Alcmaeonidae

The Athenian general and politician Alcibiades, widely respected for his heritage and upbringing, was a brilliant, although unscrupulous leader. Known for his extraordinary ambition and pride, Alcibiades proves to be somewhat of an enigma, attracting attention and creating tension in all areas of his life. In Plato’s Symposium, the disorder and revel brought about by the intoxicated Alcibiades serves to illustrate a fundamental misunderstanding of Socrates and his philosophical way of life. In Thucydides’

“I have a better right to command, men of Athens, than another…” (Thucydides p.111). This simple excerpt from Thucydides is much more than a subtle gesture of self-acclamation, it is the thesis for the life of Alcibiades. For he truly, to his core, believed he was special, apart from the average Athenian. Time and time again, we see Alcibiades go to extremes to achieve the essence of this very statement. It shines evident that he would stop at nothing to be at the pinnacle of Athenian society, even

Welcome to my biography of pericles all the places I got my information from will be on the last page somewhere.this sounds boring but there's a first time for everything.im writing this late but the first two things i thought when i heard about this assignment. I wrote this because it was an assignment and I was told to write it.That about sums up this really short paragraph,and pericles sounded like it would be a boring but it turned out to be interesting.well i found him interesting but you might

interesting identities in their authority abilities. One of the major, and self-evident, similitudes between the two Athenians is that they originate from a similar ancestry. Both Pericles' and Alcibiades' moms were from the honorable family Alcmaeonidae. The Alcmaeonidae were additionally substantial engaged with legislative issues. Their close families were essential to Athenian history also. Pericles is the child of Xanthippus and Agariste. Xanthippus became well known by " [defeating] the Persian general

the stage for the devastating Peloponnesian War, which would embroil all Greece in the decades following his death”(history) . Pericles was born on 495 B.C. into one of Athens’ leading families . His mother belonged to the culturally powerful Alcmaeonidae family, while his father Xanthippus was a hero of the Persian War. Because of his luxury of being in the elite family he was always by great artists and philosophers which include Protagoras, Zeno and the pioneering Athenian philosopher Anaxagoras

their unique personalities in their leadership skills. One of the major, and obvious, similarities between the two Athenians is that they come from the same lineage. Both Pericles’ and Alcibiades’ mothers were from the noble family Alcmaeonidae. The Alcmaeonidae were also heavy involved in politics. Their immediate families were also important to Athenian history as well. Pericles is the son of Xanthippus and Agariste. Xanthippus made a name for himself by “ [defeating] the Persian general of

powerful general, orator, patron of arts and democratic politician for the state of Athens between 495-429 B.C.E. (History.com). Pericles’ was born into power for his father was Xanthippus one hero from the Persian war and his mother was part of the Alcmaeonidae family who were very culturally powerful in Athens (History.com). When Pericles’ came into power he developed strategies and polices that set the stage for the Peloponnesian War (History.com). Following the first battles of the war Pericles’

Greece’s history can be traced back to the Stone Age hunters, then the early farmers, to the Minoan civilization, the dark ages and to present day. Through all those centuries one thing can be agreed on by many historians and scientist that the ancient civilization of the Greeks was one of the most influential and thriving time in history. Many new ideas, innovations, art and architecture was developed from it and many of those innovations are still used to this day. There style of architecture with

Biographical Information Cleisthenes’ full name is Cleisthenes of Athens. Cleisthenes is sometimes spelled Cleithenes. Cleisthenes was born sometime in 570 BCE in Athens Greece. This was during the Archaic period of Greece. Personal Life Cleisthenes was born into the rich Alcmaeonid Family. He was born as an aristocrat to a very political family. He was named after his Grandfather. Cleisthenes’ grandfather was well known around Athens. He was tyrant of the city of Sicyon. Was a chariot racer

way to obtain political power was to be born a kings son or be a high ranking general when the king had no son. Second, one must examine aristocracy. According to Brouwers (2015), Greek Aristocracy existed in the form of noble clans such as the Alcmaeonidae whom of which included Megacles (the killer of Cylon) and Cleisthenes. According to Brand (2010), aristocrats were rich influential clans who had much influence on politics. In the early Athens Aristocracy was the form of government were the general