People Flashcards
Pericles
-Athens
Thucydides
-Athens
Athenian citizen; born ca. 460-455 BCE; likely died ca. 400
relatively wealthy (property in Thrace)
strategos in 424
involved directly in Peloponnesian War (autopsy)
-Athenian perspective
-incorporation of intellectual trends (esp. rhetoric in speeches)
-chronological narrative (*influence on modern histories)
Nicias
-Athens
Archidamus II
-Sparta King
“ruler of the dēmos”
king of Sparta from ca. 469-427 BCE
known for response to helot revolt in 464 (post-earthquake)
tried to dissuade PL from going to war with Athens
led invasions of Attica in 431, 430, and 428
allegedly fined for marry a woman that was too short!
Alcibiades
-Athens
Cleon
-Athens
Lysander
-Sparta Admiral
Agis II
-Spartan King
Pharnabazus
-Persia Satrap
Theramenes
-Athens
Brasidas
-Sparta
Gylippus
-Sparta
Phormio
-Athens
Eurymedon
-Athens
Lamachus
-Athens
Demosthenes
-Athens
Nicostratus
-Athens
Diodotus
?
Astymachus
?
Lacon
?
Aspasia
-Athens not born
Tissaphernes
-Persia
Hermocrates
-Sicily
Themistocles
?
Perdiccas
Macedonean
Lamachus
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