The Way To Chaeronea
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The Way To Chaeronea
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Author : Hugo Montgomery
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1983
The Way To Chaeronea written by Hugo Montgomery and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
This book is a study of the relations between Athens and Macedonia during some dramatic years in the 4th century B.C. Montgomery analyzes the speeches of the great orator Demosthenes to elucidate the political play behind the Athenian decision to go to war against King Philip II during the Elatea crisis of 338.
Battles Of Alexander The Great
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Author : Source Wikipedia
language : en
Publisher: Booksllc.Net
Release Date : 2013-09
Battles Of Alexander The Great written by Source Wikipedia and has been published by Booksllc.Net this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Alexander's Balkan campaign, Aornos, Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC), Battle of Gaugamela, Battle of Issus, Battle of Jaxartes, Battle of the Granicus, Battle of the Hydaspes, Battle of the Persian Gate, Battle of the Uxian Defile, Cophen Campaign, Indian campaign of Alexander the Great, Mallian Campaign, Siege of Cyropolis, Siege of Gaza, Siege of Halicarnassus, Siege of Miletus, Siege of Pelium, Siege of Tyre, Sogdian Rock. Excerpt: The Cophen Campaign was a campaign conducted by Alexander III of Macedon between May 327 B.C. all the way to March 326 B.C. It was conducted in the modern Punjab region, in the area specifically known as Swat, Pakistan. Alexander's goal was to secure his line of communications so that he could conduct a campaign in India proper without having to fear for his communications. To this effect, he had to take a number of fortresses from various Barbarian tribes. Alexander had assumed the throne of Ancient Macedonia when he was 20 years of age after his father was assassinated at the hands of an intimate body guard . Having taken up his throne and put down all those who contested his claim to it, he then set about to confirm his rule of Ancient Greece as Hegemon. A number of measures had been taken up by the Greek city states to reclaim their independence from the Macedonians. He marched his army to Thebes, at which point Thebes surrendered, promptly followed by Athens. It was around this point that Alexander made the decision to leave Ancient Sparta independent, due to the political implications that would have in his capacity as Hegemon of Greece, it would depict him in the light of an autocrat instead of the ruler by the consent of the governed. He therefore decided to leave Antipater as his regent in Greece, with a force equal to the Spartans in the case that they should get ambitious. It...
De Corona
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Author : Demosthenes
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-06-07
De Corona written by Demosthenes and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-07 with History categories.
Demosthenes' speech On the Crown is one of the finest artistic achievements of Greek prose. Delivered in an Athenian court in 330 BCE, and circulated in written form soon afterwards, the speech made an immediate impression on contemporary Greeks and for centuries served the writers and speakers of antiquity as the primary model of forceful argument and vigorous style. In this volume Harvey Yunis presents a new edition of the speech. The book contains an introductory essay outlining the historical situation that gave rise to the speech, the nature of Demosthenes' rhetorical art, and the history of the text. A new Greek text of the speech is accompanied by a select textual apparatus. The greater part of the book consists of a commentary, which elucidates the text and makes clear how Demosthenes achieved his objectives.
The Orators And Their Treatment Of The Recent Past
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Author : Aggelos Kapellos
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2022-12-05
The Orators And Their Treatment Of The Recent Past written by Aggelos Kapellos and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
This volume focuses on the representation of the recent past in classical Athenian oratory and investigates the ability of the orators to interpret it according to their interests; the inability of the Athenians to make an objective assessment of it; and the unwillingness of the citizens to hear the truth, make self-criticism and take responsibility for bad results. Twenty-eight scholars have written chapters to this end, dealing with a wide range of themes, in terms both of contents and of chronology, from the fifth to the fourth century B.C. Each contributor has written a chapter that analyzes one or more historical events mentioned or alluded in the corpus of the Attic orators and covers the three species of Attic oratory. Chapters that treat other issues collectively are also included. The common feature of each contribution is an outline of the recent events that took place and influenced the citizens and/or the city of Athens and its juxtaposition with their rhetorical treatment by the orators either by comparing the rhetorical texts with the historical sources and/or by examining the rhetorical means through which the speakers model the recent past. This book aims at advanced students and professional scholars. This volume focuses on the representation of the recent past in classical Athenian oratory and investigates: the ability of the orators to interpret it according to their interests; the inability of the Athenians to make an objective assessment of persons and events of the recent past and their unwillingness to hear the truth, make self-criticism and take responsibility for bad results.
Plutarch S Cities
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Author : Lucia Athanassaki
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022
Plutarch S Cities written by Lucia Athanassaki and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Cities and towns in literature categories.
Plutarch's Cities is the first comprehensive attempt to assess the significance of the polis in Plutarch's works from several perspectives, namely the polis as a physical entity, a lived experience, and a source of inspiration, the polis as a historical and sociopolitical unit, the polis as a theoretical construct and paradigm to think with. The book's multifocal and multi-perspectival examination of Plutarch's cities - past and present, real and ideal-yields some remarkable corrections of his conventional image. Plutarch was neither an antiquarian nor a philosopher of the desk. He was not oblivious to his surroundings but had a keen interest in painting, sculpture, monuments, and inscriptions, about which he acquired impressive knowledge in order to help him understand and reconstruct the past. Cult and ritual proved equally fertile for Plutarch's visual imagination. Whereas historiography was the backbone of his reconstruction of the past and evaluation of the present, material culture, cult, and ritual were also sources of inspiration to enliven past and present alike. Plato's descriptions of Athenian houses and the Attic landscape were also a source of inspiration, but Plutarch clearly did his own research, based on autopsy and on oral and written sources. Plutarch, Plato's disciple and Apollo's priest, was on balance a pragmatist. He did not resist the temptation to contemplate the ideal city, but he wrote much more about real cities, as he experienced or imagined them.
Translation
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Author : Pausanias
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
Translation written by Pausanias and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Greece categories.
The Oxford Handbook Of Warfare In The Classical World
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Author : Brian Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-07
The Oxford Handbook Of Warfare In The Classical World written by Brian Campbell and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07 with History categories.
"Offers six exemplary case studies of Greeks and Romans at war, thoroughly illustrated with detailed battle maps and photographs"--Provided by publisher.
The Courts Of Philip Ii And Alexander The Great
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Author : Frances Pownall
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2022-01-19
The Courts Of Philip Ii And Alexander The Great written by Frances Pownall and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Recent scholarship has recognized that Philip II and Alexander the Great adopted elements of their self-fashioning and court ceremonial from previous empires in the Ancient Near East, but it is generally assumed that the advent of the Macedonian court as a locus of politics and culture occurred only in the post-Alexander landscape of the Hellenistic Successors. This volume of ground-breaking essays by leading scholars on Ancient Macedonia goes beyond existing research questions to assess the profound impact of Philip and Alexander on court culture throughout the ages. The papers in this volume offer a thematic approach, focusing upon key institutional, cultural, social, ideological, and iconographical aspects of the reigns of Philip and Alexander. The authors treat the Macedonian court not only as a historical reality, but also as an object of fascination to contemporary Greeks that ultimately became a topos in later reflections on the lives and careers of Philip and Alexander. This collection of papers provides a paradigm-shifting recognition of the seminal roles of Philip and Alexander in the emergence of a new kind of Macedonian kingship and court culture that was spectacularly successful and transformative.
Enterprising Endeavour Scorpius Rising
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Author : John LaJoie
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2009-07-24
Enterprising Endeavour Scorpius Rising written by John LaJoie and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-24 with Fiction categories.
Seeking out an unknown signal transmitted from Earth into interstellar space, the Starship Avalerion has reached Scorpii 18 star system only to discover the lost starship NX-Fearless and itâs not alone. An unprovoked attack brought on by a race called the Nodulians launches Captain Angela Joliea and her crew into action as they try to find a way of escape after their primitive weapons are found useless. As the crew faces the possibility of death, the ship is contacted by the Debari who offer protection. Encountering other species of the Scorpius Realm, they soon discover that war has no boundaries when it comes to the Nodulians.
Sulla
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Author : Arthur Keaveney
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-01-11
Sulla written by Arthur Keaveney and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this second edition of Arthur Keaveney's classic biography, a fresh generation of students, scholars and readers are introduced to one of the most pivotal figures in the outgoing Roman Empire. A definitive book in its field, this second edition is a must read. Completely rewritten and updated to include the further discoveries of the last two decades, it challenges traditional views of Sulla as a tyrant and harsh military dictator and instead delivers a compellingly complex portrait of a man obsessed with the belief that he was blessed with divine favour. Written by a leading authority on the classical world, this lively and entertaining book transports us through Sulla's rise from poverty and obscurity to his dictatorship of Rome, highlighting his dedication and achievements in better ordering the Republic before his decline a generation later.