The Long Peloponnesian War

After the Persian War ended, Athens and Sparta made tremendous changes. Thanks to the success of Athens' victory, they gave them the confidence that they became a new and improved civilization. On the other hand, Spartans encountered difficulties after the war. They encountered major fiscal problems and lost most of their content in the war. The Spartans got angry when they heard about Athens' achievement. With their fur, they decided to invade Athena and try to regain power. The battle continued for 27 years, then Athens eventually defeated by the Spartans.

In the end of the 5th century BC Euripides wrote his play in Iphigenia during his Athenian city was not so heroic. For Greek rival Sparta city unstoppable solar eclipse. Like all the Athenian tragedies, Euripides uses the traditional story of his people to think about contemporary issues - in this case war, heroes and glory. In his play, his Iphigenia was aloud, and his Iphigenia did not want to die, at least in the beginning.

What is Peloponnesus War? Today we call it a war of Peloponnesus - a historian calls it the second Peloponnesus war (this is the theme of Thucydides' life and work, and of decisive events in his life ) - Yes 27 years conflict between two prominent city states of ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta. This is a long war from 431 BC to 404 BC, a very destructive war. It ended with a victory over Sparta to Athens, but Thucydides claimed that Athens ultimately lost its "polarization" of war democracy through civil warfare rather than its hostile behavior. It affected foreign policy of the country. For unknown reasons Thucydides 'own work was suddenly interrupted seven years before the end of the war in 411 BC - but as I pointed out, he diagnosed the cause of Athens' failure.

In the majority of Socrates' s lifetime, Greek city states, including the 16 - year - old Peloponnesos war, fought each other. He lived in front of the Internet, but most people had never traveled beyond a few miles away from their hometown (except warfare). But he considers himself a world citizen

Please compare and compare the democratic fate analysis of Athens during the war by Thucydides and Socrates, why Athenian participated in the war, and how and why they failed. The Peloponnesos war was the turning point of Athens' hegemony of ancient Greece. It took place in 431 BC. Between the Delian Alliance led by Athens and the Peloponnesian Alliance led by Sparta. According to Thucydides, the hegemonic position of Athens and pursuit of overwhelming power enabled the war between Peloponnesus and Athens.