Essays Tagged: "Pericles"
Contemporary political theory
he political organization of the Greek city- states, particularly Athenian democracy at the time of Pericles, Plato, and Aristotle. Also discuss the backgrounds of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and th ... Socrates, Plato and Aristotle and the fate of the Greek city-states historically.During the time of Pericles, Plato, and Aristotle, Greece was divided into city-states with a wide variety of constitut ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
History of the Peloponnesian War, written by Thucydides, is a work that concerns many aspects of this long combat.
ork that concerns many aspects of this long combat. One of its sections includes the speech made by Pericles in honor of the soldiers fallen in the battlefield. Greeks took the process of the burial v ... e, which struck Greeks during the second year of the war, immediately after the eulogy delivered by Pericles. This is due partially because of the author's desire to preserve the chronological order o ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Outline the major changes that occurred in the development of Athenian democracy from 500BC to 450BC
ame about as a result of the growing navel power and the reforms of leaders such as Cleisthenes and Pericles. In order to truly understand the development of Athenain democracy it is imperative to kno ... y and therefore up to each individual citizen to maintain it.The great Athenian leader of this age, Pericles, was swept into power in a popular democratic movement. A member of a noble and honoured fa ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Greek Democracy & Its influence on social law.
e and 'Kratos' meaning Power. The idea was thought up around 507-508 B.C by the great Greek thinker Pericles. His idea was supported by the people of Athens, the Athenians, for they also wanted a say ... he people of Athens, the Athenians, for they also wanted a say in how they lived. Some years later, Pericles led the people of Athens into what is now known as the Golden Age of Greece. I will be expl ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
A brief overview of Greek Philosophy: Socrates
ghtened other Greek states for years before the Peloponnesian War broke out in 431. During the war, Pericles died in the plague of Athens (429); fortunes of war varied until a truce was made in 421, b ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
"The Parthenon".
their power and wealth for centuries.The Parthenon was built under the rule of the Greek politician Pericles, who sought to restore Athens' temples, which were destroyed by the Persians. They Athenian ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Do you think Alexander deserved the appellation great?give reasons for your answer showing which aspects of his life you have studied.
ue to this he looms far above most of the other classical "greats" as a figure of world culture. No Pericles or Caesar made it into the Book of Daniel or the Koran. Alexander's name continues to carry ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The democracy of athens
hens as a result of the growing navel power and the reforms made by leaders such as Cleisthenes and Pericles. The city-state of Athens, 5th century Athens to be precise, is the inventor and first prac ... support able leaders. In the second half of the 5th century, Athens gave its support to the mighty Pericles (Kagan 3). He was an aristocrat who rose to power by helping to reduce the power of the con ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Significance of Pericles' Death
The death of Pericles was a significant event in the course of the Peloponnesian War; however, even without Peric ... nians would take a much more aggressive approach to the war and therefore abandon the policies that Pericles had previously established. So in turn, democracy the institution for which the Athenians f ... racy the institution for which the Athenians fought tirelessly to protect, rather than the death of Pericles, ironically became the dominant factor influencing the final outcome of this Ancient Greek ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Year 12 Ancient History Assessment Task. Pericles "How did the policies of Pericles contribute to the expanding power and influence of the Athenian Empire?
The policies of Pericles contributed to the expanding power and influence of the Athenian Empire because they unifie ... logical sources. The primary sources used are 'History of the Peloponnesian War' by Thucydides and 'Pericles' by Plutarch. These sources were written after the event occurred but still gives a clear a ... 'The Athenian Empire' by Russell Meiggs, 'A history of Greece' by J.B Bury and Russell Meiggs and 'Pericles' by Gari Kenworthy.The first policy introduced by Pericles contributed to the influence of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Parthenon
hitecture. It took 15 years to build the Parthenon, the Parthenon was built under the leadership of Pericles, and by the architects Ictinus and Callicrates. Greek artist Phidias supervised the design ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Comparision of Pericles Funeral Speech,and Jefferson Declaration of Independence
democracy against these zealots.Fighting for democracy has been the cause of wars since the days of Pericles.Pericles states that "Our constitution does not seek to copy the laws of our neighbors; we ... the case. Athens created its own government, one that was for the people, and benefited the people. Pericles said with conviction, "As far as public life is concerned, we live as free men". The people ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Pericles, the unofficial leader of Athens
What characteristics enabled Pericles to become the unofficial leader of the democratic assembly in Athens during 450 B.C.?Pericl ... han he already had and eventually he found his methods to affect people to want whatever he wanted. Pericles did a lot during his rule and left much legacy to Athens.The governmental system in Athens ... uring his rule and left much legacy to Athens.The governmental system in Athens during the years of Pericles' rule was based on democracy which means "rule by the people". The government consisted of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
The Parthenon: Athenian Victory
ated the minds of every loyal citizen. Cultural and political achievements had reached new heights. Pericles, a fiery orator and elected statesman, had proposed a massive resurrection of the Athenian ... , Athena.Finished in 432 B.C., the Parthenon represented much for the people of Athens. In the work Pericles, Plutarch explains that the best materials, artists, and laborers were called upon from the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
This is an essay on Western Civilizations and cities of the time
virgin. Its significance and glory is in its architecture. The building is a perfect Doric temple. Pericles initiated the building of the temple as a replacement for buildings destroyed during the Pe ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Pericles Speech Position Paper(Position :Pericles' Speech was not an accurate representation of Athenian society)
Pericles lived in Athens of Classical Greece around 431 B.C. He made a famous speech around this tim ... articulate speech is quite famous, it does not accurately describe the realm of Athenian lifestyle. Pericles makes Athens sound like an absolutely perfect city, in which no wrong can be done. In the G ... city, in which no wrong can be done. In the Greek culture there are very strong class barriers, and Pericles speaks as though they do not exist. He implies that there is equality between men and women ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Aristophanes
demoralized by the ongoing conflicts of the Peloponnesian War and the loss of their greatest hero, Pericles, had been taken from them and replaced by unscrupulous politicians such as Cleon and Hyperb ...
Subjects: Art Essays
The Evolution of Democracy: How America Has Changed Greece's Greatest Achievement
ter its acceptance in 508/7 B.C., Athenian democracy held strong until the 460s, when Ephialtes and Pericles created a more radical system that enabled mostly the poorest citizens to maintain strong p ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Life and Works of Sophocles
Delian League. During the Samian War (441-439 B.C.) he was the strategos, or general, together with Pericles. Sophocles occupied the same office in 428, during the so-called Archidamian War. In 413 So ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Greek daily living
mes in Ancient Greece. Michael Poulton described these styles homes in his book Life in the Time of Pericles and the Ancient Greeks. Conditions were cramped in the cities and towns. Nearly all rooms o ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies