Anton Powell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3604682 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anton Powell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anton |
| FAMILY NAME | Powell |
| SIGNATURE | POWELL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wales |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 48 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 214 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 15 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Brasidas
Brasidas was one of the most influential and important Spartan commanders in the Peloponnesian War. He changed the course of the war by capturing and holding the city of Amphipolis, and is given special treatment by the war's historian, Thucydides. His death in battle and the posthumous honors he received stand out among the figures of Classical Greece.
Athens and SPARTA: Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 bc
Athens and Sparta has established itself as a handbook to the main topics of Greek history in the classical period. It deals not only with the established areas of political history, but also with some of the most important aspects of Greek social history and historical methods to the main topics of Greek history in the classical period
The Greek Superpower: Sparta in the Self-Definitions of Athenians
Greek Superpower: Sparta in the Self-Definitions of Athenians
Why Did Sparta Not Destroy Athens in 404, or in 403 Bc
Augustus’ Age of Apology: An Analysis of the Memoirs – And an Argument for Two Further Fragments
The Lacedaemonian State: Fortifications, Frontiers and Historical Problems
Sixth-Century Lakonian Vase-Painting: Continuities and discontinuities with the ‘Lykourgan’ ethos
Xenophon and Sparta
The Ancient Lives of Virgil: Literary and Historical Studies
A Companion to Sparta
The Harvard School, Virgil, and Political History: Pure Innocence or Pure in No Sense
The Harvard School, Virgil, and Political History:Pure Innocence or Pure in No Sense? Anton Powell The most trustworthy tributes often come inverted, from opponents, free of suspicion of flattery. I confess that the work of the Harvard School has revitalized study of Virgil, and in my own case has helped evoke, provoke, years of work on what I consider to be increasingly misunderstood poetry. It is comforting to observe that far better qualified …
The Ancient Lives of Virgil: Literary and Historical Studies
The Ancient Lives of the poet Virgil, written in prose (and sometimes in verse), have long enjoyed great, though controversial, influence. Modern critics have often been scornful of these Lives, for trying to construct biography of the poet from allegorical reading of his verse. Yet some elements of the Lives are trusted, and quietly adopted as canonical, most notably the dating of Virgil's death. Some vignettes in the Lives have been cherished f…
'The Eyesore of Aigina': Anti-Athenian Attitudes Across the Greek, Hellenistic and Roman Worlds
Damaratos
Damaratos, hereditary dyarch (co‐ruler) of Sparta from ca. 515 to 491 bce , is known chiefly for his turbulent relations with other Spartan authorities. He quarreled with his fellow king, Kleomenes I, thereby helping collapse an invasion of Athenian territory (ca. 506 bce ). Later he obstructed Kleomenes’ attempt to prevent the wealthy island of Aigina from accepting Persian overlordship (ca. 491 bce ), thereby precipitating his own exile. Protec…
Classical Sparta (Routledge Revivals)
Classical Sparta: Techniques Behind Her Success
Hindsight in Greek and Roman History
Gylippos
Gylippos, a Spartan, son of Kleandridas, commanded a force sent in 414 bce by Sparta to save besieged Syracuse–and thus Sicily–from the Athenians.
Brasidas
Brasidas (d. 422 bce ) was Sparta's most influential commander in the Archidamian War (431–421) against Athens Our main source, the Athenian historian and general Thucydides, was outmaneuvered by Brasidas at Amphipolis in 424 and exiled in consequence. But if he was biased concerning Brasidas, it was through excess of respect. Brasidas was a rarity (“a good speaker ‐ for a Spartan,” Thuc. 4.84). Yet sparta repeatedly trusted Brasidas for vital ca…
Virgil the Partisan: A Study in the re-integration of Classics
Périclès chez Thucydide et chez Plutarque
Comment Plutarque a-t-il réagi au portrait de Périclès brossé par Thucydide ? Il l’avait bien lu ; il évoque l’œuvre de l’historien plusieurs fois dans sa Vie de Périclès. On se rappelle la façon dont il a commencé la Vie de Nicias, en faisant l’éloge de Thucydide, qui est bien sûr sa source principale, et en affichant son intention de recueillir des éléments ailleurs : ...puisque je ne peux passer sous silence les actions rapportées par Thucydid…
Ombres de Thucydide: La réception de l’historien depuis l’Antiquité jusqu’au début du xxe siècle
Durant toute l’Antiquité, l’historien Thucydide a constitué une référence obligée et un modèle qui a inspiré nombre de continuateurs et d’imitateurs, en milieu grec et à Rome, que ce soit pour sa méthode ou pour les caractéristiques formelles de son œuvre. Cet engouement, qui a perduré jusqu’au Moyen Âge byzantin et ne s’est pas démenti à la Renaissance, redouble à partir du xviiie siècle, au moment où l’histoire se construit comme « science » : …
Sparta: Comparative Approaches
Sparta: New Perspectives
Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek political and social history from 478 BC
Athens and Sparta is an essential handbook to the study of fifth century Greek history and society. It encourages the reader to engage critically with the evidence, presenting a wide selection of ancient source material along with clear analysis and narrative.This fully revised and updated second edition contains a new appendix on the controversy over the truthfulness of Thucydides, and fresh material on the representation of Athenian women in va…
Spartan Education: Youth and Society in the Classical Period
Classical Sparta (Routledge Revivals)
Ombres de Thucydide: La réception de l’historien depuis l’Antiquité jusqu’au début du xxe siècle
Durant toute l’Antiquité, l’historien Thucydide a constitué une référence obligée et un modèle qui a inspiré nombre de continuateurs et d’imitateurs, en milieu grec et à Rome, que ce soit pour sa méthode ou pour les caractéristiques formelles de son œuvre. Cet engouement, qui a perduré jusqu’au Moyen Âge byzantin et ne s’est pas démenti à la Renaissance, redouble à partir du xviiie siècle, au moment où l’histoire se construit comme « science » : …
The Gymnasium of Virtue: Education and Culture in Ancient Sparta
Divination, Royalty and Insecurity in Classical Sparta
Divination forms an unexpectedly high proportion of our total information on Sparta’s politics, internal and external. It should be studied diachronically, as well as generically. To abstract it from secular and political context would conceal both causes and effects of religious credulity. We read that Sparta’s hereditary dyarchs, the state’s chief generals, were appointed, controlled and deposed according to the interpretation of omens and orac…
Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 B.C
Virgil the Partisan: A Study in the re-integration of Classics
Thucydides and Divination
THUCYDIDES AND DIVINATION Get access Anton Powell Anton Powell London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 26, Issue 1, December 1979, Pages 45–50, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.1979.tb00495.x Published: 12 March 2010
Lessons from the North: The Northern Territory and Australian politics
(1978). Lessons from the North: The Northern Territory and Australian politics. Politics: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 112-120
Thucydides and Divination
THUCYDIDES AND DIVINATION Get access Anton Powell Anton Powell London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 26, Issue 1, December 1979, Pages 45–50, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.1979.tb00495.x Published: 12 March 2010
Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 B.C
Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek political and social history from 478 BC
Athens and Sparta is an essential handbook to the study of fifth century Greek history and society. It encourages the reader to engage critically with the evidence, presenting a wide selection of ancient source material along with clear analysis and narrative.This fully revised and updated second edition contains a new appendix on the controversy over the truthfulness of Thucydides, and fresh material on the representation of Athenian women in va…
The Shadow of Sparta
The Greek World
Robin Osborne, University of Oxford Alan Griffiths, University College, London Rosalind Thomas, Royal Holloway College J.R.Morgan, University College, Swansea Philip de Souza, Strawberry Hill College Helen King, University of Reading Anton Powell, University of Cardiff Kathryn Lomas, University of Newcastle Andrew Erskine, University College, Dublin Nigel Spivey, University of Cambridge A.M.Bowie, University of Oxford Robert Parker, University of…
The Gymnasium of Virtue: Education and Culture in Ancient Sparta
Dining Groups, Marriage, Homosexuality
The Making of the Roman Army. From Republic to Empire
Fighting for Rome: Poets and Caesars, History and Civil War
‘An Island Amid the Flame’: The Strategy and Imagery of Sextus Pompeius, 43–36 BC
Sparta: Beyond the Mirage
Sextus Pompeius
The Shadow of Sparta
Contributors: William Poole, University College, London, David Harvey^n, University of Exeter, Alfred Bradford, University of Missouri, Michael Whitby, University of St Andrews, Christopher Tuplin, University of Liverpool, Stephen Hodkinson, University of Manchester, Vivienne Gray, University of Auckland, Eckart Schutrumph, University of Colorado, N Fisher, University College Cardiff
Athens’ Pretty Face: Anti-feminine rhetoric and fifth-century controversy over the Parthenon
Euripides, Women and Sexuality
Spartan Society
Sparta and War
Spartan Education: Youth and Society in the Classical Period
The Lost Memoirs of Augustus
Lost Memoirs of Augustus
Sparta: Comparative Approaches
Sparta: New Perspectives
Julius Caesar as Artful Reporter: The War Commentaries as Political Instruments
Divination, Royalty and Insecurity in Classical Sparta
Divination forms an unexpectedly high proportion of our total information on Sparta’s politics, internal and external. It should be studied diachronically, as well as generically. To abstract it from secular and political context would conceal both causes and effects of religious credulity. We read that Sparta’s hereditary dyarchs, the state’s chief generals, were appointed, controlled and deposed according to the interpretation of omens and orac…
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