Throughout the Peloponnesian war‚ the island of Melos had managed to remain neutral‚ while refusing to become a subject of Athens. However‚ as the war progressed‚ Athens closed in on the island‚ which responded with hostility. The Athenians the in a frank manner suitable to their bold nature‚ offered the Melians an ultimatum that was essentially to surrender and pay tribute to Athens‚ or be conquered and destroyed. Throughout the dialogue that commenced between the Melians and the Athenians‚ the
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Sparta) 15 years‚ spartans won‚ quagmire‚ end 6 years later with athens losing‚ alternative to self
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After the Persian wars between Greek city-states and Persia(499- 449 BC)‚ although the Greek states resisted the Persian attacks‚ it was clear that they needed to defend themselves better against future attacks from Persia. The Greek states realised that they would be able to defend themselves better if they had support and cooperation from other states. Thus‚ they came together and formed an alliance in order to secure their future safety and have loyalty amongst the states. On the island of Delos
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e. Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle. 2. What can be considered the symbol of Athenian naval success? a. The gunboat b. The trireme c. The astrolabe d. The rowers e. The lateen sail Spar 3.Sparta became a highly militarized society primarily because a. they feared an uprising by the helots. b. they sought to recreate the far-flung empire of the Assyrians. c. repeated raids by Athens forced Spartans to adopt defensive measures. d. significant
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Plutarch’s account of Alcibiades and the Hermae This incident has been recorded in many historical documents such as the works‚ biographer Plutarch and‚ historian Thucydides. From analysis of these their accounts is can be deduced that Plutarch’s account is unreliable and presents a biased point of view. Plutarch was a biographer in ancient times; he was born in Greece and is best known for his ‘immortal’ text Parallel lives. The idea of this text was to pair a philosophical biography of a famous
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periods. Each period signifies special events and important advancements‚ which provided the basis for how we live today. Greece was not always one united country‚ Instead it was made up of Hundreds of city-states including as Athens‚ Corinth and Sparta. Each city-state was ruled by a single leader called a tyrant. During the fifth century BC‚ Athens became the first city-state to introduce democracy. Religion played a big part in everyday life in Ancient Greece. The Greeks worshipped many gods
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decisions‚ the spirit which gives courage‚ and the body which are the pleasures regulated by the rational mind. The Greek Historian‚ Thucydides‚ showed his imperialistic approach when recounting the history of the Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta. He was a realist who had strict standards for evidence or
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OWN VIEWS Go tell the Spartans Stranger passing by‚ That here obedient to their laws …….we lie. Thus reads an ancient stone at Thermopylae in northern Greece‚ the site of one of the world’s greatest battles for freedom. The book is told in a circuitous way; I found the jumping back and forth in time a bit distracting‚ but more off-putting was the way Xeones forecasts an event or subplot before narrating it in detail later. Already knowing how Thermopylae turned out‚ I was hoping for some suspense
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for war are made in preparation after the rebel of the Greeks. Aristagoras ignores advice from an oracle‚ and instead asks help from the Spartan army‚ which is known to be a great army. The reader is taught by the author of Aristagoras’ visit to Sparta. Herodotus goes in to great detail about the host of the trip‚ and tells story from his early childhood‚ and we even learn how Cleomenes is not all there in the head. Herodotus still does not seem too biased in his writing‚ but he does seem to realize
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Clas 2215 | Assignment 1 | How does the portrayal of the Spartans in Herodotus’ account of the Battle of Thermopylae relate to the ‘Spartan Mirage’? | | Mohammed Hasan B00524306 | 2/14/2013 | To fully understand how Herodotus portrays the Spartans in the battle of Thermopylae with relation to the ‘Spartan Mirage’‚ we must first completely understand what the ‘Spartan Mirage’ means. Spartans were known to be the military power of Greece; their sole purpose was towards military strength
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