This series has five easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionThe First Crusade (not counting the earlier Children’s Crusade) had been heroically
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Pericles’ Career – 8
Today's installment concludes Pericles,our selection by Plutarch.If you have journeyed through all of the installments of this series, just one
Pericles’ Career – 7
Now Pericles was much reproached for sending these ten ships, which arrived there after the battle.Continuing Pericles,our selection from
Pericles’ Career – 6
Pericles is accused of going to war with Samos to save the Milesians.Continuing Pericles,our selection from Plutarch. The selection is presented
Herodotus Book II, Verses 101-111
Senusret III of Egypt set up pillars in the countries he had invaded; Herodotus saw only the one in Palestine.Translated by George C. Macaulay
Pericles’ Career – 5
His most successful campaign was that in the Chersonesus, which proved the salvation of the Greeks residing there.Continuing Pericles,our
Pericles’ Career – 4
When the speakers of Thucydides' party complained that Pericles had wasted the public money and destroyed the revenue, he asked the people in the
Pericles’ Career – 3
The building of the temples, by which Athens was adorned, the people delighted and the rest of the world astonished and which now alone prove that the
Pericles’ Career – 2
Thucydides represents the constitution under Pericles as a democracy in name but really an aristocracy, because the government was all in the hands of