Aim:

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Aim Conceived in liberty and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal can
such a nation long endure?Aim Could the
Athenian ideal succeed?Aim Does might make
right? Do wars of conquest corrupt our values?
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The Parthenon
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Parthenon and the Acropolis - funded with the tax
dollars of the Delian League
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The Athenian Empire (the Delian League)
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The Athenian Empire in revolt
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The Athenian Long Wall strategy
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Massacre at Corcyra

• Why do the Greeks slip into barbarism?
• What is Thucydides view about this war?
• How does this relate to Pericles Funeral
  Oration?
• How does knowing this affect your analysis?

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Melian Dialogue Might Makes Right

• Why wont the Athenians let the Melians stay
  neutral? Is this just the way of the world?
• How did the Melians respond? Would the Melians
  have been wise to submit?
• Was the conquest of Melos just?
• Compare this dialogue with Pericles' Funeral
  Oration--had the costs of the war changed the
  values and behavior of the Athenians?
• Can Athens maintain its values of individualism
  and freedom while subjugating other peoples?

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Aim Conceived in liberty and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal can
such a nation long endure?Aim Could the
Athenian ideal succeed?Aim Does might make
right? Do wars of conquest corrupt our values?