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Xenophon: A Biography of the Historian, Poet and Military Strategist

By Eldar Balta, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Xenophon’s Early life Not much is known of Xenophon from his early years, except that he was son of Gryllus, a wealthy citizen of Erchia, a suburb of Athens. He was born circa 430 BC, and not much is known of his life up to 401 BC. This

Written on December 15, 2018 at 2:56 am, by plato

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Categories: Historians

Tags: Agesilaus, Athens, Cyrus, democracy, Historian, Lysander, Persian army, Plato, socrates, Sparta, Tissaphernes, trial of socrates, Xenophon

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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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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Categories: Wars

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

The Rise and Fall of the Athenian Empire (part 1)

Those of you who are members of the Classical Wisdom Society know that this month we have been looking at Herodotus’ The Histories and the epic struggle for supremacy that was the Greco-Persian wars. And that certainly is a topic worth discussing. It has been argued that had the Greeks been unable to stay

Written on March 23, 2015 at 3:48 pm, by Socrates

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Categories: Empires

Tags: Athenian Empire, Athens, Sparta, Thucydides

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