HISTORY 36B Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Peloponnesian War, Delian League, Peloponnesian League
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History 36 b: the archidamian war (lecture slide 18, textbook 327-332) - war between delian (led by. The archidamian war 431 - 421 bce: periclean strategy - pericles (general of athens, harass the peloponnesus with the navy, have all athenians abandon their homes/farms and take refuge behind the long walls. Food and other necessary goods would be imported by ship: sparta would get bored, retreat, and return to diplomacy, tired of ravaging the land when nobody came to fight. Pericles: men from wealthy families (from business) begin to compete, demagogues/demagogia (leader of the people) appears in aristophanes. Knights in 424 bce: in its pejorative meaning - politician who manipulates voters for his own ends, cleon, anti-aristocratic owner of a temporary business, anti-intellectual, advocates a policy of harsh consistency. Spoke to defend the decision to give punishment to. Following his speech, the assembly changed their votes: greek comedy and theater (liz lecture slides, textbook 338-341)
