BIO220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Megarian Decree, Peloponnesian War, Andocides
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Athens often called the age of pericles historians talk about pericles most often but ultimately he is not the only power. Pericles is not the only strategos one of ten strategi re-elected many times held office 16 times from 445-430 b. c. Plutarch wrote life of pericles quote: pericles and friends as the new peisistratids therefore virtual tyrants. The peloponnesian war takes place 431-404 b. c. cause - addressed by thucydides. The growth of the power of athens, and the alarm which this inspired in sparta, made war inevitable. proximate vs. underlying cause proximate causes as little fires straw that broke the camel"s back , so to speak. Thucydides does not consider the proximate causes as historically accurate more underlying proximate causes: corcyra, epidamnus, megara underlying causes, spartan fear of athenian power. Megara neighbour and traditional enemy of athens ally of sparta corinth also a spartan ally. Athens vs. sparta more through proxies athens in contact with megara,
