CLST 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Protogeometric Style, Herodotus
12 Jan 2016
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He attempted a coup during a religious festival but failed; he escaped. First incident in the political history of athens (some time after. We know about this because herodotos (greek historian) and. Thucydides (athenian historian, political philospher, and general) wrote about it in their writings in late 5th century. Sources of writing about the history of athens o. Narrated the wars against persia of 490 and 480-479. Dealt with "pentekontaetia" (a term used to refer to the time period between the persian war and the peloponnesian war) Peloponnesian war is the war between athens and sparta. Provides a narrative of the rest of the war and of political upheaval in athens immediately after the war. In order to piece the history before the 5th century, modern scholars had to rely on accounts handed down after the 5th century. The historians, such as herodotos and thucycides, tried to string the stories together into something that could count as history.
