| 单词 | Peloponnesian |
| 例句 | In that tiny Peloponnesian village the old superstitions survived. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Anaxagoras was brought to Athens by Pericles, its leader in its time of greatest glory, but also the man whose actions led to the Peloponnesian War, which destroyed Athenian democracy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Thucydides’s “The History of the Peloponnesian War,” or at least the Cliff Notes. John Lewis Gaddis: By the Book 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Lysistrata The women of ancient Greece go on a sex strike in hopes of ending the Peloponnesian War in Aristophanes' classic comedy; contains nudity, sexual situations. L.A. theater openings, April 24-May 1: 'A Walk in the Woods' and more 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The Peloponnesian War has been over so long that everyone has forgotten how to spell it. Review: 'Chi-Raq' Is a Shout of Joy and a Cry of Anguish 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z More than 2,400 years ago, the Greek playwright Aristophanes wrote “Lysistrata,” an antiwar satire in which a group of women endeavor to stop the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from their husbands. Review: In ‘ms. estrada,’ Campus Feminists Say No to Sex, Yes to Hip-Hop 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The other book he recommended was Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, the ancient Greek historian’s chronicle of the fight between Sparta and Athens in the 5th century, BC. Gore Vidal’s reading list for America 2012-08-02T20:25:00Z To illustrate his hero’s character he even retells the story of Gylippus from Thucydides’ “History of the Peloponnesian War.” ‘African Kaiser’: A sweeping military history that reads like a novel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Based on the classic tale of Greek women withholding sex to convince men to end the Peloponnesian war, the film will update the story into the more contemporary context of Chicago's current gang violence. Kanye West won't star in Spike Lee movie, gets honorary Ph.D. instead 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Kagan expanded upon his belief that the Peloponnesian conflict held vital contemporary lessons in “On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace,” which came out in 1995. Donald Kagan, leading neo-conservative historian, dead at 89 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z His four-volume account of the Peloponnesian War, from 431 B.C. to 404 B.C., was hailed by the critic George Steiner as “the foremost work of history produced in North America in the 20th century.” Donald Kagan, Leading Historian of Ancient Greece, Dies at 89 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z But you’re not trying to end the Peloponnesian War, you’re trying to get your boyfriend to take out the recycling more. 12 insanely bad pieces of sex and relationship advice 2014-02-10T23:57:00Z Get a modern taste of hearty Peloponnesian cuisine at Manimani, an excellent and inexpensive restaurant housed in a restored neo-Classical house not far from the Acropolis Museum. 36 Hours in Athens 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z It's from a speech Pericles made to the Athenians during the Peloponnesian wars. General election 2010: the art of the political poster 2010-04-27T07:00:00Z In many ways the 1980s are distant as Lysistrata's famous protest over the Peloponnesian War; in others it could be yesterday. Fresh spate of sexism, violence ominously familiar 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Dazedly, she begins reciting a centuriesspanning, roughly chronological list of armed conflicts, including the Peloponnesian War, various Crusades and the Iran-Iraq war. In ‘An Iliad,’ the epic glory and terror of war 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z In Aristophanes’ bawdy “Lysistrata” — 411 B.C. — a group of Greek wives deny their husbands sex until the men agree to negotiate a peaceful end to the Peloponnesian War. The Week Ahead: May 15 ? 21 2011-05-13T18:51:39Z “Chi-Raq” is a loose adaptation of Aristophanes’ comedy “Lysistrata,” from 411 B.C., about a group of women who withhold sex from men in order to get them to end the ruinous Peloponnesian War. Spike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The Peloponnesian conflict of the fifth century against Sparta and her allies was criticised by many contemporaries as being "without just cause". Socrates ? a man for our times 2010-10-17T19:30:00Z Stop and chat with Paul, in other words, and you may walk away bruised of ego, wrinkled of nose and renewed in your determination to know as little as possible about the Peloponnesian War. Review: Bah, humbug! 'The Holdovers' is a clunky, phony white-elephant gift of a movie 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z It was based on the ancient historian’s observation that the real cause of the Peloponnesian War “was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta.” How do we manage China’s decline? | Bret Stephens 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Thucydides wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War that remains the single most significant account of the war to this day. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Peloponnesian War ended with the fall of the city and the collapse of the Athenian empire. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In 430 B.C., the plague of Athens killed one-quarter of the Athenian troops that were fighting in the Great Peloponnesian War. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z The Greek historian Thucydides described how this cycle of hatred convulsed city after city during the Peloponnesian War. Opinion | I found hope for democracy in an unexpected place 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Students learn about the Peloponnesian wars but are less likely to study the Sino-Japanese war or Mongol conquests. Opinion | The grand strategy behind Japan’s defense buildup 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Sparta was the head of a different association, the Peloponnesian League, which was originally founded before the Persian War as a mutual protection league of the Greek cities of Corinth, Sparta, and Thebes. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The conclusion of the Peloponnesian War initially left Sparta dominant in Greece. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Athens had suffered a terrible defeat at the hands of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z “Set on the coastal waters of the Peloponnesian Peninsula, it melds Greek myth and a little World War II history into a tour de force novel,” Clark wrote. Perspective | The perfect beach read doesn’t always involve a beach 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Or, to cite another famous example, Sparta fought the Peloponnesian War against Athens before the latter’s rise placed the former in a state of near-permanent inferiority. Review | An incremental way to peace despite Putin and the persistence of war 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Greece itself was transformed by the Peloponnesian War. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Without the helots, the Spartans could not support their military system as before, and their Peloponnesian League collapsed. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z "It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable," Thucydides noted in "The History of the Peloponnesian War." A return to permanent war is here: First it will bankrupt America, then destroy it 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Lysistrata portrayed the women of Athens forcing their husbands to end the Peloponnesian War. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Kagan expanded upon his belief that the Peloponnesian conflict held vital contemporary lessons in his 1995 book “On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace.” Donald Kagan, celebrated historian of ancient Greece, dies at 89 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z One famous play by Aristophanes, Lysistrata, was set in the Peloponnesian War. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides employed objectivity to explain the politics, events, and brutality of the conflict in a way that is similar in some respects to the approach of modern historians. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Plague of Athens occurred in the midst of the Peloponnesian War; the 1918-19 influenza epidemic erupted in the waning days of World War I, its victims ultimately far outnumbering those of combat casualties. Far-flung coronavirus outbreaks 'took over the planet' 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z The Peloponnesian War severely weakened several Greek city-states. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet, despite the plague, the Peloponnesian War continued. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The Peloponnesian War ultimately resulted in checking Athens’ imperial ambitions and causing the Greeks to broaden their outlook toward non-Greeks; its effects were as much cultural as political. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In this comedy, first performed in 411 BCE, the women of Greece plot to end the Peloponnesian War. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In the annals of conflict, dating to the Plague of Athens from 430 to 426 BC during the Peloponnesian War, disease molded national fates as much as — sometimes more than — competing armies. Photos From a Century of Epidemics 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z When the Peloponnesian War between the two city-states began, Athens had the stronger navy. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek historian Thucydides, writing about the Peloponnesian Wars thousands of years ago, associated the gutting of language with the dissolution of the state. The war on words in Donald Trump’s White House 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Athens was the richest and most influential of all of the Greek poleis during this period, although its power waned once it plunged into the Peloponnesian War against Sparta starting in 431 BCE. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Alliances led the Greeks to victory during the Persian Wars but also contributed to the Peloponnesian War between the Greek city-states. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The animated short was intended as the first installment of a feature-length adaptation of the Aristophanes play “Lysistrata,” in which women withhold sex in an attempt to end the Peloponnesian War. Richard Williams, Oscar-winning animator behind ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ dies at 86 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z As “Lysistrata” opens, the Peloponnesian War, pitting Athens against Sparta, has been raging for 20 years. Perspective | Sex strikes have always been about patriarchal power, not women’s rights 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z In Aristophanes’s play “Lysistrata,” the eponymous ancient Greek heroine convenes women from across the Hellenistic world to forswear sex until such time as their husbands agree to end the Peloponnesian War. Opinion | The #SexStrike wasn’t real. Why was there so much coverage? 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Kahn and Drew Lichtenberg, the STC’s literary manager, steered her toward “Orestes” by Euripides — a slightly later tragedian who took a darker view after Athens’s stark loss in the Peloponnesian War. 5 things to know to know about the ‘The Oresteia,’ the seldom-seen fountainhead of drama 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Peloponnesian League and requested that Sparta, the leader of this league, take action against Athenian aggression. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Socrates first distinguished himself as a hoplite, or heavily armed infantryman, in the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. Wisconsin shapes up as top battleground 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z “I don’t like to lead with this about myself,” he said during a discussion group on Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War, “but I’m a veteran and I’ve been to war.” They served their country. Why aren’t elite colleges serving them better? 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey,” uses the Peloponnesian War, which ensnared Athens and Sparta between 431 and 404 B.C., as the shell for its heroic story. Review | ’Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ is very entertaining. If you have the time to truly play it. 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z I’ve been playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on a computer the past few days, sailing through the waters of the Peloponnesian War, except I haven’t downloaded the game to a gaming PC. Google’s Project Stream is a working preview of the future of game streaming 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Sparta also organized the city-states of this region and parts beyond into a system of alliances that historians refer to as the Peloponnesian League. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Though not without its potshots at Athenian society and the Peloponnesian War, the original was a nimble romp that ended on a note of reconciliation. In 'Lysistrata Unbound,' the women go to war against war 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z It’s set in Ancient Greece, circa 431 BCE, or right around the time of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is even more of a traditional RPG than last year’s Origins 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Sick of years of the Peloponnesian War, the women of classical Athens take matters into their own hands and, by denying their men sex, force them to negotiate peace. The world's strangest strikes 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z “The Peloponnesian War” served as a prism for weeks of intense discussion about America’s disastrous entrapment in Vietnam. Review | How great leaders make good and terrible military decisions 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Sparta also used its army to overthrow tyrants in the Peloponnesian city-states and restore political power to the aristoi. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z That’s how we got to ancient Greek history and Thucydides, the author of the “History of the Peloponnesian War.” Politics and chicken farming: Meet the new GOP leader in Washington’s state House 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z For me, they led to Herodotus’ The Histories, Thucydides, Peloponnesian War, and the ancient Greek playwrights like Sophocles and Euripides. New Sentences: From Emily Wilson’s Translation of the ‘Odyssey’ 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Nine students in another course took in a detailed lecture about the Peloponnesian War, while yet another class pondered the concept of happiness as defined by Aristotle. Arizona Republicans Inject Schools of Conservative Thought Into State Universities 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The book was Thucydides’ “The Peloponnesian War,” a history of the 5th-century BC geopolitical and military contest between Athens and Sparta, which through the centuries has remained an essential work of international relations theory. Review | How great leaders make good and terrible military decisions 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Sparta and its allies first fought the Athenian empire in the Peloponnesian War. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The shift seemed to come somewhere around 2015’s “Chi-Raq,” a surreal spin on Aristophanes’ play about the Peloponnesian War, updated to take on the fraught subject of homicide in Chicago. The Culture Caught Up With Spike Lee — Now What? 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z As the conquering Athenians said to the cornered Melians in Thucydides’s account of the Peloponnesian war, “The strong do what they will and the weak suffer what they must.” Events in Catalonia and Kurdistan are causing pangs in Taiwan 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Kimball sees an ancient Greek antecedent for the president’s speech: the funeral oration of Pericles at the onset of the Peloponnesian War. Writers on the Right and Left React to Trump in Europe 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Thucydides, an ancient historian, wrote of the Peloponnesian war of 431-404 BC that “It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable.” Will America and China go to war? 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z What two Greek city-states led their respective alliances on either side in the Peloponnesian War? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z His search for answers catalyzed by his military failures culminated in his renowned History of the Peloponnesian War. The White House, Wonder Woman and What to Know About Thucydides 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z The reason, he says, can be traced to the problem described in the fifth century B.C.E. in Thucydides’ account of the Peloponnesian War. Are China and the United States Headed for War? 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z While Sophocles is better remembered for writing “Antigone” and “Oedipus Rex,” he was also a general in the Athenian Army and lived during the decades-long Peloponnesian War. Opinion | U.S. Veterans Use Greek Tragedy to Tell Us About War 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z “He’d go into long diatribes about the Visigoth invasion and the Peloponnesian Wars,” another colleague said. How Hollywood Remembers Steve Bannon 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z What were Athens’s and Sparta’s expectations of their respective allies before and during the Peloponnesian War? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “Punish them as they deserve, and teach your other allies by a striking example that the penalty of rebellion is death,” said the Athenian leader Cleon during the Peloponnesian War. Perspective | Why would Assad use sarin in a war he’s winning? To terrify Syrians. 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Peloponnesian War recounted by the ancient Greek historian Thucydides. Opinion | The Thucydides Trap is a bit of a stretch 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z The original women’s strike is Aristophanes’s play, Lysistrata, in which all the women of Greece go on sex strike to end the Peloponnesian war. Sex bans, strength and solidarity: women’s strikes through the ages 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z In one of the earliest known instances, Greek comic writer Aristophanes thumbed his nose at Athenian political elites in The Acharnians for their handling of the Peloponnesian War. Hamilton vs Trump: The long history of political protest in the theatre - BBC News 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z In a lengthy column posted earlier this month, Bannon compared the burgeoning rivalry between Breitbart and Fox to the Peloponnesian War. What Are Donald Trump, Roger Ailes, and Steve Bannon Really Up To? 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z In the end, all they got was the more than quarter-century-long Peloponnesian War, the ancient Greek equivalent of our world wars. How Anti-Trade Nativism Wrecked the Ancient Greeks 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The movement takes inspiration from the “sex strikes” in the ancient Greek play Lysistrata, in which the female characters withheld sex from their husbands in an effort to end the Peloponnesian War. 'Vote Trump, Get Dumped' movement aims to hit Trump where it hurts 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z But Lee swapped the Peloponnesian War for the streets of Chicago where violence is rampant. These 14 characters stole the show in 2015 movies 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z It’s an updating of Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy “Lysistrata,” in which Athenian women wage a sex strike against their warrior men to end the Peloponnesian War. Review: Spike Lee’s blistering ‘Chi-Raq’ burns with rage 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Archaeologists think they may have found the city of Kane, site of a major battle between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian war. Lost Island of Ancient Greece Discovered in Aegean Sea 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Yet some historians suspect that Y. pestis was also responsible for earlier outbreaks such as the Plague of Athens, which struck the city-state in the fifth century BC, at the height of the Peloponnesian War. Bronze Age Skeletons Were Earliest Plague Victims 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Yet some historians suspect that Y. pestis was also responsible for earlier outbreaks such as the Plague of Athens, which struck the city-state in the fifth century bc, at the height of the Peloponnesian War. Bronze Age skeletons were earliest plague victims 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Not only was the famed historian Thucydides, who chronicled the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, a witness to the Athenian disease, he also contracted it himself and survived. Was Ebola the culprit in the ancient Plague of Athens? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The analysts said the Chinese are well aware of the example of the Peloponnesian War that was caused, according to the ancient Greek historian Thucydides, by the fear that a powerful Athens instilled in Sparta. China to Seek More Equal Footing With U.S. in Talks 2013-05-28T18:47:21Z The migrants - mainly from Bangladesh - were shot at by at least one farm supervisor, in a Peloponnesian village in southern Greece. Greece farm shooting: 30 injured 2013-04-18T10:09:12Z This number fell during and after the Peloponnesian War due to the introduction of a stricter definition of who was a 'citizen' at all. Greece's debt: A bail-out by any other name 2012-11-27T14:01:33Z A shirtless Greek man flees a wildfire in the Peloponnesian countryside near the city of Patras, roughly 120 miles southwest of Athens on July 18, 2012. Photo Gallery: Europe -- A Continent on Fire 2012-07-24T13:35:38Z In time, the Persians found that they could achieve their objectives in Greece by playing the Greek city states against each other, and in the Peloponnesian War, Persian money financed the Spartan victory against Athens. Alexander the not so Great 2012-07-14T23:09:26Z “The walls to the port were vital and played a major role in the Peloponnesian War as they linked Athens to the sea, and their strength was in their fleet.” Cuts leave Greek heritage in ruins 2012-06-20T17:20:56.987Z In his history of the Peloponnesian War, a clash between the city-states Athens and Sparta, Thucydides recounted a negotiation between Athenians and leaders of Melos, an island kingdom striving to remain neutral. What Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us about Drones and Cyber-War 2012-06-12T21:45:02.633Z There they would decant in en masse, a permanent fixture in the tavernas, bars and shops that line the Peloponnesian town's cobbled thoroughfare. Fearful Germans add to Greece's woes by staying away in droves 2012-05-26T13:07:41Z Hardly anything is known of him, except that he flourished during the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z At some distance is the last railway station of the Peloponnesian railway line, which connects with the main line at Pyrgos. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z It was his art, in fact, which really created the Peloponnesian war out of its separate parts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z In pondering these questions, we should consider the fate of Athens, which at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War was Greece’s major power. What Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us about Drones and Cyber-War 2012-06-12T21:45:02.633Z She infused the subject with such passion that I cried when I learned Athens had been defeated in the Peloponnesian War. City Room: A Boy's View of New York, 50 Years Ago 2012-02-24T16:00:06Z Both the forms of the letters and the style of the architecture show that the colonnade cannot date, as Pausanias says, from the time of the Peloponnesian War; Th. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z In the Peloponnesian legends, another suitor of Daphne, Leucippus, son of Oenoma�s of Pisa, disguised himself as a girl and joined her companions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Thus it passed into the schools, where text-books still in use devote 200 pages to the Peloponnesian war and two to the Athens of Pericles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z It is in keeping with this that during the time of scarcity after the Peloponnesian war even female citizens hired themselves out as nurses. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z The Peloponnesian shepherds look remarkably picturesque, as they wear large white coats with peaked hoods over their heads. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z For the last years of the league see also Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z One historian of Greece, discussing the end of the Peloponnesian wars, said: "Only cowards remain, and from their broods came the new generations." The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z Greek thought changed under the shock to Athenian civilization caused by the Peloponnesian War. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Around 400 B.C., the Spartans ended the Peloponnesian Wars by starving the Greeks into submission in their siege of Athens. Famine as a Weapon: It's Time to Stop Starvation in Sudan 2011-12-08T09:55:00Z Lex is short for Lysander, the name of the Spartan general who won the final battle that ended the Peloponnesian War, Denner said. Icahn’s $2 Billion Man Starts Fund as Activists Shun Biotech 2011-12-05T05:49:16Z Similarly he is probably wrong, or at all events includes items of which the tribute lists take no account, when he says that it amounted to 600 talents at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Thucydides describes the operations of the Peloponnesian War with the practical knowledge of one who had been in charge of a fleet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z In the history, therefore, of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars little is to be learnt from the secondary sources. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z During the intervals of peace in the Peloponnesian war, Alcibiades, about four hundred and fifty years before Christ, persuaded its inhabitants to build long walls down to the sea. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z The godly kings of thy people were poets and musicians when Pindar's and Homer's ancestors were still Peloponnesian fauns with horns in their hair. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The succeeding events which led to the Peloponnesian War and the final disruption of the league are discussed in other articles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The subject of Thucydides is the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Writing at Athens, in the first years of the Peloponnesian War, he can hardly help seeing the past through an Athenian medium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z He granted Manuel peace, on the condition that he ceded all his dominions save the cities of Constantinople and Thessalonica and the Peloponnesian province. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z Imposed by the sword and infused with no healing or constructive virtue, the Peloponnesian War was but the first of a war cycle which completed Hellas’s ruin. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z This tradition, together with the advice of Alcibiades, led the Spartans to fortify Decelea as a basis for permanent occupation in Attica during the later years of the Peloponnesian War, from 413-404 B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Sophocles served with courage, but without gaining much distinction, in the Peloponnesian war, and was a witness of the miseries which that fatal struggle brought upon Greece. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The task of historical criticism in the case of the Peloponnesian War is widely different from its task in the case of the Persian Wars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z All men’s thoughts were occupied by the great contest for supremacy between the rival states of Athens and Sparta, known as the Peloponnesian War. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z It stands where the Greek world stood at the close of the Peloponnesian War. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z And yet he does not think it inconsistent with his plan to give us a sketch of the famous fifty years that elapsed between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Similar agreements were negotiated by 2008 for roads running along the country’s east and west coasts and through its center, and two roads encircling the Peloponnesian peninsula. Papandreou Highway Roadblock Damages Ellaktor: Freight Markets 2011-06-01T21:17:33Z With the Peloponnesian War a new epoch begins. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The Attic schools of rhetoric and philosophy maintained their reputation from the Peloponnesian war to the reign of Justinian. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z It was not the Peloponnesian War which sealed Hellas’s doom, but the cycle of political anarchy and moral chaos of which the Peloponnesian War was merely the opening phase. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z Hence I contend that the result of the Peloponnesian war even in its largest crisis had little import in the world's history. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z This introduces the celebrated account of the plague, which ravaged Athens during the Peloponnesian war, with which Lucretius concludes this book, and his magnificent poem. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Peloponnesian sentiment had been one of the chief factors in Greek politics; to it, indeed, in no small degree was due the victory over Persia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z But it was with the commencement of the Peloponnesian war that the exercise of agriculture terminated in Attica. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The “peace” which closed the Peloponnesian War was no peace. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z It was to this dispute that the real origin of the Peloponnesian war is to be traced. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z In 428 B.C. he was sent by the Athenians to intercept the Peloponnesian fleet which was on the way to attack Corcyra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z For the period that extends from the end of the Heroic Age to the end of the Peloponnesian War27 the two principal authorities are Herodotus and Thucydides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The Erythraeans owned for a considerable time the supremacy of Athens, but towards the close of the Peloponnesian war they threw off their allegiance to that city. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z As if scourged by a tragic fate, the white world hurtled along the downward path, until it entered the fell shadow of—the modern Peloponnesian War. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z Athen. handed down to us among Xenophon's works, is now, by general agreement, assigned to some author who lived earlier, and wrote it before the close of the Peloponnesian war. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z But in the 21st year of the Peloponnesian war the island succeeded in regaining its independence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of his policy as a destructive force; as a constructive force it effected nothing.19 The Peloponnesian system which Epaminondas overthrew had lasted two hundred years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In spite of faults of taste and fairness, Macaulay’s resplendent gifts enabled him to achieve for the period from Charles II. to the peace of Ryswick what Thucydides had done for the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z But, whenever the relations of the various powers become clear, as in the Persian or Peloponnesian Wars, we find Corinth always at the head of the second-rate states, and never among the first. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z I now pass on to the Persian and Peloponnesian wars, and their treatment by ancient and modern critics. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Thucydides's Peloponnesian War and Carlyle's French Revolution contain much poetry though they deal with the particular, but they are made poetry by the ecstasy. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Or, if Dorian is simply Old Peloponnesian, how are we to account for the Doric dialect or the Dorian pride of race? Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z While experts disagree, it may have been the agent in humanity’s first recorded plague, the Plague of Athens, during the Peloponnesian Wars. Of lice and men: An itchy history 2011-02-14T17:15:00.247Z During the Peloponnesian War we hear of the Athenians using it as a station for their fleet, when they were ravaging the adjacent coasts. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z It was asserted by her enemies that the Samian war had been brought about at her instigation and that the Peloponnesian war had been undertaken to avenge an insult which had been offered her. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Still again, his oration in honor of the heroes of the Peloponnesian war was a noble eulogy of Athens and the Athenians. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z In the crisis of the Persian invasion the Peloponnesian League was extended so as to include all the states which had espoused the national cause. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Although known as a specialist on the historian Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War, she wrote dozens of books on philosophy and political thought in ancient Greece, on the tragedians Aeschylus and Sophocles, and on Homer. Jacqueline de Romilly, Studied Greek Culture, Dies at 97 2010-12-21T02:38:57Z He could recite poetry, quote the Bible, discuss the Constitutional Convention and detail the Peloponnesian Wars -- and frequently did in Senate debates. Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia dead at 92 2010-06-28T11:26:00Z In the fifty years between the Persian and the Peloponnesian wars architecture and plastic art attained their highest perfection in Athens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Further, the cavalry was more numerous and better led than that of Peloponnesian states. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The Delian League, even in the form in which it was first established, as a confederation of autonomous allies, marks an advance in political conceptions upon the Peloponnesian League. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z There is a striking resemblance in several particulars between the Peloponnesian and the American war. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams During the negotiations which preceded the Peloponnesian War he did his best to prevent, or at least to postpone, the inevitable struggle, but was overruled by the war party. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" In the interval between the close of the Peloponnesian War and the battle of Ch�ronea few additions were made to the city. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli In the Samian and the Peloponnesian wars, Artaxerxes remained neutral, in spite of the attempts made by both Sparta and Athens to gain his alliance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" It is a complete misapprehension to regard the Peloponnesian War as a mere duel between two rival claimants for empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Thus he played an important part in the long-continued Peloponnesian war. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The kings of Sparta were the commanders of the Peloponnesian confederacy. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 A History of the Arts and Politics of Greece from the Persian to the Peloponnesian War. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. Accordingly we find that this ancient Peloponnesian Artemis was nearly connected with lakes, fountains, and rivers. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The period is regarded simply as a prelude to the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The Peloponnesian War was the confrontation of two social systems, radically opposed in form, method, and outlook. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude After their overthrow an early constitution was restored, which remained unshaken during the Peloponnesian war. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 The subjects of Examination will be:— Greek and Latin Grammar; Greek and Latin Composition, both prose and verse; Elements of Ancient Geography; History of the Peloponnesian War, from 431 to 404 B.C.; The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, August 1865 Thus Byzantium was never estranged from its Peloponnesian ancestors, although it adopted a large number of additional colonists,490 and ruled over Thracian subjects. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 It destroyed, too, the Peloponnesian sentiment of hostility to the invader. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In the Peloponnesian War the Boeotians, embittered by the early conflicts round Plataea, fought zealously against Athens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The action of the story, which is to a certain extent historical, takes place during the time of the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" When he served with the army in the Peloponnesian war, he astonished his fellow-soldiers by his bravery, and his cheerful endurance of every hardship. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy We now return to the Peloponnesian Artemis, and will mention some of her other symbols and attributes. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The bulk of the army that defeated Mardonius at Plataea came from the Peloponnese; at Chaeronea no Peloponnesian state was represented. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z In the Persian War they took but little part; in the Peloponnesian they sided with the Athenians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" It took the side of Athens in the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" After a bitter struggle, which lasted over a quarter of a century, the Peloponnesian war ended in the complete downfall of Athens as a political power. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Opposite principles of the contending parties in the Peloponnesian war. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The Persian Wars form the proper subject of Herodotus’s work; the Peloponnesian War is the subject of Thucydides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z It was the resting place of Xerxes on his march; it is not unmentioned in the Peloponnesian war; and it was a frequent subject of debate in the last independent assemblies of Athens. The Bible Story Croesus proposed to the oracle his well-known question; Lysander sought to obtain from it a sanction for his ambitious views; the Athenians frequently appealed to its authority during the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Then at the close of the Peloponnesian war, the aristocratic party again came into power with the Thirty Tyrants, among whom were some of Plato's own relatives. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Those however which we have are sufficient to show that the same standard was prevalent throughout Peloponnesus,670 a difference in weight, measure, and standard not having been introduced till after the Peloponnesian war. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 Hence our knowledge of the Persian Wars and of the Peloponnesian War is widely different in character from our knowledge of the rest of this period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z I only knew of the Punic wars and the Peloponnesian war--for we never got as far as modern history--and thought of these things as of what had once been. Waldfried A Novel In the Peloponnesian War he espoused the side of the Spartans, and assisted them with mercenaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Thus they took no part either in the Persian or in the Peloponnesian War, or in any of the subsequent civil contests in which so many of the cities and islands of Greece were engaged. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" A clearer point in the Argive and Peloponnesian history is the reign of Pheidon. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 After seventy-five years of oppressive rule and constant wars with their neighbours the Catalans were expelled by the Peloponnesian baron Nerio Acciaiuoli. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Plato had taken seriously to heart the lessons of the Peloponnesian War. Greek Women Late in the 6th century Corinth joined the Peloponnesian league under Sparta, in which her financial resources and strategic position secured her an unusual degree of independence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" It is mentioned by Thucydides as having commenced in the sixth year of the Peloponnesian War. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions According to the constitution of the Peloponnesian league, every common action, such as a declaration of war, or the conclusion of a peace or treaty, was agreed on at a congress of the confederates. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 If winter campaigns in Thrace were unpopular at this epoch, they had been hardly less unpopular in the epoch of the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Lysistrata is the wife of an Athenian magistrate, and has been strongly affected by the ill success of the Peloponnesian War. Greek Women They ultimately submitted to Cyrus, and from the battle of Eurymedon to the latter part of the Peloponnesian War they were subject to Athens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" There can be little doubt that the preponderating influence of the city was responsible for the unwisdom of the later imperial policy and the Peloponnesian war. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The five years' truce in 451 B.C. was only an armistice between Athens and the Peloponnesian confederacy, which left Bœotia to shake off the Athenian yoke by its own exertions. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 The Spartan treasury had been temporarily enriched by the spoils of the Peloponnesian War, but neither during that war, nor afterwards, did Sparta succeed in developing any scientific financial system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Perides's last days were passed in the gloom of the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, of the plague that depopulated the city, and of the discontent of his beloved people. Greek Women Paley, even went so far as to doubt whether a single written copy of the Iliad existed in Greece at the time of the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" After the Peloponnesian War it took the first opportunity to renew the Athenian alliance, but in 357 again seceded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" There must probably have been some joint act of the allies,2162 by virtue of which Pausanias was able to collect the great Peloponnesian army. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 By the beginning of the Peloponnesian War it had become the prevalent form of government. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z But the Peloponnesian war increased the strain on the revenue and deprived Athens of its dependencies. The History of Freedom An illustration of this truth is furnished in profane history by the account which Thucydides has given us of the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The work expended upon it was as careful and grave as if the subject had been the Peloponnesian War. Noah Webster American Men of Letters To wage war successfully a state must make itself to some extent barbarous; and the Peloponnesian War ended the progressive phase of Greek culture. Pot-Boilers It was not long before the policy of Lysander succeeded in uniting against Sparta the very forces upon which she had relied when she entered on the Peloponnesian War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z When the overwhelming influence of Pericles was removed, the conflict between classes raged without restraint, and the slaughter that befell the higher ranks in the Peloponnesian war gave an irresistible preponderance to the lower. The History of Freedom So in 404 ended the Peloponnesian war, after lasting twenty-seven years. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History Since the early years of the Peloponnesian War, the separation of Athenian society from the state had been growing more and more marked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" The glory of the period extended on through the Peloponnesian war, and after the Macedonian conquest it gradually waned and the splendor gradually passed from Athens to Alexandria. History of Human Society Much is therefore omitted not only in the history of the other Greek states, especially the Peloponnesian, but even in the history of Athens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z A great and generous change in one who had 'learned by suffering' in the Peloponnesian War. Five Stages of Greek Religion So died this great man, in 429, the third year of the Peloponnesian war. p. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History Mistrust, he told the Peloponnesian cities, is the safeguard of free communities against tyrants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" The decline of the Athenian democracy was hastened, also, by the Peloponnesian war, caused first by the domineering attitude of Athens, which posed as an empire, and the jealousy of Sparta. History of Human Society If the Athenian empire had survived the Peloponnesian War, Attic influence would no doubt soon have permeated the whole of that empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Curiously enough, it is through Kansas and Nebraska—the Epidaurus of our Peloponnesian war—that the two great rival Pacific Railroad routes are to run. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Seven years later—namely, in 406 B.C., the twenty-sixth year of the Peloponnesian War—there took place another total lunar eclipse of which mention is made by Xenophon. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language It is rather in such sieges and engagements as we find recorded in the history of the Peloponnesian war, that the conduct and abilities of a general are truly conspicuous. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) His youth, however, was spent in the distressful later years of the Peloponnesian War, which ended in fearful gloom and disaster for his native city. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Many are left out altogether, as some of the leaders in the Peloponnesian war. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors As the Peloponnesian War divided the States of Hellas into two camps, so this war has divided the States of Europe. Gems (?) of German Thought The next solar eclipse worthy of note was an annular one, and occurred in 431 B.C., the first year of the Peloponnesian War. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Shortly before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, Anaxagoras of Clazomenae was accused of impiety and had to leave Athens, where he had taken up his abode. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The Retreat of the Ten Thousand, and the wars of Epaminondas were far more brilliant than the operations of the Peloponnesian War. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History There stands the great orator—himself incarnate Greece—speaking the oration over the Peloponnesian dead. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Greece had gone through the bitter experiences of the Peloponnesian War, and the shadow of it lay on them, as on its historian Thucydides. Progress and History In Athens, during the Peloponnesian war, it was almost impossible to distinguish the slaves from the poorer freemen by their looks or dress. Principles Of Political Economy In Aristophanes we meet with the first observations concerning the change in the religious conditions of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity The Peloponnesian army lingered at Corinth, busy with a wall across the Isthmus, instead of risking valorous battle. A Victor of Salamis There is nothing improbable in the supposition that he survived the beginning of the Peloponnesian war. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" If she sinned in the Peloponnesian War through the spirit of aggression, she sinned in the struggle with Macedon through slackness and cowardice. Progress and History Argos became the centre of a new Peloponnesian alliance. Ancient States and Empires Athens and Sparta were already in that mood toward each other which rendered the disaster of the Peloponnesian war inevitable. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History As they reached the Spartan flag-ship, half a score of pinnaces trailing behind told how the Peloponnesian admirals were already aboard clamouring at Eurybiades for orders to fly. A Victor of Salamis We forget the elaborate intrigues which preceded the Peloponnesian war, for these appealed only to vulgar and ordinary motives of self-aggrandisement. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 The devastation of the unhappy Peloponnesian war put an end to this external growth, and left the Athens of old frozen into marble, a thing of beauty forever. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Such was the triumphant position of Sparta at the close of the Peloponnesian war. Ancient States and Empires At length, in 431, the long foreseen and inevitable Peloponnesian war broke out between Athens and Sparta. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History We will return now to the Peloponnesian school, of which Polycleitus was the head in its earliest period. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture He was alive at the first of the Peloponnesian War; but what became of him, when or where he died, is not known. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing The period between the Persian and the Peloponnesian war was only sixty years in duration. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality This was the first great victory which Athens had gained since the Peloponnesian war, and filled her citizens with joy and confidence, and led to a material enlargement of their maritime confederacy. Ancient States and Empires The Corinthian commanders, and those from the other Peloponnesian cities, declared that it was perfectly absurd to remain any longer at Salamis, in a vain attempt to defend a country already conquered. Xerxes Makers of History The Peloponnesian war, on the contrary, was a civil war, and it divided the Greeks among themselves and roused the evil passions of friend against friend all over their country. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The Peloponnesian war dragged on with varying fortunes for ten years. A History of Sea Power These were the league of Delos, which developed into the empire of Athens, and the Peloponnesian confederacy, under the leadership of Sparta. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The Phocians agreed to guard this path, and leave the defense of the main pass to the Peloponnesian troops. Ancient States and Empires A debate ensued, in which the eternal enmity and dissension between the Athenian and Peloponnesian Greeks broke out anew. Xerxes Makers of History The subjects of the Peloponnesian school were especially suited to the use of bronze, and the chief sculptor of his time, Lysippus, whose works are said to have numbered fifteen hundred, worked entirely in bronze. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture When the news reached Greece, many of her dependencies revolted, the Peloponnesian war had broken out anew, and she had no strength left to hold her own. A History of Sea Power The second great conflict, the Peloponnesian war, brought Greece to the verge of ruin, and destroyed that Athenian supremacy in which lay the true path of progress for that fair land. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The one was Ionian, and organized the league of Delos, under the management of Aristides; the other was Dorian, and chief of the Peloponnesian confederacy. Ancient States and Empires Eurybiades, on the other hand, and the Peloponnesian commanders, urged the expediency of not driving the Persians to desperation by harassing them too closely on their retreat. Xerxes Makers of History Corinth does not show her hand much in the Peloponnesian war. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 The Peloponnesian fleet advanced in line of four abreast with the Spartan admiral and the twenty Spartan triremes—the best in the fleet—in the lead. A History of Sea Power In after-days an inscription was set up which gave all glory to the Peloponnesian heroes without a word for the noble Thespian band. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He also was afflicted by the death of his children by the plague which devastated Athens in the early part of the Peloponnesian war, to which attention is now directed. Ancient States and Empires After the battle of Thermopylæ the Peloponnesian Greeks commenced to fortify the isthmus of Corinth with the view of defending it with their small army against the invading host of Xerxes. The Story of Eclipses True, there was no slavery question in the Peloponnesian war, for antique civilization without slavery is hardly thinkable; but after all, the slavery question belongs ultimately to the sphere of economics. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 By nightfall Phormio had rescued eight of the nine Athenian triremes that had fallen into the hands of the enemy and sent the scattered remnants of the Peloponnesian fleet in full flight towards Corinth. A History of Sea Power One of these was the ninetieth Olympiad, of 420 B.C., which took place during the peace between Athens and Sparta,—in the Peloponnesian war Athens having been excluded from the two preceding ones. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The fall of Athens virtually closed the Peloponnesian war, after a bitter struggle between the two leading States of Greece for thirty years. Ancient States and Empires When Pericles died, the Peloponnesian War had already been carried on for more than three years, but was not nearly at an end. The Story of the Greeks The Southerner resented Northern dictation as Pericles resented Lacedæmonian dictation, and our Peloponnesian war began. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 The repeated ravaging of Attica by Peloponnesian armies weakened both the resources and the morale of the Athenians, and the crowding of the inhabitants into the city resulted in frightful mortality from the plague. A History of Sea Power During the Peloponnesian war it was a strong ally of Sparta. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality But the Peloponnesian war was not finished as soon as the Syracusans anticipated. Ancient States and Empires Thus ended the Peloponnesian War, which, as you have seen, began shortly before the death of Pericles. The Story of the Greeks It enables one to understand the Peloponnesian war better, the struggle between the union of which Athens was the mistress and the confederacy of which Sparta was the head. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 Finally the Peloponnesian, realizing that Phormio would have to defend his base, and hoping to force him to fight at a disadvantage, moved upon Naupaktis. A History of Sea Power We can at once discern two dramatic crises—the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War and the foundation of the Roman Empire. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Even the combined Peloponnesian and Syracusan fleets sustained two defeats in the Hellespont. Ancient States and Empires It was at the close of the Peloponnesian War that Darius II., The Story of the Greeks A Southerner in the Peloponnesian War has no more artistic right to be than A Girl in the Carpathians or A Scholar in Politics, and yet it may serve as a document. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 But in the Peloponnesian war we see not only the birth of naval tactics but a very high development, especially as revealed in these two victories of Phormio. A History of Sea Power Historically it would probably be truer to say that the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, in which Socrates served with great distinction as a hoplite, marked the decisive turning-point. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The divisions of the phalanx were in the centre, and the Peloponnesian cavalry and Thracian light infantry on the left. Ancient States and Empires Maffei places it in the 88th Olympiad, or the first year of the Peloponnesian War; Winckelmann, in the time of Lysippus and Alexander; and Lessing, in the time of the first Emperors. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) "The war of the Peloponnesians and Athenians" is a somewhat lumbering way of saying "the Peloponnesian war." The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 The Peloponnesian war, however, had not yet broken out; the peace still continued; for thus far the Corinthians had acted alone. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Civil discords brought on first the Peloponnesian War, about 434 B.C., and made them prey to the Macedonians. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Greece was then in the height of her glory, in the interval between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars, and thither a commission was sent to examine her laws, especially those of Solon, at Athens. Ancient States and Empires It dates from 500 B.C. to the Peloponnesian Wars, and is marked by black figures upon a yellow or red ground. A Text-Book of the History of Painting The popular cry of "Persian gold" was heard in the Peloponnesian war as the popular cry of "British gold" is heard now. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 Sparta at the same time was leader in a confederacy of independent states, among which were nearly all the Peloponnesian states, besides some of those in northern Greece, those of Magna Græcia and Sicily. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Many of its theatrical exhibitions cost more than the Peloponnesian War. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music Athens sought also to recover Amphipolis—a maritime city, colonized by Athenians, at the head of the Strymonican Gulf, in Macedonia, which was taken from her in the Peloponnesian war, by Brasidas. Ancient States and Empires After the Peloponnesian Wars the art of painting seems to have flourished elsewhere than in Athens, owing to the Athenian loss of supremacy. A Text-Book of the History of Painting The Peloponnesian war, like our war, was a war between two leagues, a Northern Union and a Southern Confederacy. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 The oration of Pericles over the graves of those who fell in the Peloponnesian War, is said to have been the first Athenian oration designed for the public. Successful Methods of Public Speaking The Peloponnesian war — War with Sparta — Savage character of the wars — Effects of these wars. History Of Ancient Civilization Sparta was now discouraged and helpless, and even many Peloponnesian cities put themselves under the presidency of Athens. Ancient States and Empires If you want to know, we came originally from Corinth, as Bellerophon did; we speak Peloponnesian. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope No wonder, then, that with such an experience a bookish Confederate should turn to the Aristophanic account of the Peloponnesian war with sympathetic interest. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 To wage another Peloponnesian war to settle the ascendancy between them? Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 And the third morning being fair, they sailed again, and journeyed prosperously till they came to the very end of the great Peloponnesian land, where Cape Malea looks out upon the southern sea. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People It was this branch of literature which peculiarly marked the age of Pericles—the period between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Ancient States and Empires In the Peloponnesian war the Platæans again were true to the Athenians against all risks, and all calculation of self-interest: and the destruction of Platæa was the consequence. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Aristophanes, in his mocking way, attributes the Peloponnesian war to a kidnapping affair between Athens and Megara. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 Count three hundred years back from the end of the Peloponnesian war, and they will place the Legislature of Lycurgus upon the 19th Olympiad. The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great From this arose the long conflict known as the Peloponnesian War, which lasted for twenty-seven years, its real cause being that Sparta was determined to lead Greece. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25, April 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The war, of course, languished during the prevalence of the epidemic, and much injury was done to Athenian commerce by Peloponnesian privateers, who put to death all their prisoners. Ancient States and Empires It was here that the Athenians gained a naval victory over the Peloponnesians and Syracusans, in the twenty-first year of the Peloponnesian war. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. I went from my books to the front, and went back from the front to my books, from the Confederate war to the Peloponnesian war, from Lee and Early to Thucydides and Aristophanes. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 Socrates and Thucydides made the institutions of Lycurgus about 300 years older than the end of the Peloponnesian war, that is, 705 years before Christ. The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great When I went to school," she said, "I thought I hated the Second Peloponnesian War worse than any war I'd ever heard of. Half Portions He persuaded the Persian not to give a decisive superiority to either of the contending parties, who followed his advice, and kept the Peloponnesian fleet inactive, and bribed the Spartan general. Ancient States and Empires This view became popular in Greece at the time of the Peloponnesian War. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology No wonder that the ever present Peloponnesian war will not suffer him to forget those four years in which the sea of trouble rose higher and higher. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 Thucydides relates that the news of his death came to Athens in winter, in the seventh year of the Peloponnesian war, that is An. The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great The Athenian first half-cycle—sixty-five years from the inception of the hegemony—ended in 413, when the Peloponnesian War entered its last, and for Athens, disastrous, phase. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Thus commenced the Peloponnesian war, which led to such disastrous consequences, and which was thus brought about by the Corinthians, B.C. Ancient States and Empires And Rhodes, resenting this disgrace, has determined to take part against Athens, and join the Peloponnesian league. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) "The war," without any further qualification, served the turn of Thucydides and Aristophanes for the Peloponnesian war. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 "Do you recall, Squire, what Thucydides said of the Greeks at the time of the Peloponnesian War?" Westways Mahaffy very wisely goes to work to dethrone the Peloponnesian War—as he does, too, the Persian—from the eminence it has been given in the textbooks ever since. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Although a Peloponnesian fleet was defeated by the Athenians on its way to assist Chios in revolt, yet new dangers multiplied. Ancient States and Empires The Peloponnesian War has entered on its second stage. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Of all this the scholar found nothing in the records of the Peloponnesian war. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 He had indeed a true and divine love of peace, and his attempt to bring the Peloponnesian war to an end, was an act of real Hellenic patriotism. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. These light troops came gradually into favour with the Greeks during the Peloponnesian war, and afterward became very extensively used. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Hence the various States united under Sparta, in the Peloponnesian war, to subvert the ascendency of Athens. Ancient States and Empires This was a feeble armament compared with the numerous and powerful fleets that Athens equipped and maintained during the Peloponnesian war. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson The story was intended to illustrate, not the scarcity of raiment in the Peloponnesian war, but the abundance of philosophy in the Socratic soul. The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 From Greek inscriptions dating from the period of the Peloponnesian war we learn that there were signets of colored glass among the gems in the treasury of the Parthenon. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 In political matters, the Peloponnesian war is a great blot upon the fame of Perikles; for it is said to have been caused by his refusal to yield the least point to the Lacedaemonians. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Epaminondas broke through the defenses of the Spartans, and opened a communication with his Peloponnesian allies, and with these increased forces was more than a match for the Spartans and Athenians. Ancient States and Empires In the arrangement of crowds and flow of costuming and study of tableau climaxes, let the architect bring an illusion of that delicate flowering, that brilliant instant of time before the Peloponnesian war. The Art of the Moving Picture On the other hand, a Peloponnesian squadron threatened the Piræus, caused some temporary panic, and awakened the Athenians to the necessity of maintaining a look-out, but otherwise effected little. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Platæa, a city of ancient Greece, in western Boeotia, neighbour and ally of Athens, suffered greatly in the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge However, he soon hoisted an Athenian flag, and bore down upon that part of the Peloponnesian fleet which had been hitherto victorious. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Such rapid aggrandizement was bitterly felt by Corinth, Sicyon, and Sparta, and the feeling of enmity expanded until it exploded in the Peloponnesian war. Ancient States and Empires Why was it worth while for Mr. Jowett, the other day, to give us a new translation of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War? Studies in Literature The first Peloponnesian squadron which attempted to move was promptly driven into Piræus by an Athenian fleet and blockaded. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Afterward Zeuxis and Parrhasius, who lived at about the same period—at the time of the Peloponnesian war—greatly promoted art. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Little by little the clouds cleared away, and disclosed the Peloponnesian fleet cruising off the harbour of Kyzikus. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Such was the state of the Sicilian cities on the outbreak of the Peloponnesian war. Ancient States and Empires At the Battle of Amphipolis, in the Peloponnesian War, and which was so fatal to the Athenians, the Athenian left wing and centre fled in a panic, without making any resistance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 A great naval victory was won by the Athenian fleet, under the command of Thrasybulus, over a slightly larger Peloponnesian fleet at Cynossema. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Since the time of the Peloponnesian and Punic wars, the sphere of action had not been enlarged; and the science of naval architecture appears to have declined. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 But to this Pericles added very near one third part more; for Thucydides says, that in the beginning of the Peloponnesian war, the Athenians had coming in from their confederates six hundred talents. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans The curse or pollution thus incurred was frequently in later years raked up for political reasons; the Spartans even demanded that Pericles should be expelled as accursed at the beginning of the Peloponnesian war. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Our present task is to describe the chief incidents in the cruel and devastating war, commonly known as the Peloponnesian War, which lasted for twenty-seven years, and finally broke up the Athenian Empire. Stories from Thucydides His great work is the history of the Peloponnesian War to its twentieth year, where his history is abruptly broken off. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Demosthenes, who was a distinguished general during the Peloponnesian War, and perished in the Sicilian expedition. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 Athens, which was on friendly terms with Sparta, sent envoys to the Peloponnesian states to counteract Philip's influence, and of these Demosthenes was one. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 Nothing is heard of them after the Peloponnesian war. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 We have now completed our review of the chief events which occurred between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Stories from Thucydides Sparta came forward professedly as champion of the liberties of Hellas; Athens, guided by Pericles, refused to submit to Spartan dictation, and accepted the challenge which plunged Greece into the Peloponnesian war. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Perdiccas II, who, however, took the side of Sparta shortly after the beginning of the Peloponnesian War. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 The Peloponnesian envoys appear also to have been in Athens at the time; and Philip's supporters had put forward various explanations of his conduct at the time when the Peace was made. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 From this time he took a prominent part in Athenian politics during the Peloponnesian war. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 At a congress of the Peloponnesian allies, summoned to consider an appeal from the Samians for help, the Corinthians had spoken strongly against interference with the revolted allies of another city. Stories from Thucydides He was forty at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History The success of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War was rendered possible, to a great extent, by the supply of funds from Persia. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 The Peloponnesian Alliance, which was led by Sparta, the bulwark of the aristocratic interest, comprised, with the Dorian, most of the Aeolian states,—as Boeotia, Phocis, Locris, etc. Outline of Universal History No one can fail to be struck by the marked difference between the period from Marathon to the Peloponnesian War and the period from Alexander to Mummius. Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians About the same time the Peloponnesian fleet, consisting of forty-seven ships, was sailing down the Corinthian Gulf to co-operate with Cnemus. Stories from Thucydides Of the Greek states, the most were joined either to the Athenian or the Peloponnesian league, but Corcyra had joined neither. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History After the battle of Aegospotami at the end of the Peloponnesian War, the representative of Thebes proposed to the Spartans and their allies that Athens should be destroyed and its inhabitants sold into slavery. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 The motive at the bottom of this alliance was what Thucydides tells was the real cause of the Peloponnesian war,—the jealousy which the growth of Athens excited in other states. Outline of Universal History It was produced in the year 405 B.C., the year after 'The Birds,' and only one year before the Peloponnesian War ended disastrously for the Athenian cause in the capture of the city by Lysander. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 At last the Peloponnesian leaders decided to give battle with Phormio at once, fearing that if they delayed any longer he would be reinforced from Athens. Stories from Thucydides If Peloponnesian invaders ravaged Attica, still no permanent injury would be done comparable to that which the Athenians could inflict upon them. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History The alienation of the Hellespont, the placing of Megara and Euboea in the power of the enemy, and the attraction of Peloponnesian sympathy to his cause. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 Demosthenes went at the head of an embassy to the Peloponnesian states which had taken sides with Philip, but his efforts to dissuade them from this suicidal policy were unavailing. Outline of Universal History He died about 380 B.C.—the best and central years of his life and work thus coinciding with the great national period of stress and struggle, the Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 Accordingly the Peloponnesian captains on one side, and Phormio on the other, did what they could to argue their crews into a more hopeful frame of mind. Stories from Thucydides Preparations were urged on both sides; Sparta summoned her allies to muster their contingents on the Isthmus for the invasion of Attica, nearly all the mainland states joining the Peloponnesian league. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History On one occasion, he told them of the Peloponnesian war, which lasted twenty-seven years, "There must have been famous promotion there," said one poor fellow, haggard as a death's head. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey But when your ships have played out their martial sport, let them exchange stations with the Peloponnesian vessels, and occupy for the present the left of the armament. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance However, if the Boeotian and Peloponnesian women join us, Greece is saved. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 The Peloponnesian seamen who had taken part in the first battle were reminded that they had been caught unprepared, and assured that this time every precaution would be taken to prevent a second reverse. Stories from Thucydides Over most of Greece in each state the oligarchic faction favoured the Peloponnesian league, the democratic, Athens. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History The Peloponnesian war, which terminated in the downfall of Athens, was succeeded by a period of exhaustion and repose. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities More immediately round the General's galley were the vessels of the Peloponnesian allies, by whom he was still honoured. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance It had been in the possession of Miltiades, was lost in the Peloponnesian war and was partly recovered by Timotheus in 863. Authors of Greece The great object of the Peloponnesian leaders was to compel Phormio to give battle in the confined space of the strait. Stories from Thucydides He lived and taught during the period of the Peloponnesian War. Early European History Literature and art, however, were not, during the Peloponnesian war, affected by the corruption of morals. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities This period of artistic and intellectual brilliancy of Greece following the Peloponnesian War marked the beginning of the end of Greece politically. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization In her anxiety to intercept the Peloponnesian corn she supported Leontini against Syracuse, the leading Sicilian state. Authors of Greece Meanwhile the eleven ships which had eluded the attack were hotly pursued by the twenty fast-sailing vessels on the Peloponnesian right wing. Stories from Thucydides By the close of the sixth century B.C. the Spartans were able to conquer their immediate neighbors and to organize some of the city-states of the Peloponnesus into a strong confederacy called the Peloponnesian League. Early European History If any of the powers outside Peloponnese invade Peloponnesian territory, the parties contracting shall unite to repel them, on such terms as they may agree upon, as being most fair for the Peloponnesians. The History of the Peloponnesian War How is our problem like and unlike that of Athens after the Peloponnesian War? The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization The members of the Peloponnesian league considered themselves betrayed by this treaty, for their hated rival Athens had not been humbled. Authors of Greece It was therefore decided to receive them into the Peloponnesian alliance, and orders were issued to the allies to assemble at the Isthmus with two-thirds of their forces for an immediate invasion of Attica. Stories from Thucydides A much more scientific writer was Thucydides, an Athenian who lived during the epoch of the Peloponnesian War and became the historian of that contest. Early European History After this six of the allied Peloponnesian ships at Cenchreae joined the forces at Chios. The History of the Peloponnesian War He is clearly connected with the Sophists, and with the generation the morality of which had been unsettled by the violence of faction and the fury of the Peloponnesian war. Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles Shortly after the outbreak of the Peloponnesian war Plato was born, probably in 427. Authors of Greece The presence of a Peloponnesian fleet had caused great alarm among the inhabitants of Ionia, and urgent messages came in daily to Paches at Mytilene, summoning him to their aid. Stories from Thucydides Eight years later they totally defeated a superior Peloponnesian force at the battle of Leuctra and brought the supremacy of Sparta to an end. Early European History The Peloponnesian camp was still plentifully supplied, being in receipt of sufficient pay, and the soldiers having still in hand the large booty taken at Iasus. The History of the Peloponnesian War But Archelaus, like the Plataeans in the Peloponnesian war, built an inner crescent-shaped wall, from which he took the assailants in front and on both flanks when they tried to advance. The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History The play was written at the end of the first portion of the Peloponnesian war, when Argos began to enter the world of Greek diplomacy. Authors of Greece As for Alcidas, he fled in wild haste, keeping the open sea, being resolved not to touch land, if he could help it, until he reached the shelter of a Peloponnesian harbour. Stories from Thucydides We have seen how Greece came to be split up into two great alliances, the one a naval league ruled by Athens, the other a confederacy of Peloponnesian cities under the leadership of Sparta. Early European History That the Athenians should continue to the island same as before, without however landing upon it, and should refrain from attacking the Peloponnesian troops either by land or by sea. The History of the Peloponnesian War He died at the age of 79, that is, probably, in the year 443, twelve years before the Peloponnesian war began. The Extant Odes of Pindar He saw the whole of the Peloponnesian war and has given us a most vivid account of the passions it aroused and its effect on Athenian life. Authors of Greece They had treacherously plotted against Athens, when she was sunk deep in calamity, and brought a Peloponnesian fleet within the sacred circle of her empire. Stories from Thucydides Sparta, mainly a continental power, commanded all the Peloponnesian states except Argos and Achaea, besides some of the smaller states of central Greece. Early European History Alcibiades in his alarm first withdrew to Tissaphernes, and immediately began to do all he could with him to injure the Peloponnesian cause. The History of the Peloponnesian War There is a noteworthy incident of the Peloponnesian war which should be remembered in connection with this ode. The Extant Odes of Pindar The Corinthian order exhibits a still greater refinement and elegance than the other two, and was introduced toward the end of the Peloponnesian War. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements Thus the inventive genius of Demosthenes had already proved of signal service to his country; for this was the shortest of all the Peloponnesian invasions, lasting only fifteen days. Stories from Thucydides This city was a colony of Corinth, and hence was a natural ally of the Peloponnesian states. Early European History Such were the resources of Athens in the different departments when the Peloponnesian invasion was impending and hostilities were being commenced. The History of the Peloponnesian War He was born of noble Athenian parents, 429 B.C., the year that Pericles died, and the second year of the Peloponnesian War,--the most active period of Grecian thought. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations After the Peloponnesian War a new school of art arose in Athens, which appealed more to the passions. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements And before the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War the two powerful islands of Lesbos and Chios were the only members of the original league who still retained their independence. Stories from Thucydides Had it been joined by Sparta and the other Peloponnesian states, it is possible that their united power might have hurled back the invader. Early European History Afterwards the Athenians engaged the Peloponnesian fleet off Cecruphalia; and the Athenians were victorious. The History of the Peloponnesian War He treated only of a short period, during the Peloponnesian War; but the various facts connected with that great event could be known only by the most minute and careful inquiries. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations It stands on a rising ground on the Peloponnesian side of the Gulf of Corinth. The Life of Lord Byron And here we close our account of the events which led to the Peloponnesian War. Stories from Thucydides Sparta and her Peloponnesian allies viewed with growing jealousy the rapid rise of Athens. Early European History The Peloponnesian commanders encouraged their men after this fashion. The History of the Peloponnesian War In this case, the population of Rome would not have been as large as that of Athens in the Peloponnesian war, and this is indeed very probable. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) At the close of the Peloponnesian war it came into the hands of the Achaians, from whom it was taken by Epaminondas, but after his death they regained it. The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes In the third year of the war the usual invasion of Attica was omitted, and the Peloponnesian army under Archidamus marched against Plataea. Stories from Thucydides The conflict was brought on by Corinth, one of the leading members of the Peloponnesian League and, next to Athens, the most important commercial power in Greece. Early European History It is the fact; and the Peloponnesian Dorians being our superiors in numbers and next neighbours, we Ionians looked out for the best means of escaping their domination. The History of the Peloponnesian War About the end of March or beginning of April the entire Peloponnesian force—two-thirds from each confederate city as before—was assembled under the command of Archidamus and marched into Attica. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) Similar counsel was given by Pericles in the Peloponnesian war. The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes And at the same time the Plataeans left in the town made a feigned attack on the Peloponnesian wall at the opposite side to divert the attention of the enemy. Stories from Thucydides On an outline map indicate the Athenian allies and dependencies and those of Sparta at the opening of the Peloponnesian War. Early European History Meanwhile the warnings of the fire signals and the sudden increase in the number of fires on the enemy's shore informed the eighteen Athenian ships at Sestos of the approach of the Peloponnesian fleet. The History of the Peloponnesian War Commencement of the dispute between Corinth and Corcyra regarding the city of Epidamnus, in which Athens supported the latter; this led to the Peloponnesian War. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) It had been built formerly by an Athenian colony, and was taken by the Spartan general Brasidas in the Peloponnesian war. The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes The result of this battle was to give the Athenians complete command of the sea, for the Peloponnesian fleet was in no condition to renew the engagement. Stories from Thucydides The Athenians avoided a conflict in the open field with the stronger Peloponnesian army, which ravaged Attica. Early European History Meanwhile the Athenians at Pylos were still besieging the Lacedaemonians in the island, the Peloponnesian forces on the continent remaining where they were. The History of the Peloponnesian War End of the first period of the Peloponnesian War. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) In the Peloponnesian war we find the charge laid upon two joint captains, and afterward it was borne by an association formed like the Symmoriae of the Property Tax. The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes When the envoys returned, the Peloponnesian ships were to be given back. Stories from Thucydides Why has the Peloponnesian War been called an "irrepressible conflict"? Early European History To support these exiles sixty Peloponnesian vessels had lately sailed, it being thought that the famine raging in the city would make it easy for them to reduce it. The History of the Peloponnesian War Among the most valuable of the former is the History of the Peloponnesian War, by the Greek historian Thucydides, of which there are several English versions. Mosaics of Grecian History After the Peloponnesian War, a new school of art arose in Athens, which appealed more to the passions. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. After ravaging the plain, they encamped at Decelea, fourteen miles north of Athens, and here they established a fortified post, which was garrisoned by contingents of the Peloponnesian army, serving in regular order. Stories from Thucydides Founded during the closing years of the Peloponnesian War, Rhodes soon distanced Athens in the race for commercial supremacy. Early European History Beginning of the Peloponnesian War—First Invasion of Attica—Funeral Oration of Pericles The war between the Athenians and Peloponnesians and the allies on either side now really begins. The History of the Peloponnesian War One district more--that of E'lis, north of Messenia and west of Arcadia, and embracing the western slopes of the Achaian and Arcadian mountains--makes up the complement of the ancient Peloponnesian states. Mosaics of Grecian History He treated only of a short period, during the Peloponnesian War; but the various facts connected with that great event could only be known by the most minute and careful inquiries. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. But the Peloponnesian crews were untrained, the decks of their ships were crowded with soldiers, and they were hampered by the crowd of smaller craft. Stories from Thucydides Compare the Hundred Years' War and the Peloponnesian War as needless conflicts. Early European History Meanwhile the Boeotians, sending their contingent and cavalry to join the Peloponnesian expedition, went to Plataea with the remainder and laid waste the country. The History of the Peloponnesian War Progress of, after Peloponnesian wars; the drama; oratory; philosophy; history; architecture and sculpture; painting. Mosaics of Grecian History The Corinthian order exhibits a still greater refinement and elegance than the other two, and was introduced toward the end of the Peloponnesian war. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. A wild panic ensued among the Peloponnesian crews, and as fast as they could extricate themselves they rowed off and sought shelter in the harbour of Patrae. Stories from Thucydides Thucydides has preserved the oration delivered by Pericles in commemoration of those who fell in the first year of the Peloponnesian War. General History for Colleges and High Schools This prevented his taking the Peloponnesian states in detail, and ravaging them with his fleet; when the multitude of his vessels would have made any combination for self-defence impossible. The History of the Peloponnesian War Peloponnesian wars, the; the first war; the second war. Mosaics of Grecian History "Show cause, object, and result of the Peloponnesian war." A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household The authorities at Sparta were highly indignant at the failure of their expedition in Acarnania, and the defeat of the Peloponnesian fleet by so inferior a force. Stories from Thucydides Freeman likens the contest to the Peloponnesian War in ancient Greece. General History for Colleges and High Schools The Peloponnesian War was prolonged to an immense length, and, long as it was, it was short without parallel for the misfortunes that it brought upon Hellas. The History of the Peloponnesian War Before Peloponnesian wars; characterization of; influence of; the drama after Peloponnesian war. Mosaics of Grecian History Thiers' History of the French Empire, on the contrary, is 'genuine,' for he is certainly the author, but very far indeed from 'authentic '; while Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is both 'authentic' and 'genuine.' On the Study of Words A strong force of Peloponnesian soldiers was encamped on the shore, to co-operate with the fleet. Stories from Thucydides He is said, though the evidence is unsatisfactory, to have taken part in the efforts to check the great plague which devastated Athens at the beginning of the Peloponnesian war. The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Did we on the defection of the Samians record our vote against you, when the rest of the Peloponnesian powers were equally divided on the question whether they should assist them? The History of the Peloponnesian War Before the Persian wars; from Persian to close of Peloponnesian wars. Mosaics of Grecian History There has also come into vogue, especially since the Peloponnesian war, an improved kind of light-javelin-men,—the "Peltasts,"—with small shields, and light armor, but with extra long lances. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life In spite of the terrible ravages of the plague, Athens had easily held her own against the whole power of the Peloponnesian league. Stories from Thucydides The artistic activity in Athens did not cease with the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War in 431. A History of Greek Art The capture of the town took place about the time of the second Peloponnesian invasion of Attica. The History of the Peloponnesian War To close of Peloponnesian wars; subsequent period of. Mosaics of Grecian History Despite her defeats in the Peloponnesian War she has again the first navy in Hellas. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life The Peloponnesian fleet was the first to arrive, and the Spartans, who were now present in full force with their allies, determined to make the most of their time. Stories from Thucydides The head is of the round Attic form, contrasting with the squarer Peloponnesian type; the face a fine oval. A History of Greek Art Pater refers to the Funeral Oration given by Pericles to commemorate the Athenians who, to date, had died in the Peloponnesian War. Plato and Platonism Before the Persian wars; to close of Peloponnesian wars; subsequent to Peloponnesian wars. Mosaics of Grecian History Probably it was the ruin of their olive trees which the Athenians mourned most during the ravaging of Attica in the Peloponnesian War. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life Spartan valour was seen to be not above reproach, and the Peloponnesian allies had still better reason to complain of the hollowness of Spartan faith. Stories from Thucydides At the commencement of the war the Peloponnesian armies repeatedly invade and ravage Attica, but Athens herself is impregnable, and her fleets secure her the dominion of the sea. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo After the Peloponnesian War, which ended in B.C. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Syracuse maintained herself as the first city in power; and in this condition of prosperity the Sicilian cities were found at the breaking out of the Peloponnesian war. Mosaics of Grecian History At that time Athens had recovered from the ravages of the Peloponnesian War, while the Macedonian peril had not as yet become menacing. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life Beyond this the Athenians had no ground of complaint against them, for they had taken no part in the Peloponnesian War, but had remained quietly at home, occupied with their own affairs. Stories from Thucydides Wars in Greece between the Athenian and several Peloponnesian states. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo But from the time of the Peloponnesian war, the seeds of decay were in the art of Hellas, and they ripened fast. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable They were joined by most of the Peloponnesian states, but Athens took no part in the revolt. Mosaics of Grecian History A long time after the expedition of the Argonauts, and a year before the Peloponnesian war, Methon observed that the point of the summer solstice passed through the eighth degree of Cancer. Letters on England The Peloponnesian War may be conveniently divided into four chief periods. Stories from Thucydides In the Peloponnesian War the Plataeans again were true to the Athenians against all risks and all calculation of self-interest; and the destruction of Plataea was the consequence. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo Here earth holds the Peloponnesian woman who was the most faithful nurse of the children of Diogeitus. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Progress of, from the Persian to close of Peloponnesian wars; lyric poetry; the Drama-tragedy; old comedy; early history; philosophy; sculpture and painting; architecture. Mosaics of Grecian History To an Athenian, in the time of the Peloponnesian war, the result of the battle of Delium was far more important than the fate of the comedy of The Knights. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 |
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