CLAS 1000 Study Guide - Ionic Order, Euripides, Greco-Roman Mysteries

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

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Chapter 9: the peloponnesian war: a tale of thucydides. Events of the late 5th century created a need for continued historical analysis herodotus very influential. As athens came more into power, many greeks thought that the athenian allies were more like subjects that needed to be liberated . Sparta was the only polis able to and in 431 bc sparta and its allies (poloponnese) and athens and its allies (coast of aegean) went to war with each other. War continued till 404 bc, known as the peloponnesian war. Thucydides and the writing of the peloponnesian war p. 166. Thucydides emphasizes the written character of his history but does not use the word historia in his account began writing his account as soon as the war began. Mentions homer"s epic poems and herodotus" work tries to explain how the peloponnesian. War and his work about it are greater than theirs. Many speeches recorded (possibly not entirely accurately), usually in pairs.