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Showing posts with label Thebes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thebes. Show all posts
Saturday, November 4, 2023

M/M: The Sacred Band of Thebes, Athenaeus, Deipno. 13.12

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Name :   Athenaeus Date :   2nd century CE Region :   Naucratis [modern Egypt] Citation :    Deipnosophists 13.12 Pon...
Friday, January 13, 2023

Pelopidas, the Leader of the Sacred Band of Thebes: Cornelius Nepos Pelopidas 4

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Throughout this turbulent time period, Epaminondas spent his time at home away from the political drama, so the honor of being the liberator...
Saturday, January 7, 2023

Paternity isn't Patriotism: I Do Not Owe the State Children, Nepos, Epaminondas 10.1-2

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[Epaminondas] never got married. When Pelopidas criticized him for not having children, he reproached Pelopidas back for having a son with a...
Saturday, July 9, 2022

M/M: Building A New Life Together, Aristotle, Politics 2.1274a

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A Fresh Start Together in a New Home Name : Aristotle Date :     384 – 322  BCE Region :    Stagira / Athens [modern Greece]...
Saturday, November 20, 2021

M/M: A Hymn for the Sacred Band of Thebes, Greek Anthology 13.22

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A Hymn in Praise of the Sacred Band of Thebes   Name : Phaedimus of Bisanthe Date :    2nd century BCE Region :    Bisanthe [m...
Sunday, July 25, 2021

M/M: The Lion of Chaeronea: Pausanias, Descriptio Graeciae, IX.xl.9

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The Lion of Chaeronea was a memorial dedicated to the Theban Band (an army of paired lovers) who fell at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

M/M: The Army of Theban Lovers, Maximus of Tyre, Diss. 8

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The Army of Theban Lovers Name : Maximus of Tyre [ Cassius Maximus Tyrius] Date :   2nd century CE Region :   Tyre [modern...