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The Melian Dialogue

The Melian Dialogue. The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides. DELPHI. DELPHI. The Melian Dialogue. The leaders of Melos faced a terrible choice:.

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The Melian Dialogue

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  1. The Melian Dialogue The Peloponnesian Warby Thucydides

  2. DELPHI

  3. DELPHI

  4. The Melian Dialogue The leaders of Melos faced a terrible choice: Have their Countrymen die as free men or live as slaves. The powerful Athenian generals and their fleet of thirty-eight ships carrying heavy infantry and archers waited at the shores of Melos ready for action as the Melians deliberated.

  5. The Dialogue The Melians The Athenians

  6. The One Word Essay Describe the Melian Dilemma and the Athenian position in one word. The words of the mothers ofSpartan soldiers showing theirdisdain for cowardice. “Return with your Shield or on it”

  7. Results The Peloponnesian War robbed Athens of its Golden Age. Great thinkers and teachers lived in Athens during and after the war but the era of support for new ideas and the spirit of democracy had passed.

  8. Modern Parallels "My answer is bring them on." —on Iraqi insurgents attacking U.S. forces, Washington, D.C., July 3, 2003 "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004 (Watch video) "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." —Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000 Source: http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushdumbquotes2.htm

  9. Parallels

  10. Bibliography • http://www.mrdowling.com/images/701peloponnesian.gif • http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~kallet/greece/Map%20Peloponnesian%20War.jpg • www.howarddavidjohnson.com/ legends.htm

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