HIST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Spartan Hegemony, Antalcidas, Lechaio
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23 Jul 2016
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1. Week 5(2015-09-30)
Pericles >> Athens = Model/Education (Before and After the Peloponnesian
war)
XENOPHON: (430-354 BCE) – General, Historian, Philosopher
1. Wrote the Hellenica(History of Greece from 411 to 362) Picked off
after Thucydides.
2. Among the 3 well-known Historians: Thucydides, Herodotus,
himself.
3. Was Exiled… Become an officer in a mercenary group(Persian) He
wasn’t against the Greeks.
Battle of Cunaxa: Persian Leader Died…
4. Xeonphon’s Journery in Persia..
5. “Anabasis”(expeditions) March back Home(Greece).
6. He also fought for the Spartans Was rewarded for his efforts and
Retired there.
SPARTAN HEGEMONY (404-371)
7. 4th and 5th Century: Similar characteristic. There was Warfare.
8. Minor Polis(Disputed over Grain fields) and brought in Sparta(“Big
Player”)
CORINTHIAN WAR (395-387)
9. Sparta vs. Thebes
10. Athens
11. Corinth
12. Argos (supported by Persia)
Battle of Lechaeum 391:
13. Spartans were defeated by Peltasts.