Alcibiades

midwife, which is a woman who helps women give birth. As an Athenian man, Socrates had to serve in the Athenian Army, his time in the army was quite successful as he fought in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and also saved the life of General Alcibiades, a popular army general. Socrates was considered the wisest person in Athens by many of his students and friends including his friend Chaerephon who asked the well-known Oracle of Delphi if there was anyone wiser than Socrates, the answer…

Over time society transform to better suit their need in order to survive. Therefore it is important for individuals with in that society to adapt to those changes if they hope to survive. Sophism play a major role in the transformation of Athens. Author such as Aristotle, Plutarch, Thucydides and Plato capture and identify how the nature of sophism effect athen. The idea of sophism became more popular after Cleisthenes decide to make some changes in the Athens constitution. When solon original…

Socratic irony has puzzled philosophical inquirers ever since the publication of Plato’s dialogues. Unlike the writings of Aristotle or Epicurus, the dramatic nature of Plato’s dialogues leaves some uncertainty as to whether Socrates truly means what he says. Even the most casual reader cannot help but smile while Socrates admires the knowledge of a seemingly unintelligent interlocutor. For the purposes of this essay, irony is defined as when a character says or acts knowingly in a way that is…

Ancient Athens, the birthplace of modern politics, had several political transitions, notably from a monarchy, to an oligarchy, to the introduction of true democracy to it’s citizens by Cleisthenes. However, Cliesthenes, the ruler during this time, was not the sole participant in the beginning of democracy in Athens. His predecessors, Solon and Pisistratus, laid very important groundwork such as outlawing debt slavery and attempted to equate the power between the rich and the poor, respectively.…

Society is always changing, but there are underlying universal truths that. In Aristophanes's Birds, Athenians Pithetaerus and Euelipides seek asylum from the monstrous nature of the corrupt and greedy politicians that plague the human world by joining their perceived utopia with the birds, but find that the hunger for power is universal throughout civilization. Where Aristophanes tells about the troubling nature of humans through the characterization of birds, Plato addresses his own personal…

The Wisest Man to Know Nothing (An Analysis of Socrates as an individual “Socrates was a Greek philosopher and is considered the father of western philosophy.” as described by Joshua J. Mark. Socrates clearly left an impression on the world considering most westerns know his name almost twenty-five hundred years after his execution. Yet, what could be so interesting and captivating about a philosopher that lived in Athens, Greece almost two thousand five hundred years ago. Socrates is a…

Throughout history, there have been many wars where it can be argued who won. During the times of the ancient world, one of the biggest arguments that can be made is whether Athens or Sparta and her allies won the Peloponnesian Wars. While there is substantial evidence to prove either side won the war, there is more information supporting Sparta and her allies as the victors of the Peloponnesian Wars. Sparta and her allies won the Peloponnesian Wars due to the strength of the Spartan military,…

The necessary evil committed by the human condition during the Peloponnesian war was unnecessary, at the growth of greed and power through the expansion of Athens Empire was heavily affected by the conflict in 431-404 BCE. The war between Sparta and Athens had begun with the escalated greed for control and power over the Greek world. Athens control over the Greek world seized to exist after the embellishment of their power, which the Spartans had done in their great effort to overthrow the great…

from the Greek male. Attracted to the allure and presence of Alexis Papadopolis that exudes power and strength, Severin himself is shocked by the feelings desire he has within himself. Severin later mentions that he admires Socrates loyalty towards Alcibiades, Socrates’ younger lover (a common homosexual relationship in Ancient Greece meant to enrich both man and boy). However, the rest of the novel does not mention homosexuality and Severin’s statement above seems to only confirm homosexuality…

their institution and adopt new ones in their stead; and consequently the inhabitants, being without a feeling of patriotism, are not provided with arms for their person, and have not regularly established themselves on the land. In his address Alcibiades argue that the Sicilians are politically weak and will be easily divided; that babarians will help the Athenians, and that the Spartans, whose navy will remain inferior to the Athenian fleet left at home, will be unable to injure Athens during…