now referred to as the ’Delian League’ or the ’Confederacy of Athens.’ The official aim of the League was‚ according to Thucydides‚ "to compensate themselves for their losses [of the Persian War] by ravaging the territory of the King of Persia." The long term aim of the League was to ensure the freedom of the Greeks and prepare them for any future wars to come. This makes the League both a defensive and offensive organisation. Athens was to become the leader of the League‚ for various reasons‚ including
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three phases between the Athenians and Spartans. In order to determine the political objectives of Athens and Sparta a review of the time periods is required. The Peloponnesian War between the Athenian Empire‚ formerly the Delian League‚ and Sparta‚ the Peloponnesian League‚ began in 460 BC and ended in 445 BC. The war concluded in a draw. It flared up again from 431 BC until 421 BC with an Athenian victory. The climatic phase was from 413 BC until 404 BC‚ which concluded in a victory for Sparta
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A219 Exploring the Classical World Essay PART ONE Look at the Illustrations Book‚ Plate 16: Athens: Parthenon. South metopeXXXI. Lapith and centaur. 447–439 BCE (1.3 x 1.3 m). In no more than 500 words: (i) briefly provide the context of this sculpture (ii) discuss the ways in which its subject matter conveyed a political message to Athenian viewers Metopes were situated on the outside of the Parthenon building they are high reliefs carved into rectangular slabs placed over the columns
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HIEU 101 Final Exam Review Sheet Identifications Ionian Revolt Themistocles Pericles Cimon Peloponnesian League Herodotus Thucydides Ephialtes Sophists Satrap Areopagus The Council of the 500 Pisistratus Agoge Stasis Peloponnesian League Aristagoras The Sixth-Parters The Definition of the Word Tyrant The Peace of Callias The Battle of Marathon Megarian Decree Boards of Ten Parthenon Aristophanes Essays 1. The great Persian invasion under Xerxes was a crucial
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Pericles’ building program. Reasons and aims for building the program. - Pericles was able to use the Delian league funds however he saw fit. The allies didn’t have say because they didn’t turn up to the conference. - To beautify Athens by restoring the temples that had been destroyed during the Persian wars. - The large scale of the buildings were to reflect the greatness of Athens. “He recognized that the city by enabling the houses of her gods would enable herself and that she could express
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Protagoras and Zeno. To showcase his wealth and love for art‚ Pericles financed the play by Aeschylus in 472BC. This is what showcased him as a potential political figure at the time (Strauss‚ 2002). Pericles is credited with the tapping of the Delian League treasures to fund the vast cultural projects in Athens specifically the temple of Athena at Acropolis and the Erechtheum. He was able to cement his political might by encouraging civic participation in the country by ensuring people were paid for
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Gaugamela‚ Babylon‚ Susa‚ Persepolis Regions: Arabia‚ Parthia‚ Bactria‚ Media‚ Phrygia‚ Syria‚ Phoenicia‚ Egypt‚ Cyrenaica‚ Illyria‚ Epirus‚ Thrace Islands: Rhodes‚ Cyprus‚ Cos‚ Chios Terms: Plataea ostracism Themistocles Pausanias Delian League Cimon Eurymedon Pericles Hegemon Athenian Classical art (tragedy‚ poetry‚ pottery‚ sculpture) Athenian Classical family life Athenian democracy Metics Causes of the Peloponnesian War (~435 BCE) Sophists Peloponnesian War (1st Phase
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generals were killed. Sparta is the leader of the Peloponnesian league‚ this league consists of the Corianth‚ Sicyon‚ Epidauros‚ and Peloponnesians as well as many more who
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Michael Daramola Mrs. Martignoni World History 6th period 10/19/15 The Aulos was mostly played in Classical Athens. The Aulos was a big part of Ancient Greece music. The Aulos was a common instrument in Ancient Greece. The Aulos was played at funerals and a lot of festivals. The Aulos has been seen as early as the Neolithic period in vase paintings. In Ancient Greece students were taught how to play the Aulos in school. The Aulos was double piped and required a lot of force to play it
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PERICLES’ FUNERAL ORATION PERICLES’ FUNERAL ORATION THUCYDIDES (c. 470–c. 400 BC) During a twenty-year exile from Athens which he incurred as the leader of a failed military campaign in 423‚ ucydides spent his time writing a history of the Peloponnesian War. In the first book of his History‚ he tells us about his method and purpose: Of the events of the war I have not ventured to speak from any chance information‚ nor according to any notion of my own; I have described nothing but what I either
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