In Thucydides’‚ The History of The Peloponnesian War‚ there are many themes that are illustrated throughout various passages. One major theme can be found in book 2‚ chapter 53‚ where Thucydides describes the situation in Athens after it had been stricken with plague during the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides uses his account of the plague to suggest that war is a violent teacher. Among other passages in his work he also suggests that in war‚ no matter how wealthy and prepared the participants may
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What goes through your head when you hear Greek Civil War? The language‚ Destruction‚ Athens or ancient artifacts. Greece is a country in southern eastern Europe consisting of 2 mainland peninsulas and thousands of islands that lie along the seas. It was the birthplace of the Western civilization and the ancient landmarks. During World War II‚ Greece had helped Albania in which they were being invaded by Italy. Once the Greek army held them back the Nazis had intervened during the war and had overthrown
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1100 B.C.E - 750 B.C.E.‚ the Greeks suffered through a period of time during which the population declined and food production dropped. Historians refer to this period in history as the Dark Age. The Dark Age was very grim for the Greeks‚ but numerous developments managed to emerge out of this period. In fact‚ near the end of the Dark Age‚ one of the greatest poets of all time began his work. His name was Homer. Throughout Greek history‚ we can see the tremendous impact that Homer and his ideas had
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Thucydides’ History Of the Peloponnesian War: Pericles’ Advice Athens and Sparta fought for supreme control of Greece for 27 years. The Peloponnesian War is the name given to this conflict between these two powers. Pericles‚ a prominent Athenian politician and leader‚ offered wise advice to the Athenians at the start of the war on how to manage the war while fighting Sparta. He said: “[Don’t] add to the empire while the war is in progress … [or] go out of your way to involve yourselves in
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Did you know that approximately 50‚000 troops died in the Revolutionary War? That is a lot‚ however that war made America a free country to this day. What led up to the Revolutionary War‚ the Stamp Act‚ also contributed to America’s freedom too. As a result of the Stamp Act and the Revolutionary War‚ there is the bill of rights‚ which had the first 10 amendments on that document. There have been a lot of events during colonial times that have impacted our freedom however‚ the Bill of Rights; the
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oration Peloponnesian War Mytilenian debate Melian dialogue heroic virtues Greek Terms: politeia techne arête eros Concepts: myth of Gyges city in speech 3 classes of the city 3 parts of the soul guardians censorship true lie noble lie/myth of the metals women guardians Dichotomies: knowledge vs. opinion appearance vs. reality democracy vs. oligarchy reason vs. experience kinship (family) vs. citizenship (city) Works: Oresteia Antigone History of the Peloponnesian War Apology
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three-thousand Athenians ready their bows and release them all simultaneously while the string whips in the hard rain? The Peloponnesian War was one of the most fierce wars in Greece because many people fell in battle. From the South were the Spartans. Their forces had never been stronger with a reformed‚ military-based government. From the North was the Athenians who had just been through a war that had been won‚ and were still armed and battle ready‚ holding fortresses across Greece. The interactions that
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were about to celebrate its victory over the Persian armies; Athens found itself in the position to dominate the Greek world. The Athens will dominate this period not only because it was the Athenian leadership and vision that saved the Greece from Persian tyrrany; but because the Athens won the allegiance‚ and eventually the contributions of most Aegean Cities. (Durant 1966:474) When the war was over‚ the Ionia was impoverished and in ruin‚ The Sparta will be demoralized by earthquake and the resulting
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poverty‚ and crisis that other Americans faced. The Ku Klux Klan (also known as the KKK) had a large negative impact on their lives. The black leadership was a positive influence towards the racial disputes and segregation laws‚ African American soldiers fighting in the United States military would be awarded and later well decorated with medals of French and American bravery‚ Jim Crow Laws and what they ment to the racist southern states of the U.S. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ racism
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What impact did the Colosseum have on Roman social values? Its purpose was to be a gift to the Roman citizens‚ a massive breath-taking structure that conveyed the wealth‚ might and power of Rome‚ showing exotic‚ wild animals from all corners of the Roman Empire‚ showing off the extent of Rome’s conquests of different countries. It displayed the latest of Roman engineering and building techniques and showed re-enactments of famous Roman battles‚ including sea battles that required it to be flooded
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