088 Thoukydides and Periklean Politics
The History of Ancient Greece
Ryan Stitt
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2019
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss the life, influences, drawbacks, and positives of the "Father of Scientific History," Thoukydides (ca. 460-395 BC); the nature of Athenian politics and political organizations in the time of Perikles; and the domestic political scene in Athens in the late 440s and early 430s BC, including Perikles' ideological clash with the conservative Thoukydides (not the historian) and the series of personal and judicial attacks on him and his three closest associates (Pheidias, Aspasia, and Anaxagoras)
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2019/02/088-thucydides-and-periclean-politics.html
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Ryan Stitt's History of Ancient Greece podcast. My name is Chris Hasler. |
| 0:10.0 | Ryan has been kind enough to give me the time to let you know who I am and what I'm about. |
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| 1:12.3 | Enjoy the podcast and hope to see you soon. The |
| 1:30.3 | The Hello, I'm Ryan Stitt, and welcome back to the history of ancient Greece, episode 88, Thucydides, and Periclean Politics. |
| 2:07.9 | Today's episode is brought to you by our new January Patreon supporters, Sammy Lane and Justine, as well as PayPal donor, long-lost pictures. Once again, I do apologize if I didn't |
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| 2:28.3 | one-time donor. Links to the various sites are in the show notes. And now, let us turn our attention |
| 2:33.6 | back to the ancient Greeks. |
| 2:37.0 | As we have seen throughout the last 40 or so episodes, the cultural achievements of the 6th and 5th |
| 2:41.8 | centuries BC and Greece were substantial, but the difficulties at the various poles, or city |
| 2:46.8 | states, experienced in getting along with one another, and their aversion to uniting into a |
| 2:51.6 | single political unit, would ultimately have a profound impact on the direction that Greek |
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