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The war was perpetuated again by the Greeks. An aristocrat from Athens, Alkibiades wanted more territory and convinced the Athenians to fight against Syracuse in Sicily. Athens sent one hundred thirty-four ships and twenty-seven thousand men from Piraeus to attack Syracuse. After the Athenians found out they had no allies from other city-states in this battle they sent a ships to order Alkibiades to return to Athens for questioning. Alkibiades, anticipating a negative outcome, fled to

HESTIA Hestia, or Vesta in Roman mythology. The eldest daughter of Zeus and the oldest of Rhea and Kronos. She was a virgin goddess. She, along with Artemis and Athena, were maiden divinities (unmarried goddess’s). She was wooed by Poseidon and Apollo, but she swore by the head of Zeus to remain a virgin. She is the Goddess of hearth, fire, and home. Hestia represented personal security, happiness and the sacred duty of hospitality. She presided over domestic life. Her symbols are the

Peloponnesian War is the name that was given to the conflict between Sparta and Athens. These conflicts lasted from 431 until 404 BC. This is a war brought about by disputes between Athens and Sparta on how to deal with their allies. According to Burn, (123), the Peloponnesian War was between the rivals Athens and Sparta. It was a war ignited by insignificant civil conflicts and spurred by interests from third party cities. Violent disputes erupted between them and the war began when Sparta issued

doing, but he does this to beckon the reader to specific meaning in the book itself. The Republic of Plato is told through the lens of Socrates, this is established on the first page of narrative through notation. “Socrates: I went down to the Piraeus (327a)” the book reads. Although short, this is important regarding the fact that this notation changes the novel into a dialogue, it implies that Socrates is the one narrating. Plato is in effect imitating Socrates. This becomes increasingly interesting

Attalus was heavily involved in securing help from Romans, Sparta, Achaea and Athens against Macedonia. A symbolic victory was achieved by him when he defended the Piraeus against Philip’s forces10. In Athens Attalus was received with great honours: priests and priestess were placed on each side of the street, all temples were opened and victims were placed on all altars, he became eponymous tribal hero and he received

large mountain range. Their names are Mount Anita, Mount Penteli, Mount Aegalio, and Mount Hymettus. Athens is also the driest region of Greece, and they only have an annual rainfall of about sixteen inches. • Athens is north of the Piraeus, a port city, where the Athenians enjoy the advantages of a sea town with the security of being on the slope of Mount Lycabettus. Athens is also located where they are ready to defend the passage from the region of Attica to the Peloponnese, a

Two Ancient Greek civilizations that are similar yet so different are the Athenians and the Spartans. Athens was the capital and largest city of Greece. In ancient times, its population was 140,000 people. This civilization was dependent on trade and agriculture. The Athenians invented democracy. Sparta was a warrior society in ancient Greece. Spartan culture was centered on loyalty to the state and military service. As this essay continues, you will see the similarities and differences between these

Operational Research. An International Journal. Vol.7, No 1 (2007), pp.47-59 Measuring student satisfaction with their studies in an International and European Studies Department G.V.Diamantis 1, V . K . B e n o s 2 University of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli & Dimitriou Street, 18534 Piraeus, Greece Abstract The satisfaction the students receive from their studies is of great importance. This paper considers ways through which the measurement of service quality could determine the status of a University department

Pericles. A severe plague struck Athens in c.430 BC, in the 2nd year of the Peloponnesian War. The plague killed about 1/3 of the people. Many people died alone because nobody wanted to take the risk of caring for them. The plague may have come from Piraeus, the city's port, brought by germs on rats. Pericles died of the plague. The Parthenon was the chief temple of the goddess Athena. It is located on the sacred hill of Acropolis, in Athens. The Parthenon was actually used [primarily] as a treasury

live by and for the next 15 years they began to oppress the Spartans. Pericles of Athens has been certain the 30 Years’ Peace would not hold up. So as soon as the Spartans left the land surrounding Athens, thy started building a wall from Athens to Piraeus. This way the Athens wouldn’t have to meet the Spartans on land. It didn’t matter if the Spartans stole and burned their fields because Athens had an entire empire to import food from. As long as the Athenians Navy remained supreme and the Athens