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Alcibiades: A Lion and a Fox

Written by Brendan Heard, Author of the Decline and Fall of Western Art When I was about twenty five years of age, I read Plutarch’s Lives. I did so because I came across it in a used book shop, and it had a nice leather bound cover, and because it seemed to be a history of the

Written on November 8, 2019 at 9:43 am, by Brendan Heard

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Categories: Leaders

Tags: Alcibiades, Athens, Lysander, Peloponessian War, Plutarch, plutarch's lives, socrates, Sparta

The Peloponnesian War Summary of Battles and Betrayals: Athens’ Last Stand

The Peloponnesian War Summary of Battles and Betrayals: The Sicilian Expedition can be found HERE. The year is 413 BC and the battle between Sparta and Athens continues to rage. The war, which saw a brief 6 year peace, is now back on after Athens’ bitter defeat in Sicily. The Spartans had sent aid to

Written on October 22, 2017 at 5:26 pm, by plato

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Categories: Wars

Tags: Alcibiades, Athens, Cornith, Peloponnesian war, Sicilian expedition, Sparta, Thebes

The Peloponnesian War – The Sicilian Expedition

The Sicilian Expedition To read the previous segment on the Peloponnesian War, Click HERE. When we left off last week, the Peloponnesian war had been raging for 16 odd years, with the latter six under a suspicious title of ‘peace’. The dominance of the Athenians had been questioned and the first set of battles ended

Written on September 28, 2017 at 5:56 pm, by anya

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Categories: Wars

Tags: Alcibiades, Athens, Nicias, Peloponnes, Peloponnesian, Peloponnesian war, Peloponnesian war summary, Sicilian expedition, Sicily, Sparta, syracuse

Ancient Drunks and Winos

By Ben Potter “Quick, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever”. In one witty aside the Athenian comedian, Aristophanes, has embodied the modern feeling towards the Greeks and the grape. To us, it seems like a beautiful partnership that helped build the foundations of our

Written on February 5, 2015 at 6:04 pm, by plato

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Categories: Traditions

Tags: Alcibiades, Alcohol, Ancient Greece, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Satyricon, wine

Athenian Democracy

By Ben Potter Athens, July 514 BC. Two of Athens’ most disgruntled sons, Harmodius and Aristogeiton become forever known as ‘The Tyrannicides’. With their swords plunged into the Tyrant Hipparchus, these two soon-to-be martyrs become the symbol of Athenian democracy. This is because these brave men’s actions paved the way for Athens to unfetter herself

Written on September 11, 2014 at 1:32 pm, by plato

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Categories: Places

Tags: Alcibiades, archai, Aristogeiton, Assembly, Athenian Democracy, Ben Potter, Boule, courts, demokratia, Demos, ekklesia, Harmodius, kratos, Peloponnesian war, pericles, strategoi, Tyrannicides

Political Scandals Of Ancient Greece

1. Artemisia of Caria destroys one of her own ships Artemisia, portrayed a tad bit incorrectly by Eva Green in the recent 300 film, was a queen and military commander from the Ionian Kingdom of Caria. An ally to the massive Persian Empire of the early 5th century, Artemisia was a trusted advisor to King

Written on May 20, 2014 at 12:49 pm, by Socrates

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Categories: Politics

Tags: Alcibiades, Artemisia of Caria, Greece, Herodotus, Miltiades, Persia, Plutarch, The Histories, Themistocles, Thucydides, Xerxes