EPAMINONDAS

ĭpămĭnŏnˈdəs, d. 362 b.c., Greek general of Thebes. He was a pupil of Lysias the Pythagorean, but his early life is otherwise obscure. As the Theban delegate to the peace conference of 371 b.c. he refused to surrender his claim to represent all Boeotia. Agesilaus II of Sparta therefore excluded Thebes from the peace. In the resulting war Epaminondas commanded the Boeotian troops. His thorough victory over the Spartans at Leuctra (371 b.c.) proved the effectiveness of his military innovations and earned him a reputation as one of the greatest tacticians of ancient times. Later he bolstered Boeotian power by building up Messenian independence from Sparta. In 367 b.c. he forced Alexander of Pherae to release the Theban general Pelopidas. In 362 b.c. he again commanded the Boeotians against the Spartans and was victorious at Mantinea, but he died in battle. His brilliant tactics in war were studied by both Philip II and Alexander the Great.

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Strategy
Book by B. Henry Liddell Hart; Praeger, 1954
Subjects: Military History, Strategy
...II. GREEK WARS--EPAMINONDAS, PHILIP, AND ALEXANDER 27...slender apex. CHAPTER II GREEK WARS--EPAMINONDAS, PHILIP, AND ALEXANDER The most...years immediately preceding the rise of Epaminondas, Thebes had released herself from...
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A Historical Commentary on Diodorus Siculus, Book 15
Book by P. J. Stylianou; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Greece--History--To 146 B.C, History, Ancient--Historiography
...praise of Pelopidas ; 15. 88 praise of Epaminondas . Book 17 and the narratives based...assumption that 15. 88, the encomium on Epaminondas, is a patchwork paragraph which Diodorus...himself with the military ability of Epaminondas, is to misunderstand the character...
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The History of Greece - Vol. 4
Book by Ernst Curtius, Adolphus William Ward; Scribner, Armstrong, 1876
Subjects: Greece--History
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The Ancient Boeotians: Their Character and Culture, and Their Reputation
Book by W. Rhys Roberts; University Press, 1976
Subjects: Voiotia (Greece)--History
...28 IV Epaminondas. Character and culture uniquely united...period. This was shown in the case of Epaminondas. Upon his death the Thebans immediately...matter of its historians. The period of Epaminondas might have evoked, in a degree only...
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Dictionary of World Biography: The Ancient World - Vol. 1
Book by Frank N. Magill; Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998
Subjects: World History
...Empedocles, 282 Quintus Ennius, 287 Epaminondas, 290 Epicurus, 295 Erasistratus, 299...371, and, after a bitter exchange with the Theban leader Epaminondas, he excluded Thebes from the general peace. Then, against...
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journal articles on: Epaminondas  - 11 results

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Bust Story: Pope at Stowe, or the Politics and Myths of Landscape Gardening
Journal article by Francesca Orestano; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 38, 2005
Subjects: Authors--Appreciation, Gardens--Buildings and facilities, Gardens--Design and construction, Memorial monuments--Design and construction, Memorial monuments--Location, Pope, Alexander--Appreciation, Sepulchral monuments--Design and construction, Sepulchral monuments--Location, Statesmen--Appreciation, Writers--Appreciation
...stressing here that the presence and significance of Homer, Epaminondas, and Socrates in the Temple of Ancient Virtue, while stemming...Homer is placed in the temple as "the Herald of Virtue." (7) Epaminondas figures as a soldier and patriot "from whose Valour, Prudence...
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Musavada-Virati and "Privileged Lies" (1)
Journal article by J. Duncan M. Derrett; Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol. 13, 2006
Subjects: Buddhist literature--Criticism and interpretation, Deception--Analysis, Renunciation (Philosophy)--Analysis
...recorded who would not utter a lie even by way of a joke, like Epaminondas. (18) One might falsely claim an enlightened status out of...others is pacittiya 77 (V.iv.147-148). (18) Cornelius Nepos, Epaminondas. 3,1. (19) Pruitt and Norman, Patimokkha, p. 4, l. 22. Also...
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Liberty and History in Jonson's Invitation to Supper
Journal article by Robert Cummings; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 40, 2000
Subjects: English literature, 1485-1603 (English Renaissance period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English poetry--17th century, Jonson, Ben (Dramatist)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...the context Seneca intends, but Jonsons mannerliness is defined not by restraint but by freedom and excess. Plutarch quotes Epaminondas on the advantage of his own frugal table: "Such a borde never receyveth any treason." 19 But Jonsons promised supper is not...
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Reading, Intimacy, and the Role of Uncle Remus in White Southern Social Memory
Journal article by Jennifer Ritterhouse; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 69, 2003
Subjects: African American folklore--Portrayals, Harris, Joel Chandler--Influence, Memory--Social aspects, Race relations--History, Southern United States--Social aspects
...Discussing other black characters now considered to be racist stereotypes, Killian notes that he liked the story of dimwitted Epaminondas even more than "the heroic figure Little Black Sambo outwitting the tigers," perhaps, he adds, "because my mother told it...
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Tolondron. Speeches to John Bowle about His Edition of Don Quixote, Together with Some Account of Spanish Literature
Journal article by Joseph Baretti; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 23, 2003
Subjects: Bowle, John--Discursos, ensayos, conferencias, Crytica--Siglo XVIII, Editores, El ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (Libro)--Crytica, interpretaciyn, etc., El ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (Libro)--Redacciyn
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'An Army of Lovers:' the Sacred Band of Thebes
Magazine article by Louis Crompton; History Today, Vol. 44, November 1994
Subjects: Gay military personnel--History, Greece--History, Homosexuality--History
...eventually eclipsed by another Theban, his friend Epaminondas. Epaminondas life contrasted with Pelopidas in several ways. Pelopidas, though he lived modestly, was wealthy; Epaminondas, despite his renown, remained poor till the day...
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Happy New Fear: Sick of a Corrupt Political Elite, Young Greeks Continue to Take to the Streets. Their Words of Rage Echo through the Capital
Magazine article by Helena Smith; New Statesman (1996), Vol. 138, January 19, 2009
Subjects: Athens, Greece--Social aspects, Police shootings--Public opinion, Recessions--Greece, Recessions--Social aspects, Student movements--Military aspects, Student protests--Military aspects
...might skim it to "fuck authority" and "bring down the system" and "kill the rich". This was long before early December, when Epaminondas Korkoneas, a special guard seconded to the police, allegedly shot dead Alexis Grigoropoulos, a tousle-haired teenager, plunging...
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Victor Davis Hanson: Equally at Home with Ancient History and Contemporary Politics, a Reader of Greek and Latin Who Exhibits a Strong Popular Touch, a Man with Unsually Deep Roots and Phenomenally Broad Interest, He's Hardly Your Everyday Academic
Magazine article; The American Enterprise, Vol. 15, January 2004
Subjects: Hanson, Victor Davis--Personal narratives
...remind you of? HANSON: He reminds me of a sort of modern-day Epaminondas, who got it into his head that the way to stop attacks on...conditions that created these fanatics. But, then again, after Epaminondas freed 250,000 slaves, the Thebans put him on trial for his...
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Gay Old Times? Oliver Stone Perpetuates a Classical Myth
Magazine article by Victor Davis Hanson; National Review, Vol. 56, December 27, 2004
Subjects: Alexander (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Alexander the Great--Portrayals, Filmmakers, Greek history (Ancient)--Analysis, Homosexuality--Portrayals, Movie directors, Stone, Oliver--Criticism and interpretation, Stone, Oliver--Works
...Homers Achilles and Patroclus, or the Thebans Pelopidas and Epaminondas--but never any concrete evidence that such rite-of-passage...have liked young men around in the fashion of an aesthete Epaminondas, Lord Kitchener, or General Douglas Haig, and might even...
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Letters
Magazine article; New Statesman, Vol. 130, April 2, 2001
...Jones, Marcos adapts his tactics to the situation when facing a hugely powerful opponent. Now is not the time for an Indian Epaminondas or even an Indian Spartacus. Muhammad Ali fits the bill better: "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee". ANDREW LOCKHART...


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What's on Your Bookshelf?
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), November 14, 2008
Subjects: Children's books
...remember having read to me by Miss Neasham at Coatham Primary School were very non-PC childrens books Little Black Sambo and Epaminondas. The first ones I read alone were Enid Blytons Secret Seven. What are you currently reading? The Snake Stone by Jason Goodwin...
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WARWICK UNIVERSITY DEGREE RESULTS; the 2009 Summer Awards Ceremonies Are Being Held This Week at Warwick University. Two Are Held Each Day - One at 11am and One at 3pm at the Butterworth Hall
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), July 14, 2009
Subjects: Universities and colleges--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Kenneth Michael Amaeshi Eamonn Mark Ambrose Audrey Ciceley Heloise Cook Hazel Hsiu-Chen Huang Epaminondas Koronis Margaret Susan Levy Jen-Yuan Martin Liu Windfred Fuaye Kenji Mfuh Sandra Cristina Eugnio Rodrigues Santos Pereira...
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Kinnock's [Pounds Sterling]50,000 Gravy Boat; Peer's Lobbying Job for Shipping Firms Sparks 'Cash for Access' Storm
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 5, 2005
Subjects: European Union. European Commission, Kinnock, Neil
...commissioner, Lord Kinnock also urged governmentsto provide tax breaks for shipping to stimulate trade. And leading Greek shipowner Epaminondas Embiricos, whose family firm is a member of BIMCO, has paid tribute to Lord Kinnock for his positive measures to enhance...
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GREATEST of GREEK WARS; SUPPLEMENTING THUCYDIDES' HISTORY OF CONFLICT
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 3, 2003
Subjects: Kagan, Donald, Thucydides
...Sparta could not sustain its dominance. A mere three decades after the end of the Peloponnesian War, a Theban army under Epaminondas crushed the Spartans, but Greece was so weakened that it lay at the mercy of Persia and the Macedonians. As Mr. Kagan observes...


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encyclopedia articles on: Epaminondas  - 11 results

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Epaminondas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EPAMINONDAS ipaminon d s, d. 362 b.c., Greek general of Thebes. He was a pupil of Lysias the Pythagorean, but his early life...claim to represent all Boeotia. Agesilaus II of Sparta therefore excluded Thebes from the peace. In the resulting war Epaminondas commanded the Boeotian troops. His thorough victory over the Spartans at Leuctra (371 b.c.) proved the effectiveness...
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Leuctra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ancient Greece, in Boeotia, 7 mi (11.3 km) SW of Thebes. There the Spartans were defeated (371 b.c.) by the Thebans under Epaminondas . A brilliant tactical success, the battle also dealt a severe blow to Spartan hegemony. ____________________ Copyright...
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Phalanx
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...could sweep bristling through the more dispersed ranks of the enemy. Originally employed by the Spartans, it was developed by Epaminondas of Thebes (d. 362 b.c.). Use of the phalanx reached its apex when Philip II and Alexander the Great used the great Macedonian...
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Mantinea
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Athens was defeated (418 b.c.) by Sparta at Mantinea. It was also the scene of the victory of Thebes over Sparta in which Epaminondas was killed (362 b.c.). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...
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Arcadia , Region of Ancient Greece
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the rest of the world, lived a proverbially simple and natural life. By far the largest city was megalopolis , founded by Epaminondas. It had some political power, especially in the Arcadian League, but Arcadia as a whole was of little political significance...
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