Word: peloponnesian
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...Oedipus Tyrannus good Athenian audiences were properly shocked at the King's insensate stubbornness in attempting to influence economic conditions. The mythical hubris of the Trojans before their city was sacked was only matched by the historical hubris of the Athenians themselves just before their defeat in the Peloponnesian...
...magistrates appointed by Sparta over Athens at the termination of the Peloponnesian War were called the '30 tyrants,' and were overthrown after one year's reign. The end of the tyrants was heralded with a spirit of gladness...
Athenian pressmen stood open-mouthed in a little eager ring last week while a powerful, flashing-eyed old man performed the miracle of interesting them in The History of the Peloponnesian War (431 to 411 B. C.), composed by famed historian Thucydides upon the spot...
...against war ever written. It depicts the effect of war upon four women, Hecuba, Andromache, Helen, and Cassandra, who have had their homes destroyed and are being led away into captivity. The whole play is aimed as a protest against the conditions of strife in Greece due to the Peloponnesian War. It shows that Euripides and the other thinkers of his time could see the horror and misery of war behind its glamour and allurements, just as many men today are beginning to see. In other words the cycle of modern thought has swung around to where...
...Greek state. His clear and concise statements of the doctrine of "might makes right," his broad criticism of a narrow policy, and his independence of prejudice and envy have made him one of the most eminent historical thinkers the world has ever produced. Thucydides's greatest work, "The Peloponnesian War," is remarkably free from the multitude of trivial details and stories usually inserted by his contemporaries, presenting, on the contrary, the serious attempt of an historical thinker to present the trends and currents marked by the events of the time...