AS Quotes: 446 - 431 BC Flashcards
What does Thucydides say about the Revolt of Samos?
Thucydides 1.117: Samos pulled down their walls, handed over their fleet and agreed to pay reparations.
What does Plutarch say about the Revolt of Samos?
Plutarch, Pericles 28.1: Samos accused the Athenians and Pericles of great brutality.
This isn’t recorded by Thucydides.
What does Thucydides say about the Persian involvement with the Revolt of Samos?
Thucydides 1.115: Samian oligarchs turned to the Persian satrap of Lydia to help eject the Athenian garrison.
What does Thucydides say about Corinth’s relationship with Athens after the Epidamnus-Corcyra incident?
Thucydides 1.55: The whole event “gave Corinth her first cause for war against Athens.”
What does Thucydides say about Potidaea in terms of the Delian League?
Thucydides 1.56: “Potidaea, which was a Corinthian colony but a tribute paying member of the Athenian alliance”.
What does Thucydides say about Athens’ orders to Potidaea?
Athens ordered the Potidaeans to tear down their defences to stop them revolting.
What does Thucydides say about why Athens demanded things from Potidaea?
Thucydides 1.56: These demands were made because Athens feared that Potidaea might revolt.
What does Thucydides say about Megara and its exclusion from Athens?
Thucydides: Megara was excluded from all the ports in the Athenian empire and from the market of Athens itself.
What does Aristophanes say about the Megarian Decree?
Aristophanes, Acharnians: mocks the decree and Pericles, who “made laws that were written like drinking songs”.
What does Thucydides say about the Megarian Decree overall?
Thucydides 1.139: War could be avoided if Athens would revoke the Megarian decree.
What does Thucydides say that the total tribute was in 431 BC?
Thucydides 2.13: The total tribute per year to Athens was 600 talents.
