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The History of Ancient Greece

101 Disaster in Sicily

The History of Ancient Greece

Ryan Stitt

History, Society & Culture

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2017

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss the year 413 BC of the Peloponnesian War, including the rise of Archelaos to the Makedonian throne, the Spartan establishment of Dekeleia, the defeats by the Athenian army and navy at Syracuse, and the retreat and ultimate surrender of the Athenians, which brought the Sicilian Expedition to an end

 

Show Notes:

http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2020/03/101-disaster-in-sicily.html

 

Intro by Seth Michels of the History Uncensored Podcast 

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Transcript

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0:54.0

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0:57.0

We knew the world would not be the same.

1:00.0

Few people. A few people laughed.

1:07.0

few people cried.

1:09.0

Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavagita, and

1:21.5

says, now I am become death the destroyer of worlds.

1:30.0

I suppose we all thought that one way or another. I'm going to do. The Hello I'm Ryan Stitt and welcome back to the History of Ancient Greece, episode 101, disaster in Sicily.

2:20.0

For 415 to 413 BC, Thucydides' narrative concentrates almost entirely on the Sicilian campaign,

2:28.0

and he gives us only fragments of information on other matters back in Greece and in the northeast.

2:33.0

So our understanding of these events are incomplete.

2:36.0

But he does mention that in Central Greece in the summer of 414 BC,

2:40.0

the Democratic faction at Thespia staged a coup against their oligarchic government.

2:46.0

It was not successful though as help quickly arrived from Thebes.

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