History of the Peloponnesian War

restructurings, and successions of triumphs against the conquering Persian armies. Only after a long and revolting war, Athens and Sparta were eliminated, and produced Macedonia as the prevailing power of Greece. City-states such as Miletus, Thebes and Corinth would also eventually a chief role in the cultural accomplishments of Classical Greece. During the Classical Period…

in population during the neolithic era, compelling communities to form hierarchical systems, and early ideas of law. While, during the millennia that followed, ideological and technological progress compelled these systems to evolve and improve, history reveals a repetitive continuity connecting the past and present. The decisions, systems, and mistakes made in the past inevitably echo into the future, our occasional capacity to learn from these mistakes notwithstanding. In founding the United…

the World Wars, presidents have used executive agreements to undo what previous presidents have done. For example, George W. Bush implemented “realist” policies while current President Obama now has an “idealist” foreign policy. Another example of such is our interaction with the Arabs. The United States has turned its eyes away from dictatorships like Iraq, Syria, and Libya. It may have seemed our previous support was only for their oil or in return for their support during the Cold War. If the…

Introduction: Euripides was one of greatest playwrights and poets of classical Greece. He was the 3rd and the last of Athenian tragedians after Aeschylus and Sophocles. Due to a quaint accident of history, eighteen of his 95 plays have survived in a complete form, along with some substantial fragments of many of his other plays. He is primarily famous for having adapted the formal structure of traditional Greek tragedy by portrayal of strong female characters and smart slaves, and by satirizing…

Power and self-interest have led many throughout history to the wrong decision for the greater good of society. In “The Anti-Christ”, Nietzsche describes how he believes that power and the will to gain power brings happiness to man. He believes that in order for one to achieve happiness you must increase one’s power to the point where resistance is overcome and the weak will be non-existent. When discussing the weak, Nietzsche believes that those who show pity towards those who are inferior are…

recorded in history starting in about 3100 B.C. to the end of the Hellenistic Period in 30 B.C. The Greeks lived in a world filled with a grand religion, sportsmanship, philosophy, and revolutionary art and politics. With the help of Alexander the Great, the kick start to the spread of the Roman Empire was the largest and most powerful empire the ancient world had ever seen. These three massive empires had great stability, wonderful armies, extraordinary tales, and left their mark in history…

The Greeks are, for the most part, appropriately admired. Although ancient Greek civilization has negative qualities, the advancements they contributed should not be disregarded. Many positive aspects of Greek life, including politics, art, rationalism, and scientific thought, continue to resonate throughout modern society. The negative components in Greek society were mainly issues regarding equality. There were great divides between genders and between socioeconomic classes. Most…

similar in many ways but they had one major difference that divided them in history, government. Spartans focused mainly on developing their military while Athenians focused on developing a better form of government. Sparta was ruled by two kings who believed that military was the most important factor in life. They did not understand that they didn’t need to use force to expand their nation. Sparta prepared only for war and never for peace. This narrow minded form of thought limited them from…

physical doctrine of motion and physical momentum and when he toured Europe with the son of his employer William Cavendish in 1610 he studied the European scientific and critical methods. In 1628 Hobbes translated from Greek the Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War it was the first translation in English. He did not extend his studies and writing into philosophy unit after 1629 when his employer died during the plague. After his employer’s death, his widow discontinued Hobbes employment.…

to desire and seek power, whether be it from money, strength or knowledge. They agree that having too much power changes people’s decisions and clouds their judgment. The Greek historian of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides, describes a connection between power and justice in his book The Peloponnesian War. He gives evidence that having too much power and the desire for more overrules personal morals and principles of justice. The Roman satirist named Juvenal, on the other hand, believes that…