ACBS 160D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Spartan Hegemony, Peloponnesian League, Peloponnesian War
12 Oct 2016
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Homnoesucal /pederasty come in large part from him. Symposium: plato defines two types of love and procreation: Spiritual love is on a higher level. Pederastic love is superior to other types of love: it creates knowledge and wiso in erastes and eromenos. Thucydides: most important source for the wars. Athens vs. sparta: two great powers at very different ends of the spectrum. Ends of the golden age at athens. Thucydides history of the peloponnesian was first eyewitness history. General cause of the war: rivalry between athens and sparta. Specific cause: conflict between corinth and corcyra 431 bc. Spartans : on offensive fighting primarily by land. Athens : playing defense, holding up behind the city walls, fighting primarily by sea. Even is not accurate, this was demoralizing. Demagogues ( leader of the people ) new, non-aristocratic politicians at athens who promoted war and sought popular support; thucydides hated them, blame them for.
