Which famous Athenian defector thwarted Athens plans in the Sicilian Expedition (17th year of the Peloponesian
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The defector was Alcibiades who feared that he would be accused of religious crimes, defected to Sparta and informed Sparta of Athen's Sicily expedition...which was to gain new territory and new resources to wage a new war against Sparta...\n\nIn the 17th year of the war, word came to Athens that one of their distant allies in Sicily was under attack from Syracuse. The people of Syracuse were ethnically Dorian, while the Athenians, and their ally in Sicily, were Ionian. The Athenians felt obliged to assist their ally.\n\nThe Athenians did not act solely from altruism: they held visions of conquering all of Sicily. Syracuse, the principal city of Sicily, was not much smaller than Athens, and conquering all of Sicily would have brought Athens an immense amount of resources. In the final stages of the preparations for departure the hermai (religious statues) were mutilated by unknown persons, and Alcibiades, the Athenian general in charge of the expedition, was charged with religious crimes. Fearing that he would be unjustly condemned, Alcibiades defected to Sparta and Nicias was placed in charge of the mission. After his defection, Alcibiades informed the Spartans that the Athenians planned to use Sicily as a springboard for the conquest of all of Italy, and to use the resources and soldiers from these new conquests to conquer all of the Peloponnese.\n\nThe Athenian force consisted of over 100 ships and some 5000 infantry. Upon landing in Sicily, several cities immediately joined the Athenian cause. Instead of attacking at once, Nicias procrastinated and the campaigning season of 415 BC ended with Syracuse scarcely damaged. With winter approaching, the Athenians were then forced to withdraw into their quarters, and they spent the winter gathering allies and preparing to destroy Syracuse. The delay allowed the Syracusans to send for help from Sparta, who sent their general Gylippus to Sicily with reinforcements. Upon arriving, he raised up a force from several Sicilian cities, and went to the relief of Syracuse. He took command of the Syracusan troops, and in a series of battles defeated the Athenian forces, and prevented them from invading the city.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponesian_war#Causes_of_the_war
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Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c. 484-425 B.C.) : \nWe know few facts about the life of the Greek historian Herodotus. He was born in the essentially Dorian colony of Halicarnassus on the southwest coast of Asia Minor -- then a part of the Persian Empire -- shortly before the expedition against Greece led by the Persian king Xerxes.\nLyxes, the father of Herodotus, was probably from Caria -- like Artemisia, the despot of Halicarnassus who joined Xerxes in his expedition. Following victories over the Persians by the mainland Greeks during the Persian War, Halicarnassus rebelled against foreign rulers. In consequence of his rebellious actions, Herodotus was sent into exile to the Ionian island of Samos, but then returned to Halicarnassus around 454 to take part in the overthrow of the son of Artemisia, Lygdamis.\n\nHerodotus of Thurii: \nHerodotus calls himself Herodotus of Thurii rather than Halicarnassus because he was a citizen of the pan-Hellenic city of Thurii, which was founded in 444/3. One of his fellow colonists was the philosopher Pythagoras of Samos.\n\nHerodotus: \nBetween the time of the overthrow of Lygdamis and his settling in Thurii, Herodotus traveled around most of the known world. On one trip Herodotus probably went to Egypt, Phoenicia, and Mesopotamia; on another he went to Scythia. Herodotus traveled to learn about foreign countries -- to have a look (the Greek word from which comes our English word theory). Herodotus also lived in Athens where he spent time in the company of his friend Sophocles.\n\nPopularity of Herodotus: \nThe writing of Herodotus was so well received by the Athenians that in 445 B.C. he received a reward of ten talents.\nHerodotus - The Father of History: \nDespite major shortcomings in the area of accuracy, Herodotus is called "the father of history." Even by his contemporaries, though, he was sometimes referred to as "the father of lies."\nHerodotus' Histories, a celebration of the Greek victory over the Persians, were written in the mid-fifth century B.C. Herodotus wanted to present as much information about the Persian War as he could. What sometimes reads like a travelogue, includes information on the entire Persian Empire, and simultaneously explains the origins of the conflict by reference to mythological prehistory. Even so, this was an advance over the previous writers of quasi-history, known as logographers.
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polyphemus. he was a cyclops that odysseus tricked saying that he's name was 'noone'. after blinding him when the gods asked polyphemus who blinded him he kept yealling 'noone' so odysseus escaped the gods as well
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Most arecheologist believe it was Ramses. Ohter think it was Tutmoses the IV. The later was also known as Amenhotep the III
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Philip II, Antigonus II, Alexander the Great.
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You are referring to Hiram Abiff, according to Masonic lore he was the architect of the Temple of Solomon, he was killed be Jubelo, Jubela, and Jubelum for refusing to reveal to them the Mason word.
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He is famous for writing comedies such as "The Birds" for the two Athenian festivals: the Dionysia and the Lenea. He wrote forty plays, eleven of which still survive, and his plays are the only surviving examples of Old Attic Comedy. Many of his plays were political, and often satirized the well-known citizens of Athens and their conduct in the Peloponnesian War. He is known to have been prosecuted for Athenian law's equivalent of libel more than once. \n\nThe list of his surviving plays and much other data about him can be read at the link below.\n\nOf his surviving plays, I think Lysistrata is the most popular.  It  was written during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta and presents a pacifist theme: The women of the two states show off their bodies but deprive their husbands of sex until they stop fighting. \n\nThis play was later illustrated at length by Pablo Picasso.\n\nI hope this was helpful!
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James Oglethorpe founded Georgia for debtors and prisoners.\n\nAlso -- its know, not "noe"\n\n:)
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Arya Bhatta\nThe not fixed around 500BC
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a bunch of corrupt people - stay away from the greeks - from experience
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Though there is not an exact date, he must have died sometime between 1230 bc and 1180 bc, or at least that is when historians and archeologist believe the real Trojan war took place. Assuming Homers retelling of the war was somewhat correct that Achilles did perish there. Sorry I can not give an exact date, but very interesting question.
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Do you mean Cinque? Djimon Hounsou's character? He was captured by another tribe and sold to the whiteys.
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The billiant generalship of Kimon extended the Athenian empire along the shores of Asia Minor, so that when he in his turn was ostracised in 461 B.C., Pericles presided over the Golden Age of unparalleled intellectual and artistic achievements coinciding with a political decline, almost imperceptible at first, but leading to the outbreak of the disastrous Peloponnesian War (431-404 B. C.) in which the personification of Greek virtues and vices, Alcibiades, played the leading part.  The year of Athens' final defeat and humiliation also witnessed his murder.
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Homer, Hesiod, Aesop, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Thales, Pythagoras of Samos, Anaximenes, Empedocles of Acragas, Protagoras, Hippocrates of Chios, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Pyrrho, Euclid, Claudius Ptolemy, and many other...
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As I recall the story her owes absolutley nothing to them...however we may not be talking about the same Agamemnon here T,T Which story is this from the Odyssey or a different one?\ndamnedatehist@gmail.com -e-mail me if u need help
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1) People ignored Democritus because Aristotle said Democritus was wrong, and most people favored Aristotle over Democritus.\n\n2) False.  They combine in DEFINITE proportions.\n\n3) . . . cannot be subdivided in chemical reactions.
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Wow! Add one more Q. Who was the father of Zevedeos' children? (For some it may be confusing to answer).\n\nKaterina