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Athens First

By Van Bryan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Recently, your editor asked a question… Is nationalism “good”? How interesting, we thought to ourselves. Immediately, hand went to chin. We furrowed our eyebrows in earnest ponderance. Some questions stay with you, dear reader. Like a sore on the roof of your mouth that would go away if

Written on July 1, 2019 at 1:50 pm, by Van Bryan

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Categories: Wars

Tags: Athens, Edith Hall, Funeral Oration, Leonidas, Myths, Nationalism, Peloponnesian war, pericles, Plato, Sparta, The Republic, Yuval Noah Harari

Sparta Vs. Athens

By Van Bryan, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom SPARTA Sparta, also known by its ancient name Lacedaemon in honor of their legendary founder, is often considered to have been the most dominant military presence in ancient Greece. Their infantry soldiers were said to have been among the most skilled and fearsome warriors of the ancient world.

Written on February 19, 2019 at 5:31 pm, by Van Bryan

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Tags: Aeschylus, Athens, Battle of Arginusae, Battle of Salamis, City-states, Diogenes, minotaur, Peloponnesian war, Plato, socrates, Sophocles, Sparta, Themistocles, Thermopylae

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

The Peloponnesian War Summary of Battles and Betrayals – Part Two

To Read Part One, Click here: https://classicalwisdom.com/the-peloponnesian-war-summary-part-one/ The entirety of the Peloponnesian war is broken into two parts, punctuated by a brief, and probably very welcomed, armistice. The total engagement, with all its battles and betrayals, began in 431 BC and finally concluded with complete devestation in 404 BC. The first collection of campaigns, referred

Written on August 11, 2017 at 8:18 am, by anya

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Tags: Athens, brasias, cleon, helots, hoplites, Peloponnesian war, Peloponnesian war summary, pericles, slave uprising, Sparta, war

The Peloponnesian War Summary of Battles and Betrayals – Part One

You couldn’t imagine two cities less alike. Athens was a powerful democracy where citizens spent their days reclining and discussing politics and culture. Sparta was a ruthless oligarchy where individuals were born and bred to fight. Athens controlled a large, mostly coastal territory with its commanding navy, while Sparta was infamous for its authoritative army.

Written on July 18, 2017 at 7:36 am, by anya

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Tags: Athens, Corinth, empire, Golden Age of Athens, Peloponnesian, Peloponnesian legue, Peloponnesian war, Sparta

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