CLCV 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Strategos, Phidias, Omen
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The peloponnesian war: athens was at its peak during the period of 480 to 430 bc, the period between the end of the persian wars and the beginning of the peloponnesian war. Called the pentecontaetia: the painting called the school of athens by raphael represents greek or athenian philosophy. Evoked in the fresco, these are the days of pertinence is athens literature. The pentecontaetia: philosophy, in particular, socrates, plato, and aristotle, during the pentecontaetia, the tragedy came about of aeschylus, sophocles, and euripides. History was brought by herodotus and thucydides: two figures in the school of athens, raphael includes himself with the individuals he painted. Scholars have tried to identify the people in the painting. The peloponnesian war: athens achievements owe a debt to the great democratic leader of the city, pericles. Before his death in 429 was the peloponnesian war which lasted from 431-404 bc.