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    The Atlas·Ideas

    Athenian empire

    idea · 4 works · 5 mentions · 9 anchored passages

    empire · arche · dominion · empire of the Hellenes · imperial power · imperialism · leadership and power · our dominion · our empire · supremacy

    spoken of as

    1 expression

    the Athenian empire1 mention

    History of the Peloponnesian War (Greek)

    Now the Lacedaemonians voted that the treaty had been broken, and that war should be declared, not so much because they were convinced by the arguments of the allies, as because they were afraid that the Athenians might attain to greater power, seeing that most parts of Greece were already under their hands.
    book 1

    in the texts

    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.

    So that, besides our ruling over more subjects, you would also through your subjection confer security upon us;
    book 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;
    book 5
    Nay, for our part, we are not disheartened about the end of our empire, even should it be brought to an end.
    book 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.

    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
    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

    On the PeaceClassical · Greek

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

    For imperialism worked the ruin not only of Athens but of the city of the Lacedaemonians also, so that those who are in the habit of praising the virtues of Sparta cannot argue that we managed our affairs badly because of our democratic government whereas if the Lacedaemonians had taken over the empire the results would have been happy both for the rest of the Hellenes and for themselves.
    on the peace
    we must abhor all despotic rule and imperial power, reflecting upon the disasters which have sprung from them;
    on the peace
    The families of the most illustrious Athenians and our greatest houses, which survived the civil conflicts under the tyrants and the Persian Wars as well, have been, you will find, entirely wiped out under this empire upon which we set our hearts.
    on the peace