Chapter Uniting past and present: Sicily as a locus of identity between Greece and Rome
Basing on the accounts of Thucydides and Plutarch, the paper analyses the way Sicily and the proposed Athenian expedition to Sicily, as a strategic bridge to advance over Carthage, define Nicias and Alcibiades, and what they represent: old Athens, comprised of experienced rulers and devoted, thought...
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| description | Basing on the accounts of Thucydides and Plutarch, the paper analyses the way Sicily and the proposed Athenian expedition to Sicily, as a strategic bridge to advance over Carthage, define Nicias and Alcibiades, and what they represent: old Athens, comprised of experienced rulers and devoted, thoughtful citizens, who retreat, aware of the madness and threat of disaster that will lead to the ruinous outcome of the civil war. Forced to join the expedition, Nicias, as the embodiment of this polis, will stay until the end, in a campaign with which he does not agree, trying to save his fellow citizens. Alcibiades together with what he represents are fighting fiercely for the realisation of a megalomaniacal dream that will bring fortune and power for their own advantage. While Nicias accepts the command out of duty and imitation, Alcibiades yearns for it. In this background, Sicily and Carthage, waving from afar with their wealth and promise of power, constitute the stimulus for action that ultimately destroys an Athens close to defeat. On the other hand, in the young Roman republic, Sicily and Carthage offer natural encouragement of the conquest and submission of their power, as an imperative of the logic of expansion, affirmation and survival of Rome as a nascent power. It is the generation of the old Roman nobility that claims Carthago delenda est. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-955312025-08-13T13:42:13Z Chapter Uniting past and present: Sicily as a locus of identity between Greece and Rome Fialho, Maria Sicily Carthage Athens Rome Nicias Alcibiades thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies Basing on the accounts of Thucydides and Plutarch, the paper analyses the way Sicily and the proposed Athenian expedition to Sicily, as a strategic bridge to advance over Carthage, define Nicias and Alcibiades, and what they represent: old Athens, comprised of experienced rulers and devoted, thoughtful citizens, who retreat, aware of the madness and threat of disaster that will lead to the ruinous outcome of the civil war. Forced to join the expedition, Nicias, as the embodiment of this polis, will stay until the end, in a campaign with which he does not agree, trying to save his fellow citizens. Alcibiades together with what he represents are fighting fiercely for the realisation of a megalomaniacal dream that will bring fortune and power for their own advantage. While Nicias accepts the command out of duty and imitation, Alcibiades yearns for it. In this background, Sicily and Carthage, waving from afar with their wealth and promise of power, constitute the stimulus for action that ultimately destroys an Athens close to defeat. On the other hand, in the young Roman republic, Sicily and Carthage offer natural encouragement of the conquest and submission of their power, as an imperative of the logic of expansion, affirmation and survival of Rome as a nascent power. It is the generation of the old Roman nobility that claims Carthago delenda est. 2022-12-23T04:01:50Z 2022-12-23T04:01:50Z 2022-12-22T16:05:48Z 2022 chapter ONIX_20221222_9788855186124_28 2704-5919 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/60366 9788855186124 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/95531 eng Studi e saggi open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60366/1/10_36253_978-88-5518-612-4_07.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60366/1/10_36253_978-88-5518-612-4_07.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-612-4.07 10.36253/978-88-5518-612-4.07 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788855186124 16 Florence open access |
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| title | Chapter Uniting past and present: Sicily as a locus of identity between Greece and Rome |
| title_full | Chapter Uniting past and present: Sicily as a locus of identity between Greece and Rome |
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| title_short | Chapter Uniting past and present: Sicily as a locus of identity between Greece and Rome |
| title_sort | chapter uniting past and present sicily as a locus of identity between greece and rome |
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