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This would suggest that oppression and fighting for basic human rights would justify the consequences of war. However, that does not excuse that participating in the same behavior puts the Mytileneans on the same level as the Athenians. Cleon is criticized for taking advantage of his power and having no compassion for the value of human life. Their actions are therefore barbaric and unacceptable. Participating in the same behavior and expecting a different kind of result in return puts…

In the two following texts, authors used the cosmos to symbolize a deity’s greatness. As the name indicates, in the Hymn to Osiris, the god is Osiris. In the coffin text spell, the focal point is Annunciation, “The creative expression of a thought through the medium of the spoken word,” which is one of the two elements of magic. The Great Hymn to Osiris. Scholars often cite the Osiris myth from Egyptian literature. The hymn from which this passage comes “contains the fullest account of the…

25:12). However, the Lord had already initiated His covenant with Abraham in Gen 15:18. Therefore, this covenant is either a second covenant the Lord makes with Abraham or a further confirmation and ratification of the covenant made previously. As Cleon L. Rogers, Jr. notes (as cited in Essex, 1999). Which I think that God was making a conformation when he told Abraham: "Sarah thy wife…

1. The Ekklesia makes reference to the Athenian assembly, with Ekklesia literally meaning ‘assembly’. The assembly consisted of all the adult male citizens in Athens. It was these men that governed by making the laws of the time. Unlike Spartan democracy, any citizen was allowed the opportunity to propose a new laws or wanted debates, however they were not allowed to vote. The quorum, which refers to the minimum number of members of a specific deliberate assembly, consisted of 6000 men, whom…

In the book, Justice Power and Human Nature, Thucydides describes different events that take place during the Peloponnesian War. Keeping the chronology in mind, he gives us each and every detail of the war that he also lived through. Thucydides uses elaborative speeches throughout the text, Pericles’ eulogy being the best of them. While these elaborative speeches and debate are persuading and motivating, they also reflect the oral culture among the Greeks. Thucydides interpretation of the causes…

In mid-November, 1943 after conducting anti-submarine warfare exercises in Casco Bay, the destroyer U.S.S. Turner left the waters of Maine and steamed south to Norfolk, Va. It would be the last time the ship would ever sail into Casco Bay. Upon arriving at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, TURNER was ordered to escort duty for its third trans-Atlantic convoy of the war. Although it was TURNER’s third trip across the Atlantic, for some of the crew it was their first. Among those of the ship’s…

peace with Sparta. Even though we had fought many years without rest, Alcibiades pushed for a campaign in Sicily, and despite our better judgement, he won over our assembly and led one of the most humiliating wars in our history. Another example is Cleon. He was also a gifted speaker which, consequently, almost led to us needlessly killing the women and children of the island of Mytilene. Once we cleared our heads from his poisonous speech, we sent ship a ship to recall the ones sent to kill…

Athens and Sparta two very powerful Greek city states were allies in the Persian Wars. They fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War. The war lasted from 431 BC-404 BC. Athens lost the battle, which in turn ended the golden age in Greece. When the Persian war ended both Athens and Sparta came to terms and agreed on a Thirty year peace. Athens then became very powerful, thanks to the leadership of Pericles. Thucydides thought that the war broke out due to Sparta being on edge and how…

The 5000 Year Leap by Cleon Skousen analyzes the 28 principles that the Founding Fathers believed to be necessary for peace and prosperity in America and illustrates how those beliefs perpetuated greater progress in 200 years than was previosly made in 5000. To America by Stephen E. Ambrose is a historian’s personal reflections on America’s history and the people who contributed to making it into the country it is today. By analyzing both books, one can observe where America upheld and fell…

The historians Herodotus and Thucydides, in their lives and works, both exemplify and challenge certain ideals of fifth century Athenian/Greek culture and thought. While it is dangerous to try to claim that either is a perfect symbol – or a complete antithesis – of the spirit of Greece, it is through this balance of exemplifying and challenging ideals that they can both be said to symbolize this Greek spirit more than not. Herodotus both exemplifies certain aspects of fifth century Greece but…