spartan constitution was created around the 750th C BC‚ by the great lawgiver‚ Lycurgus. The new system established a social structure that maintained a military power of Sparta and kept the conquered Messenians in cheque. Xenophon‚ writing 4th Century BC‚ recognised Lycurgus as the Spartan lawgiver. At the bottom of the social ladder were the helots. The Helots were
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Throughout the ages of ancient Greece‚ many different types of rule were enacted. Some were more rare than others‚ such as monarchies‚ but they all played at least a small part in Greek history. Monarchy was not a common type of rule in Greece. The Greek people‚ especially those of the city state of Athens‚ would often conflate monarchy with tyranny. The Athenians were subjected to the invasions of Darius and Xerxes of Persia‚ so it would make sense that they would hold animosity against these tyrants
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of the Spartan hegemony; role and significance of Lysander‚ Agesilaus - Sparta won the Peloponnesian War. The war had ruined many states economically and spiritually. A true leader was needed. Thucydides believed Sparta would unite Greece and lead through goodwill. However‚ during the war Sparta had medised and sold the Ionian states to the Persians. Sparta could hardly claim to be the ‘liberator of the Greeks’. - Sparta had however earned the gratitude of many Greek states by overthrowing their
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