CLA232H1 Lecture : Palopanesian war part I.docx
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Self and other within greece share the same land. It is one thing, that foreign people are helping to define us. But when the other is in the same city (elite vs. demos) or in the same country. This way we are risking tearing the community apart. Peloponnesian war greek vs. greeks: part of the same community. In lysistiata, this united thing is erections, since it"s a comedy, but it unites them anyways. Zeus, go to delphi, uinited by cultural values (kalokagathia, andrea ), and united by shared history, especialy the history of the persian war. The idea of panhellenism fades in and out throughout the greek history: when you are being attacked from the outside, it was easy to unite greece. The idea of panhellenism when the persians invaded, they needed to band together and fight as one nation: but when the persian threat diminished, the greek polis started to define themselves.
