Thebes come to political prominence in the fourth century? ‘’The victory of the Thebans was the most famous of all those won by Greeks over Greeks’’1 This essay will look at the rise of Thebes to political prominence in Greece in the fourth century BC in a an analytical rather than chronological fashion‚ by considering both the decline of the major city states around Thebes as well as Theban advantages. It will draw on the format used by John Buckler2 by dividing the reasons for Thebes’
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supplication‚ with boughs and garlands"(Fitts/Fitzgerald)? In this version‚ he makes the Theban citizens look as if they have dragged themselves to his palace with garlands to embrace him with. Oedipus ’s self-centered nature is portrayed well through the diction of Fitts/Fitzgerald. Further‚ when Oedipus asks for reason in their coming‚ both translations provide a unique way of questioning. When Oedipus questions the Thebans why they have come to the altar steps in the Berowitz/Brunner translation‚ he
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Europe and Asia. He conquered the Thebans while holding off a rebellion. He conquered the Egyptians peacefully. He conquered Persia and India brilliantly also. There is no doubt that Alexander was great. He is called‚ Alexander “The Great”. The first country that Alexander conquered was the Thebans. He fought against a rebellion at the same time while doing this. He ended the rebellion in his own land and went on to defeat the Thebans. He killed about 6‚000 Thebans in one of the battles. But Alexander
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Key: Sources for the period THE SPARTAN HEGEMONY (404BC TO 371BC) Sparta’s role at the end of the Peloponnesian war: Sparta had promised Persia the Ionian cities for its help in defeating Athens. This was a traitorous bargain‚ which subjected Ionian Greeks to Persian rule‚ and negated the victories of the Persian wars Sparta suppressed democracies within the Greek city-states and replaced these with oligarchies. This was done with force Lysander‚ a Spartan‚ was the hero of the Peloponnesian war
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Rex Authors often use blindness both metaphorically and literally to describe their characters. In Oedipus Rex‚ Sophocles begins the play with literally blind Thebans suffering from a plague that their metaphorically blind king has brought upon them. Oedipus‚ being the king‚ is trying to help his blind Thebans. In doing this‚ he blindly curses the murderer of the late King Laius for bringing this plague‚ not knowing that the murderer is himself. When Sophocles introduces the theme
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the normal worship of a god by women is taken to the extreme. Furthermore‚ it was specifically noted this applied to Theban women‚ not Athenians‚ as referenced by translator and author John Davie‚ “actual maenadism was not a feature of Athenian cults of the gods‚ though there is clear evidence that it did exist in Thebes...Athenian women sometimes journeyed to take part in the Theban celebrations‚ but at fixed times and for a brief period‚ after which they returned to their accustomed domestic lives
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After reading and analyzing Sophocles’ ancient work during freshman year of both high school and college‚ it is apparent that Oedipus The King is the second work in a trilogy that focuses on a Theban ruler named Oedipus‚ his hamartia‚ and his tragic fall from power. Thebes is ridden with plagues and is terribly cursed by the gods due to the death of the former king‚ Laius (Yeckley). The use of symbols can be found throughout the entirety of Sophocles’ Oedipus The King. Symbolism is when an author
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possesses intelligence‚ the gift of eloquence‚ he and no one else‚ and character too…such men‚ I tell you‚ spread them open—you will find them empty” (791-794). He told his father he can’t challenge the law of the Gods and the Thebans just to assert dominance. I did no wrong‚ as any Theban. I knew the risk of dying and I was willing to make the sacrifice so my brother’s soul would rest in piece. Choosing to be loyal to my brother was an easy decision to make because the Gods have told us to be loyal to our
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The Spartan troops of only 300 men at arms were augmented by troops sent by several other city-states who seemed determined to engage the Persian forces‚ but Leonidas had picked up and accompanied the delegation of troops from Thebes‚ because the Thebans had already hinted that they might desert the Greek alliance and unite themselves with the Persians. In order to shore up the flagging hopes of their allies‚ therefore‚ the Spartan advance guard made camp in a narrow mountain pass at a place now made
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human compassion‚ and Dionysus in Euripides’ The Bacchae is no exception. Accompanied by his followers‚ liberated‚ frenzied women known as the Maenads or Bacchae‚ Dionysus comes to Thebes‚ Greece from Asia‚ as a new god. They are rejected by the Thebans and the god plans to retaliate. “...Here I plead the cause of my own mother‚ Semele‚ appearing as a god to mortal men‚ the one she bore to Zeus. Now Cadmus‚ the old king‚ has just transferred his power‚ his royal authority‚ to Pentheus‚ his daughter’s
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