AHCL 2105H Lecture 9: Ancient Greece Lecture- October 31

• School: Trent University
• Department: Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
• Course: AHCL 2105H
• Professor: Lockwood Sean

Document Summary

Sparta has signed a defensive treaty with athens: pelopansian league no longer existed. Sparta"s old allies were now forming against them. Alcibiades was an aristocrat, with spartan and athenian relaions: raised in percldyes household, alcmaeonid, weathly, brilliant, great speaker, handsome (to men and women) Married into one of the wealthiest family in athens. Sources talk about how obsessed with horses and racing, poster child for enitlement (rich kid) In 419 the 100 year alliance was created between: argos, elis, maninea, athens. Made spartans angry: to seal the deal the new allies atacked epidaurus, important religious centre who was in the middle of a war with argos. Spartans had to defend the atack of their allies, revived the pelapansian league. Maninea 418 bc: athens and allies were trying to defend when the spartans arrived athens withdrew behind the walls, maninea was then threated by looding.