Greek: Peloponnesian War Flashcards
Thucydides 3.28
“The Athenians behaved in the way crowds normally do”
“He was remarkable amongst the Athenians for the violence of his character”
3.36
3.36
“He was remarkable amongst the Athenians for the violence of his character”
“So narrow had been the escape of Mytilene”
3.49
3.49
“So narrow had been the escape of Mytilene”
1.140
“Let none of you think that we should be going to war for a trifle […] If you give in, you will immediately be confronted with some greater demand”
“Let none of you think we should be going to war for a trifle [..] If you give in, you will immediately be confronted with some greater demand”
1.140
“And you know who the greatest exponent of all this was? It was the tanner!”
Aristopheles “Peace”
Aristopheles “Peace”
“And you know who the greatest exponent of all this was? It was the tanner!”
“[Pericles was] so highly respected that he was able to speak angrily or contradict them”
2.65
2.65
“He was so highly respected that he was able to speak angrily or contradict them”
What does the Thoudippos decree tell us?
Tribute is tripled, showing the war is expensive- and we can assume this is the same Thoudippos Cleon’s daughter married, showing his influence over economics and subject states
Plutarch, Kimon 11.2
“let them be enticed by leisure and spend their time on their own affairs, turning themselves from warriors into money-makers”
Thucydides 1.95
“[The Spartans] no longer wished to be burdened by the war against Persia. They regarded the Athenians as being perfectly capable”
Thucydides 1.96
“The object being to compensate themselves for their losses by ravaging the territory of the king of Persia”
1.40
“though there may be a clause in the treaty stating any city not included in the original agreement is free to join whichever side it likes, this cannot refer to cases where the object of joining the alliance is to injure other powers”
1.23
“What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the dear which his caused in Sparta”
1.41
At the time when Samos revolted from you and when the Peloponnesian states were divided on the question whether to help them or not, we were not one of those who voted against you
1.139
“war could be avoided if Athens would revoke the Megarian decree”
Why did Corinth defend Athens in the debate of Samos
Thurii 444 BC a pan-hellenic colony rather than Athenian colony suggests to Corinth that Athens promises to not spread their empire Westward
