EG Listings: Sep 5, 2008
In 415BC the Athenians sacked the city of Melos, slaughtering the adult male inhabitants and enslaving the women and children. They were preparing another expedition of conquest to Sicily, when Euripides wrote and presented his great anti-war play, The Trojan Women. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Huddled masses still yearn to be here Jul 28, 2008
My grand judgment is that the country has had an extraordinary positive historical record, because we have faced up to so many of our defects on a larger geographic scale and with a larger population drawn from more races, cultures, religions and places than the Athenians or Florentines probably could count ... Yes, we owe thanks to the Athenians and Florentines for historical roots and some do's and don'ts, but their democracies pale against ours, as a player piano pales against CDs in making... (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Viewpoint: The biggest little secret in Danvers May 20, 2008
As tribute, the Athenians had to deliver seven boys and seven girls annually to be sacrificed to King Minos mutated son the Minotaur, half man and half bull imprisoned under the king s castle in the Labyrinth (a maze) ... With the help of Ariadne, Minos daughter, and a magic thread, Theseus killed the Minotaur, saved the Athenians, and found his way out of the Labyrinth. (Danvers Herald, MA)
Marathon runner keeps going the distance Feb 19, 2008
According to legend, the marathon commemorates the run of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier who ran from Marathon, Greece, to Athens, letting the Athenians know of a Greek victory over the Persians. Shortly after this run, it is told Pheidippides died. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
Treasures of Ancient Delphi Aug 22, 2007
The Treasury of the Athenians was one of the most impressive of the time, and still impresses tourists today thanks to its restoration. Ancient Delphi was so sacred that no one was allowed to be born, live, or die there. (Suite101.com)
The Next Page: Mayor Lawrence's vision for Pittsburgh May 14, 2007
UR GRAND DESIGN IN Pittsburgh has been the acceptance of a belief that a city is worth saving; that a successful organism in the plan of nature must have a head and nerve center; that the people of a city can take pride and glory in it in our own times as the Athenians did under Pericles or the Florentines under Lorenzo. Perhaps we are all wrong. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Philosophers and 'South Park' Mar 29, 2007
Young praises the "nonconformist, reflective virtue" of the questioning children of "South Park," and then conflates the chronically clueless parent characters with parents in real life: "The parents of 'South Park' corrupt the children far more than a television show ever could. Like the Athenians, the adults don't know as much as they think they know." In the show, when adults address the children, "the adult usually sounds like a bumbling idiot.". The good professor seems to have no concept... (Human Events Online)
Battling evil with abs of steel Mar 23, 2007
" Theron proceeds to betray the queen, who then stabs him to death in such a way that Persian coins fall from his tunic, demonstrating to all the world that "realists" are worse than cynical. They will consort with evil itself. And what of the rest of Greece? The Athenians do make an appearance, but their status as artisans first and warriors second pushes them to the sidelines of the battle where there is little use for men of intellect and commerce. The portrayal of realist politicians as... (Asia Times Online)
Spartans Overwhelmed at Thermopylae, Again Mar 22, 2007
But time was short, and an attempt to delay the relentless advance of Xerxes' army was necessary to enable the Athenians to abandon their city and the Peloponnesians to build their defensive wall. The choke point for the Persian advance was the pass at Thermopylae, where main route south from northern Greece ran through a narrow lane between the sea and the steep slopes of Mt. Kallidromos. (Archaeology Magazine)
- Hywel Williams Mar 21, 2007
The Warner Brothers' view of the Greco-Persian wars takes its cue from the 5th century Greeks - especially the Athenians - who saw it as a conflict between liberty and tyranny. Having been defeated at Marathon 10 years earlier, the Persian army returned to Greece bent on vengeance. (Guardian Unlimited)
300 a Hollywood movie with a worthy lesson Mar 17, 2007
I'm not sure of your meaning about the Athenians: figh, lose, come back someday. Is that it. (The Citizen.com)
