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The Thucydides Trap and the US-China conundrum

CyprusMail 18 May 2025
Thucydides, the Athenian historian of the 5th century BCE, observed in the “Peloponnesian War” that “It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable.” ...
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The Μost Ιnnovative Greeks Τhroughout Ηistory

Greek Reporter 17 May 2025
... the Academy in Athens ... His History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC is regarded even today as a historical masterpiece.
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Genetic Continuity of the Greeks: Tracing DNA Through the Millennia

Greek Reporter 17 May 2025
This era witnessed the rise of city-states like Athens and Sparta, the establishment of democratic institutions, and advancements in philosophy, arts, and sciences, with figures like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle ... Image of Athens during Ottoman rule.
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Nenikikamen: Cinema’s First Epic in Ancient Greek and Old Persian

Greek Reporter 15 May 2025
According to Herodotus, the ancient historian, Pheidippides (or a similar professional runner, known as a hemerodromos, or day-long runner) was actually sent from Athens to Sparta, a journey of around ...
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Exterminating Israel’s Helots

Consortium News 09 May 2025
Palestinians are today’s Helots to Israel’s Sparta, condemned to be trampled on ... Among the earliest examples are the famed city states of Sparta and Athens in ancient Greece ... The Palestinians today are the Helots to Israel’s Sparta.
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What the Peloponnesian War Teaches Us About the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Greek Reporter 02 May 2025
Athens, with its growing empire and naval supremacy, posed a threat to Sparta’s dominance. Sparta, fearful of Athenian power and the spread of democracy, sought to curtail Athens’ influence.
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History’s worst pandemics and epidemics that shook the world including COVID-19, AIDS and more

The Times of India 02 May 2025
It hastened the onset of the end of the Pax Romana and the ease with which the Roman Empire collapsed.Plague of Athens (430 BC)The Athenian Plague had occurred in the second year of the Athens-Sparta conflict during the time of the Peloponnesian War.
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