... the same time, the mighty Athenian Navy would both conduct offensive raids on Spartan coastal assets and bring in supplies at the port at Piraeus. Pericles explained that if the Athenians would remain quiet, take care of their fleet, refrain from trying to extend their empire in wartime and thus ... would bring on the people. The author and historian Donald Kagan expanded on this point. First, he noted that the plan lacked credibility. Pericles asked Athenians to passively hide behind the walls and watch the Spartan Army level their farms and homes. He asked them to tolerate the insults...

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... for a marriage for the sake of having a child, they also have words that translate as "cohabit" or "live together." This leads to the conclusion that our traditional connotation of marriage as a bond is not the way it was in Athens. The reasons for a man and a woman to be ... had intellectual training, and most were very attractive. In many cases, these women became more entertaining companions to the men then their wives were. Pericles, the thirty-year political leader of Athens, fell in love with a hetairai, named Aspasia. "It is no accident that the most famous woman ... story about ...

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... coincided with the period of Athenian greatness. He numbered among his friends the historian Herodotus, and he was an associate of the statesman Pericles. He was not politically active or militarily inclined, but the Athenians twice elected him to high military office. Sophocles composed more than 100 ... by the Sophists and by such philosophers as Protagoras, Anaxagoras, and Socrates. Euripides was austere and considered himself misunderstood by his contemporaries, a conclusion not without foundation, for he was constantly the object of attack by the Athenian writers of comedy. Aristoph...

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... since, philosophy has continued. Thales also pondered on the elements that make up earth. He wanted to know what everything consisted of. His conclusion was that all things in the world were made of water. Soon after this conclusion, he was criticized by another great mind. After Thales, Anaximander rejected the idea that water was the root substance. He believed that reality ... of Leontini, Prodicus of Ceos and Hippias of Elis. Wherever they appeared, especially in Athens, they were received with enthusiasm and many flocked to hear them. Even such people as Pericles, Euripides, and So...

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• Grade Level: High School