Alcibiades

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that rule only in their own self-interest, such as tyrannical governments, oligarchies, and even Athens’, the world’s first democracy. Corruption originates from individuals who run the governments, which is evident with characters like Cleon and Alcibiades, mentioned later on. However, not all governments are subject to corruption. According to Aristotle, governments that rule for the common good, such as monarchy, aristocracy and constitutional polity would not be subject to corruption because…

The Persian and Peloponnesian Wars were in the development of what came to be called the west, it becomes clearer that these two wars as well as the 50 years in between were essential to the "west." was due to the fact that ancient greece is the base of western civilization. The peloponnesian war was the downfall of greece. Thucydides the historian states that that the beginning started when all greeks joined to fight the persian invasion. Everything was great until one of the greek nation known…

were typically shown in pairs during the Renaissance: Heraclitus, the "weeping" philosopher, and Democritus, the "laughing" philosopher. 3: unknown (believed to be Raphael)[14] 4: Boethius or Anaximander or Empedocles? 5: Averroes 6: Pythagoras 7: Alcibiades or Alexander the Great? 8: Antisthenes or Xenophon or Timon? 9: Raphael,[14][15][16] Fornarina as a personification of Love[17] or Francesco Maria Della Revere? 10: Aeschines o Xenophon? 11: Parménides? (Leonardo da Vinci) 12: Sócrates 13:…

By the age with which Thucydides is concerned: the age of Pericles, Cleon, and Alcibiades, Athenians may still have reviewed Tellus’ worldview with rose-colored glasses, but despite this lived in conditions that had changed that world in fundamental ways. As the executive midpoint of an Aegean empire and a trading system spanning the Mediterranean, Athens had become more prosperous and powerful than even Solon’s wildest dreams. Tellus’ final combat was a border clash with Eleusis, who lived in…

Section A Apodexis, Aitiai, Istoria Herodotus histories were considered as the founding work of history in the western literature era. There are many aspects that are recurred to understand history. Apodexis is needed when a demonstration revolves into proof. Aitiai coincided with Istoria, whereas Aitiai is greek for cause and the ability to find out a reason for something. While Istoria focuses on the written accounts of others and their varied histories. Cleon, Diodotus, Mytilenian The…

Helots, used moderation, threats, and force to invade Athens’ allies, and persuade them to revolt. Sparta sent leadership and hoplite support to Sicily to exploit Athens risk of fighting in two theaters. Sparta, with advice from the Athenian traitor Alcibiades, fortified an outpost at Decelea, where a permanent force was able to disrupt the use of the land, supplies, and silver from reaching the city. Sparta also secured an alliance with Persia for money and ships in order to build their…

Plato's Symposium focuses on a group of intellectual men each giving a speech in praise of the god of love. Taking turns each man gives his definition of love and some of the speeches concern themselves with how love interacts with nature. One of the more influential speeches was given by Socrates in the narrative of a woman named Diotima. This speech is more focused on a definition of love, one different from what most people consider, and how it can be used to reach immortality, an ascent to…

A man form any social class could be in the combat sports and gain arête if they won. Also the combat sports had much stricter rules so that the winner was the true winner and you couldn’t buy your victory like Alcibiades did in the chariot race. For example, Arrhachion was in a match when his opponent got a hold of his neck and was squeezing it. The the same time he expired he dislocated a toe and his opponent gave up because of the pain (Miller p.37). Even though…

general context and reveal both the characters of the key protagonists and their intentions. The Sicilian books demonstrate their particular importance where they become a powerful influence on the outcome of the war, notably the two speeches of Alcibiades. Thucydides himself explains: ’of the various speeches made either when war was imminent or in the course of the war itself, it has been hard to reproduce the exact words used either when I heard them myself of when they were reported to me by…