the oration has the impossible task of satisfying the associates of the dead. He states “it is hard to speak properly upon a subject where it is even difficult to convince your hearers that you are speaking the truth‚” (Pericles’ Funeral Oration‚ Thucydides) and discusses the different people in attendance who must be satisfied with the speech. According to Pericles‚ the speaker needs to please friends and strangers‚ with both parties having opposite needs. On one hand‚ the friends want to hear the
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Athenian artistic performances were they a form of propaganda? The “glory that was Greece” reached its height in 5th century BCE in Athens‚ under the leadership of Pericles. He opened Athenian democracy to the ordinary citizen‚ was responsible for the construction of magnificent temples and statues on the Acropolis and he‚ in effect created the Athenian empire. The definition of propaganda is “the planned use of any form of public or mass-produced communication designed to affect the minds of
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Thucydides rather than Herodotus was a man that believed in a more systematic approach toward history. Therefore‚ Thucydides gives a drastic view on history in which he gives a more scientific view toward history. The best example of this comes from his idea that the plague of Athens came from a mix of old men talking
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Herodotus‚ a 5th-century B.C. Greek historian is considered within the Western tradition to be the "father of history"‚ and‚ along with his contemporary Thucydides‚ helped form the foundations for the modern study of human history. Their work continues to be read today and the divide between the culture-focused Herodotus and the military-focused Thucydides remains a point of contention or approach in modern historical writing. In the Eastern tradition‚ a state chronicle the Spring and Autumn Annals was
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What are the three definitions of "demos"? The word “demos” had three different definitions during the archaic period. They were used to define either 1) the division of land into smaller sections 2) a classification of Athenian citizens‚ and 3) a group of troublesome individuals. 1) In 570 BC‚ Cleisthene developed a reformation of politics and social standings in Athens by dividing Athens and areas of the Attic peninsula into ten smaller sections of land which was referred to as
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will be enthusiastic in carrying out policies that pass in the assembly. Pericles‚ an Athenian statesman‚ makes it clear when he says that "each individual is interested not only in his own affairs but in the affairs of the state as well" (p.147 Thucydides). Socrates‚ a Greek philosopher‚ is a firm believer in examining one’s actions in life and ensuring that a morally righteous life is being led. He argues that the ordinary Athenian citizen is not concerned with being a righteous person‚ but rather
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Alcibiades was a very skilled general -“his conduct of the war was excellent” (Thucydides‚ 6.15) - but he felt no loyalty to his soldiers or his country- “Alcibiades‚ when he laid down his command after his recall and realized he was going to be exiled‚ had given information about the plot‚ in which he was concerned himself‚ to the pro-Syracusans party in Messina” (Thucydides‚ 6.74). He betrayed the devoted soldiers‚ who “had openly declared that it was only on Alcibiades’ account
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can be enormous and they can affect entire ocean basins; the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was among the deadliest natural disasters in human history with over 230‚000 people killed in 14 countries bordering the Indian Ocean. The Greek historian Thucydides suggested in 426 BC that tsunamis were related to submarine
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happen inevitably. Walzer takes the stance that there is freedom of choice for states to engage in war‚ rather than war being an inevitable occurrence. In his argument‚ Walzer gives the account of the Peloponnesian War according to the writings of Thucydides‚ a realist. In this re-telling‚ there are two Athenian generals that determine it is “necessary” that Athens establishes rule in Melos (a Spartan state)‚ in order to preserve order and avoid put an end to the rebellion there. They rationalize that
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Athens the Instigator “If we do go to war‚ have no thought that you went to war over a trivial affair” (Thucydides‚ in Hunt 101). The Peloponnesian War lasted longer than any other pervious war in Greece. The war began in 431 BCE with Sparta’s invasion of Athens. The Athenians sacrificed the destruction of their private property in order to hide in the safety of their city. The Long Walls of Athens protected its citizens and preserved its population. The Spartans however had the upper hand in infantry
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