History 1 Greece

Who wrote it, the argument, facts, when it was written

Crito

• Written by plato, classical age

• About Socrates death and Crito’s argument

• Socrates reaffirms the role of the law

• Socrates- Having lived in Athens for 70 years, enjoyed its benefits, and raised a family there, Socrates has entered an implicit contract to follow the laws. Escaping would break this covenant

• crito- If Socrates dies, Crito and other friends will look bad, appearing stingy or cowardly for not paying to save him, defense of polis

Apology

• written by plato, classical age

• socrates accused of corrupting the youth, lacking respect for law, he states that he doesn’t want to harm the polis

• he belives in the oracle, and is accused of atheism

• Socrates knows nothing, it is better to suffer injustice than to do it

Herodotus

• Father of history/father of lies, archaic age (polis, city state, etc)

Xeres/Persian invasion- lots of advisors

Helles lying in wait- to defend Spartans

Leonidas king of spartans

• discussion on manliness

• Persians are braiding hair and waiting

Theres SO many persians- 4000 to 3,000,000

When they shoot their arrows, the sun is covered

Deserters end up in disgrace

Eurymachus- a deserter, is murdered

Leonidas- is buried in honor

Thucydides

• father of scientific theory,

Honors the ancestors first, people who have died, and people still fighting

Directed at citizens and noncitizens

Democracy- Athenian democracy

Athens as center of knowledge, anyone can come learn- and of life

Bare children- future citizens - if we allow the deaths of these soldiers for Athens and don’t have more children, what did they die for?

Cosmopolitian - we love the world

And we are so so Great

Heroism in their bravery

Sacrifice - how can we perpetuate the polis if we do not defend it- we cannot defend it in a halfhearted way, we must be able to defend it all the way

Individuals who are great, sparta is all one and great

Plutarch

• in the classical age, but writes about the archaic age. ROMAN

Lycurgus the lawgiver

Changed the money system

Land distripution

Common meals

Removed luxuries and unessicary jobs

Raising boys

Weed out the weak

Rough play

Sharing with the next generation and community

Intimate knowledge

Women also workout and play and train

Also trained pregnancy and focus on health

Loss of privlege for unmarried men

Ridgid regulations - death, marriage, childbirth

Timelines

• Heroditis 484- BCE (Greco- Persian)

• Socrates- 470–399

• Thuclydides- 460 BCE (Peloponesian)

• Plato 428/427–348/347 BCE

• Plutarch 45–120 CE

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