PBS2 个月
The Reasons for the Peloponnesian War in More Detail
The Peloponnesian War is the name given to the long series of conflicts between Athens and Sparta that lasted from 431 until 404 BC. The reasons for this war are sometimes traced back as far as ...
University of Bristol6 年
II.43: Context and Meaning
In 431 BCE, at the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War, held their traditional public funeral for all those who had been killed. After the dead had been buried in a public grave, one of the ...
The Berkeley Beacon9 天
This 2,400-year-old Ancient Greek comedy might be perfect for Valentine’s Day
Lysistrata” chronicles the story of a young Greek woman weaponizing her sexual prowess for the greater good. What lessons can ...
Greek Reporter7 天
Outrage as Historic Peloponnesian Tree Linked to Greek Revolution Uprooted
Despite opposition, the Municipality of Trifylia, southern Greece, uprooted a historic tree, tied to the Greece's War of ...
BBC4 年
The ancient Greeks at war
Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian War ... few times but the Greeks managed to fight them off. In the end, the Greeks led by Alexander the Great defeated the Persian ...
BBC1 年
The ancient Greeks at war
Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian War ... few times but the Greeks managed to fight them off. In the end, the Greeks led by Alexander the Great defeated the Persian ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency11 个月
Orthodox women activists pledge to hold ‘sex strike’ to protest religious divorce refusal
The protest echoes the sex strike in Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata,” the Greek comedy where the women of Athens refrained from sleeping with their husbands in order to end the Peloponnesian War.