author: matthew a sears

Sparta and the Commemoration of War

... 300 , written by Frank Miller and inked by Lynn Varley . Miller , one of the most famous and influential figures in the world of comics , was inspired by the 1962 film The 300 Spartans.61 The geopolitical context of Miller's work is ...

Athens, Thrace, and the Shaping of Athenian Leadership

... aftermath of the Trojan War, but the villainy of the Thracian character ... barbarians, including Thracians.”1 Comedy has often been used as a mine for ... aftermath. For a study of Polymestor's character and the allusion to the Thracians ...

Sparta and the Commemoration of War

... read by the Archbishop of Canterbury in St. Paul's Cathedral in London . The ... free valour and intelligence their advantage over the dull weight of vast ... blood a glorious epic of the newer Greece on the snow - covered moun- tains of ...

Understanding Greek Warfare

... Empire. Hellenistic kingdoms and the polis The greatest failure of Alexander the Great was that he did not provide for an orderly succession to his rule, or really put any measures in place to keep his vast new empire together. As he ...

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