Recent content by classics_chic

As it happens, it is. I've got more than enough students at the moment, and became sick of whinging so-and-sos such as yourself. Ancient_nut is a classmate of mine, and after she sms-ed me about this, I decided to log back on. Don't be so pathetic. We're here to help people, not to...

What did you say about my course?! Fossilised? I disagree. They're being revitalised at the moment, but they're not fossilised at all. Yes, some of the lecturers are a little old, but they're really funny and clearly up-to-date (my lecturer today compared Roman imperialism to Brogden...

Also look at the way in which women were pictured, and the way in which their role was glorified/ not (this would show either encouragement of women to do it, or a man's hatred for it, or perhaps a way in which the women- if they have any kind of power- are placated into fulfilling their roles)...

NB: A person is a historian when they write in a constructive way within the historical tradition. Bradley doesn't fit into that criteria (and why are you writing this in the Greece 500-440 post, anyway?). This can include the bardic tradition- although it's not "wie es eigentlich gewesen"...

Exactly. I don't say it's wrong to write it one way, I say it's wrong to take the choice away. Seriously, the stakes are pretty low here. What's the fight about? I may hate to be told I'm wrong (especially when I'm not), but it's still absolutely ridiculous to mount a fight like this...

Swearing: real mature. And again referring back to sexist measures in order to bolster your own self esteem. Doing wonders for men there, you are. Can we please cut this hostility garbage and stick to legitimate intellectual debate? In order to understand that some concepts have evolved...

Re: PwarYuex I didn't intend to put any of this into an essay. This is a discussion, and anyone who knows anything about ancient history beyond a junior level knows you don't get resources straight from the web (unless they're links to scholarly articles, which this clearly is not)! I don't...

I meant hubris. It's spelt with a u in the Greek (which I have done), like Herodotos isn't. I'd put the correct spelling up, but the font isn't compatible with the site. But I'll tell you it anyway: it's upsilon (u) with a rough breathing (reads "h" at the start of the word), beta (b), rho...

My reasoning was clearly emotional and not subject to analysis. Although you're right in saying that they're different types of material (Bradley being a commentary and Herodotos a source- get your terminology right, you're not in high school anymore), my point was that Herodotos provides...

In the ten years between Marathon and Xerxes' hubristic adventures (main Persian War), the silver mines were found in Athens. The democrats wanted to give the money to the citizens, but Themistokles convinced them to build ships. It was these ships that gave Athens some of their earliest...

Very true, Silvermoon. She's a good summary (although there are better: Bury and Meiggs for Greece, for example, and Scullard's two books for Rome), but don't quote her. As I've said from the start. Also, be careful of accuracy of information: some of it's summarised to the point of...

Only if desperate. If you have five minutes left and half an essay to write, then do it. You need to get your points across. Otherwise, as Magister said, at your peril. It's not a good look.

The Athenians may not have sought an empire but could not let it go. How accurate is this statement and to what extent is Athenian imperialism a cause of the war You have a couple of issues to deal with: The Athenians may not have sought an empire I'm not sure that's true. The sinking...

I won't write about the form here but here's how I'd answer that question: Why does Shakespeare have the capacity to remain our contemporary? Because his works contain values that are still important to us today. What values? There are plenty of them: loyalty (Kent), family values (Lear...

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