CLA2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Helots, Delian League, Ithome

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA2102
• Professor: Rajiv Bhola

Document Summary

Lecture 12 - the first peloponnesian war and the thirty years. Where we left off, the athenians were offended by the spartans and renounced their alliance. Made new alliances with megara and helped them fortify passage but these mainland alliances. They were trying to establish themselves as a land power. Athenian politition pericles, elected almost every year as athenian general. Lived from 495-429 died in the first pelopolesion war. Entered politics around year 495 but no stranger to the public area. Father aaas xanthippus who was a prominent athenian politician and opponent ti themistocles (conservative) and prosecutor of. 479 athenians commander of the athenians portion of fleet. Pericles with father had a strong political reputation behind hum but hr had strong political tradition on mothers side as well. His mother agariste was the niece of cleisthenes man who expelled the tyrants from athens for good and played with role in establishing athenian democracy.