Who is Herodotus and what is his significance?
2.)What incidents in the primary source portray Xerxes as superstitious and tyrannical?
3.)What do the events of the battle tell you about Spartan culture?
4.)What values of Greek society does Herodotus’ narrative seem to promote?
5.)Evaluate the significance of the Persian invasions on Greek political and intellectual development. What impact did they have on the development of the Athenian and Spartan states?
B. Or READ “Pericles’ Funeral Oration” from the The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides. You may use any book source for this that you choose, but it is available at:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pericles-funeralspeech.html (Links to an external site.)
Also Read The Melian Debate at:
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/melian.htm (Links to an external site.)
(You must read and analyze BOTH primary sources.)
Using the Spielvogel textbook and both primary sources write an essay of 4-5 pages answering the following questions:
1.)What was the role of Athens in the culture and political life Greece in the fifth century B.C.E.?
2.)Compare and contrast the depiction of Athenian democracy by Pericles with how a modern historian would evaluate Athenian democracy.
3.)Contrast the Athenian statements to the Melians with the sentiments expressed by Pericles in his funeral oration. Does Athens seem to live up to beliefs that Pericles expresses in his funeral oration?
4.)How do these readings help you to evaluate Athenian values and limitations?
