10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NICIAS»
Discover the use of
Nicias in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Nicias and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Peace of
Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition
In the third volume of his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C.
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Plutarch's
Nicias and Alcibiades
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
3
Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
4
Ethics in Thucydides: The Ancient Simplicity
The character of Nicias is developed much more subtly than that of Alcibiades,
aside from the initial debate at Athens about the Sicilian Expedition. This is
evident primarily in the description of his running of the war. Nicias is noteworthy
for ...
Mary Frances Williams, 1998
5
Plutarch's Lives: Pericles and Fabius Maximus.
Nicias and ...
Plutarch (c. 45-120 CE) wrote on many subjects.
Plutarch, Bernadotte Perrin, 1996
6
Plutarch's Lives of
Nicias, Crassus, Aratus and Theseus
(LARGE PRINT EDITION) This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
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Plutarch's Lives, 3: Translated from the Original Greek
SUMMARY. Animadversions on the historian Tinutus. Plutarch's plan -in writing
this Life. Nicias' character: Influence in the government : Magnificence and
liberality. He conducts the Athenian choir to Delos, and makes rich prestnts to
Apollo.
Teleclides introduces a trading informer speaking thus : ' Charicles would not
give one mina to prevent my declaring that he was the eldest son of his mother ;
but Nicias, the son of Niceratus, gave me four. Why he did it, I shall not say,
though I ...
Pausanias calls it Erione; and the authors of the Universal History, after
Philochorus, call it Termione. same sort of treatment which they intended for him ;
THESEUS. XXVIII- Marcus Crassus Nicias and Marcos Crassus compared 06.
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The Price of Failure: Conceptions of
Nicias' Culpability in ...
Modern scholarship has long identified Nicias' failures as general as the principal cause of Athens' catastrophic defeat in Sicily.
John Matthew Stockhausen, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NICIAS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Nicias is used in the context of the following news items.
Albany/El Cerrito/Kensington calendar: Bike About Town; e-waste …
Plutarch's "The Life of Nicias" will be discussed at this month's Great Books discussion group facilitated by Rosalie Gonzales. All welcome. «Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
How a Party Defeated an Empire: Syracuse, Wine, and the …
In command of the expedition was Nicias, an aging Athenian general who had long since lost his taste for battle, and Alcibiades, who ... «War on the Rocks, May 15»
The Greek Default Will Be Soon... Drachma Here We Come
... uses his serpent-like sophistry to debate the sensible but outmatched General Nicias. The catastrophic Sicilian expedition cost much treasure ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
Van Gogh's cheap red paints fade to white
It was first used by Nicias, an Athenian painter, in about 330BC, but was adopted wholesale by the Romans, who called it cerussa usta ... «The Australian, Mar 15»
The History of the Peloponnesian War
After a decade, the early phase of the war came to an end with the peace of Nicias in 421 BCE. The political tensions remained and war ... «New Historian, Dec 14»
As the US retreats
Educated at Harvard and Columbia, it is probable that United States President Barack Obama encountered Nicias' oration as a student, and his ... «Indian Express, Sep 14»
Opera Company of Middlebury to Present LA TRAVIATA, 10/3 & 5
Flora was last seen as the decadent Nicias in the company's 2011 production of Thaïs. His wife, Olga Perez Flora, returns as well, playing the ... «Broadway World, Sep 14»
Review: Fidelio | Santa Fe Opera
... in Gluck's masterpiece Alceste, and his future engagements include Wagner's Lohengrin and Parsifal along with Nicias in Massenet's Thaïs. «TheaterJones Performing Arts News, Aug 14»
Changing rules of the game of thrones
... way to make ourselves feared by the Greeks in Sicily,” the chronicler Thucydides has Nicias saying in his History of the Peloponnesian Wars, ... «The Hindu, Jun 14»
Opera showdown: Are women fickle, immoral and crazy?
Valentin Anikin's fine basso lent Palemon a persuasive note of caution to the unhappy hero, while Paul Groves was a less compelling Nicias. «LA Observed, Jun 14»
