#peloponnesian war
Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates by François-André Vincent
Athens in relation to culture- Russell’s History of Western Philosophy, chapter by chapter- (7)
This is a short chapter which discusses the reasons Athens became a more dominant force on the world stage. In the following chapters, we will see discussion shift almost entirely to the intellectual circle of Athenian culture.
Athens took over as the ‘producer of great men’ after defeating the Persians in conflict. They toppled Darius in 490 BCE, and then his son, Xerxes, in 480 BCE. Sparta was…
