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Thucydides’ Melian Dialogue shows us the eminent failure of the Melians to avert destruction through appeals to justice, essentially dramatizing the confrontation between naked power and morality. The Athenians have essentially made clear that if they are remain on friendly terms with the Melians, their subjects would regard it as a sign of weakness. Therefore, the hatred the Melians show towards the Athenians only solidifies the power that the Athenians have.
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The Lysistrata by Aristophanes explored his opposition to the Peloponnesian War. It was performed in 411 B.C. at a time when Athens was in serious danger of losing the war. It had a comic but effective message. Essentially, the reigning message within the text is that women were highly involved during wars, albeit they haven’t received much credit, which is highly deserved. Women fulfilled valuable tasks in times of war, both at home and on foreign campaigns. However, most of what hat we know about Greek women’s attitude towards war comes mostly through male writers.
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New evidence of a lost civilization in an area of the Sahara in Libya has emerged from images taken by satellites. Using satellites and air photographs to identify the remains in one of the most inhospitable parts of the desert, a team from the University of Leicester in England has discovered more than 100 fortified farms and villages with castle-like structures and several towns, most dating between AD 1 to 500.
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Greek culture, society, and politics were a measure of Greek identity. The idea was, essentially, that Herodotus wrote his historical account from the view of a Greek citizen, therefore his biased account embraced the idea that all non-Greeks were inferior. Herodotus’ concept of the Greek’s view of Persians served as a model from which the Greeks could assess their own society.
Why the Greeks Defeated the Persians continued…
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As you know, Halloween is upon us, and while many of you will be bringing your little monsters around trick or treating, I’ll be putting up my Christmas tree. Did I say that out loud?
Check the list of Archaeology Themed Halloween Jokes and One Liners
It’s the only time you can study a form of subsistence (candy) and wear fishnets at the same time.
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Homer’s idea of Greek aristocratic lifestyle has influenced the Western worldview of what we characterize as success and power. Diffusing ideas of grandeur, institutions, government and philosophy steered the aristocracy into a life of mentorship and glory and spoils in warfare. Kurke explains, “In a period when various factors cause a broader distribution of wealth and political influence, threatening the power monopoly of the elite, conscious forms of aristocratic display become more and more prominent in reaction” . In Homeric Greece and the lliad, the main themes that Homer highlights are personal honor and arête, transience of human life, pederasty, and society and politics.
Read more: Aristocratic Life and Values in Homeric GreeceVia Ancient Digger Archaeology
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The Ionian Cultural Revolution was a trend towards a different view, and explanation of, the natural world, astronomy, science and medicine, architecture, logic and reasoning, and literature. It’s important to remember, however, that when we speak of ‘the Ionian revolution ’ this should not be interpreted literally as a total break with the past or a completely new beginning. We know that the’ revolution’ required several generations and that it involved a critical reworking of existing literary and intellectual traditions . Consequently, scientific and philosophical thought was not unlike earlier periods. The knowledge gained was simply used for more practical purposes.
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Link reblogged from Classical Archaeology News
Archeologists say they have located and excavated the ruins of a massive amphitheater used to train gladiators east of Vienna in what they call a “sensational discovery.”
They say that the ruins located through ground radar measurements rival the Colosseum and the Ludus Magnus in Rome in their structure. The Ludus Magnus is the largest of the gladiatorial arenas in the Italian capital, while the Colosseum is the largest amphitheater ever built in the Roman Empire.
A statement Tuesday from the Carnuntum archaeological park gave no details when the find was located and excavated. It said the site will be presented to the media Monday.
The park — part of a former Roman settlement — is about 60 kilometers (35 miles) east of Vienna.
(Source: archaeology)
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The highly publicized area of Petra has more significance than its modern-day use as a beautiful tourist location that many refer to as the rock-built “rose red” city. Although famously portrayed in such movies as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Arabian Nights, and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, the red city has deep roots in Biblical archaeology. Even so, it continues to be of high interest to many, including world travelers, Biblical Archaeologists and historians.
