Melian dialogue

divided the Greek world between Athens and its allies and Lacedaemon. The Melian Dialogue presents two sides and two perspectives that of the Melians neutrality and that of the Athenians’ might. By Thucydides juxtaposing the Athenian’s position to that of the Melians, there is a clear conclusion of which side actions are tactically and morally acceptable. One would argue that the Athenians are immoral for violently plundering the Melian territory because they had the power to do so. However, given the circumstance

The Melian Dialogue has maintained significance for millennia because of its clarity, its honesty, and its continued relevance, up to the modern day. When the Athenians did away with “specious pretences” (Betts, 2017), they opened up a number of salient issues that have troubled decision makers from time immemorial. Among these timeless questions, the Melian situation hinges on one: whether the Lacedaemonians would come to their aid. In the general form, the Athenians phrase it as “expediency

The Melian Dialogue is a negotiation between the Melians and the Athenians regarding the future of Melos. The Athenians are giving the Melians an ultimatum of being enslaved or being destroyed by Athens’ navy strength. Athens and Melos are a part of a greater scheme of international interactions that are determined through discussion, ethics, power and political morality that produce either a sense of justice or depravity of it. The Melians are shown to be just in the face of the Athenian, but their

In a move not of fairness, but of survival, Athens offered the Melians an ultimatum: to be subjugated

An Analysis of Thucydides' Views on the Melian Dialogue The Melian Dialogue is a debate between Melian and Athenian representatives concerning the sovereignty of Melos. The debate did not really occur-the arguments given by each side were of Thucydides own creation. Thus it is reasonable to assume that we can tease out Thucydides' own beliefs. In this paper, I will first extract Thucydides views from the Melian Dialogue and then analyze whether or not these views are well founded. Thucydides

been a historian during a time where historical record was not taken. Some of the most important writings from Thucydides was “Pericles’ Funeral Orientation” and “The Melian Dialogue”. These writings spoke about important events in ancient Greek history. Thucydides’ importance in “Pericles’ Funeral Orientation” and “The Melian Dialogue” can be interpreted by identifying the substantial points in each, how the writings can relate to each other, how the ideals of both are very different, and the relationship

a) The Melian Dialogue presents the negotiations between the Athenians and the Melians regarding the imminent invasion and conquer of the island of Melos for expansion purposes. The Athenians give the Melians two options: surrender or be destroyed. From the negotiation, the Melians reasonably expect war and understand that the “contrary case, slavery” is a conceivable possibility (CCW 56). The Melians recognize that the Athenians are much stronger, however, they refuse to submit as subrogation

structure in which a state or more can be viewed as more powerful than the other. In the Melian Dialogue, the Athenians have for an argument that if they choose to remain neutral with Melos, then they will be viewed as a weak or weakening state. For the Athenians believed that based on the acquired knowledge of man history that “it is a necessary law of nature to rule wherever one can” (the Athenians in Melian Dialogue). In other words, they believe that if there is a land and its central government is

group. Both the concepts of philosophy and politics are evident and connected between three separate works of literature, which are “The Melian Dialogue” by Thucydides, “Six Principles of Political Realism” by Morgenthau, and “The Anarchic Structure of World Politics” by Waltz. “The Melian Dialogue” covers a dispute of

It is important to study Thucydides because Thucydides can help us to understand the way politics work in the world today.This should come later – it is not an introduction to a whole paper – always assume your reader is not familiar with your topic In his book titled, The History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides brings to light, some of the causes of the war, as well as some of the consequences of the war. (This is a good opening sentence. It introduces the reader to the topic) Thucydides analyzed