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    The Atlas·Ideas

    Athenian empire

    idea · 5 works · 7 mentions · 13 anchored passages

    imperialism · empire · British imperial sentiment · English imperialism · arche · dominion · empire of the Hellenes · imperial power · leadership and power · our dominion

    spoken of as

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    the Athenian empire1 mention

    History of the Peloponnesian War (Greek)

    and from this very fact we were compelled at first to advance it to its present height, principally from motives of fear, then of honour also, and afterwards of advantage too.
    chapter 1

    in the texts

    Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England20th Century · English

    The sentiment and policy of maintaining and extending the British Empire, analyzed as both rational policy and emotional 'political religion'.

    The sincerity of our imperialism is shown by our action.
    lecture xii relation between legislative opinion a
    Imperialism is to all who share it a form of passionate feeling;
    lecture xii relation between legislative opinion a
    It became a faith, but it could not naturally blend with the sentiments now known as imperialism or nationalism, though in 1830 they had hardly received definite names.
    a selection of works on politics

    History of the Peloponnesian WarClassical · Greek

    The Athenian maritime empire and the logic of its maintenance, cited by the Athenian speakers as the true rationale for compelling Melos.

    Nay, for our part, we are not disheartened about the end of our empire, even should it be brought to an end.
    chapter 5
    So that, besides our ruling over more subjects, you would also through your subjection confer security upon us;
    chapter 5
    But that we are come here for the benefit of our empire, and that we shall also speak on the present occasion for the preservation of your country, on these points we will give you proofs;
    chapter 5

    On the PeaceClassical · Greek

    The remaining sphere of Athenian power or influence after recent losses.

    I perceive, men of Athens, that the present outlook gives rise to much vexation and perplexity, because not only have we suffered serious losses, which cannot be mended by fine speeches, but there is also complete divergence of opinion about the preservation of what is left of our empire, one favoring this policy, another that.
    on the peace

    AntidosisClassical · Greek

    Athens' leadership and domination among the Hellenes, presented as both an achievement and a context for later abuses.

    what was he who after him liberated the Hellenes and led our forefathers forth to the leadership and power which they achieved, and who, besides, appreciating the natural advantage of the Piraeus, girded the city with walls in despite of the Lacedaemonians;
    antidosis
    In the meantime, however, the city waxed powerful and seized the empire of the Hellenes, and our fathers, growing more self-assured than was meet for them, began to look with disfavor on those good men and true who had made Athens great, envying them their power, and to crave instead men who were base-born and full of insolence, thinking that by their bravado and contentiousness they would be able …
    antidosis

    On the PeaceClassical · Greek

    The rule or domination over others that Isocrates identifies as unjust, corrupting, and disastrous.

    we must abhor all despotic rule and imperial power, reflecting upon the disasters which have sprung from them;
    on the peace
    Some maintain that this disaster was the cause of the misfortunes which overtook Sparta, but they do not speak the truth.
    on the peace
    that our soil is able to rear better men than the rest of the world and that what we call empire, though in reality it is misfortune, is of a nature to deprave all who have to do with it.
    on the peace