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The History of the Ancient Greek City of Thebes

Greek Reporter 20 Apr 2025
In 457 BC, Sparta, needing an ally against Athens, reversed her policy, reinstating Thebes as the dominant power in Boeotia ... After the downfall of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War, Thebes formed the nucleus of the league against Sparta.
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The Unsung City-States That Shaped the Ancient Greek World

Greek Reporter 18 Apr 2025
While Athens and Sparta dominate history book pages, there are lesser known ancient Greek city-states that played an important role in the spread of Greek civilization.
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Time for Harvard To Thank the American People

The Harvard Crimson 18 Apr 2025
When hyper-militarized, hierarchical Sparta attacked ... This weakened Athens to such an extent that in the end the city gave way to Sparta ... The world still remembers and visits Athens, not so much Sparta.
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US, China, and the Thucydides Trap: History Repeating or Misleading?

Greek Reporter 16 Apr 2025
... in Sparta that made war inevitable.” ... In today’s context, the implication seems clear – China’s rise is bound to provoke a collision with the United States, just as Athens once did with Sparta.
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Are US and China really in a Thucydides Trap?

Asiatimes 16 Apr 2025
... in Sparta that made war inevitable.” ... In today’s context, the implication seems clear – China’s rise is bound to provoke a collision with the United States, just as Athens once did with Sparta.
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The Thucydides Trap: Vital lessons from ancient Greece for China and the US … or ...

San Francisco Chronicle 15 Apr 2025
... in Sparta that made war inevitable.” ... In today’s context, the implication seems clear – China’s rise is bound to provoke a collision with the United States, just as Athens once did with Sparta.
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Risk of sleep-walking from a trade war, to a shooting war, is real

Irish Independent 15 Apr 2025
“It was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this inspired in ...
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Max Boot: Risk of sleep-walking from a trade war to a shooting war is real

Irish Independent 15 Apr 2025
“It was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this inspired in ...
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The Thucydides Trap: Vital lessons from ancient Greece for China and the US ... or a load of old claptrap?

Beijing News 15 Apr 2025
... in Sparta that made war inevitable." ... In today's context, the implication seems clear - China's rise is bound to provoke a collision with the United States, just as Athens once did with Sparta.
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Europe's race to rearm is pointless if its adversaries are waging war online | Johnny Ryan

The Guardian 15 Apr 2025
Ireland holds the algorithm off-switch. Ursula von der Leyen must force Dublin to use it. Europe is scrambling to remilitarise ... Thucydides recounted how ancient Athens and Sparta sowed discord and cultivated traitors in each other’s camps.
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Thucydides: The Ancient Greek Father of Scientific History

Greek Reporter 12 Apr 2025
The history of the armed conflict between ancient Greece’s most emblematic city-states, Athens and Sparta, as well as their allies, the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League, respectively, in the words of Thucydides is an invaluable text.
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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Just a Senior Moment?

Pagosa Daily Post 04 Apr 2025
A highschool classmate recently died of “complications from Alzheimers... In Part One, referring to the alliance between Athens and Sparta that had preceded the Peloponnesian War, I erroneously confused the location of a battle ... Gary Beatty.
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The Tide Is Turning for Israel

Quillette 02 Apr 2025
Israel is Winning. Pamela Paresky ... Dan Schueftan. Well, now we know we’ve won the war ... PP ... DS ... That we can be like Sparta toward our enemies, while remaining like Athens among ourselves and with others who are civil and can be negotiated with ... A fascist ... PP.
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Democracy Thrives in Israel

The American Spectator 31 Mar 2025
A thriving civic life and copious achievements in the arts and sciences demonstrate that, despite its military and security apparatus, Israel has become like democratic Athens rather than like autocratic Sparta.
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Themistocles: The Fall of a Great Ancient Greek General and Statesman

Greek Reporter 30 Mar 2025
It was a glorious victory contributed to a clever general who loved his city-state of Athens and did his best to protect it from the mighty army of Xerxes ... In fact, Sparta honored Themistocles for his victory.
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