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What Makes a Demagogue? The Figure of the Rhetor in the Closing Years of the Peloponnesian War

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska. Sectio K, Politologia, 2021
It is usual to associate the word “demagogue” with bad political leadership. At worst, it is also usual to think about a leader that uses deception and feeds on the more primal emotions of the people to get what he wants.
Tomás Pacheco Bethencourt
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Dietary n‐3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids From Fish Are Associated With Better Healthy Aging Indicators: Results of the DIAPELH Study

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Volume 38, Issue 6, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction Promoting healthy aging is a public health goal, especially in regions with a high proportion of older adults, such as Greece. This cross‐sectional study investigated the association of fish n‐3 PUFA intake with indicators of healthy aging among older Greek Peloponnesian adults.
Alexandra Foscolou, Trisevgeni Pratti, Paraskevi Detopoulou, Konstantina Argyri, Giannoula Nikolaou, Antigone Kouskouti, Anthoula Malikourti, Maria Petrogianni, Ermelinda Shurdha, Eftychia Psaroudaki, Georgios I. Panoutsopoulos, Sotirios Vamvakas, Aristea Gioxari   +12 more
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The Prince and the Pancratiast: Persian-Thessalian Relations in the Late Fifth Century B.C.

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2015
Darius II’s invitation to the Olympic victor Poulydamas and Cyrus’ friendship with Thessalian aristocrats were renewals of old ties between Persia and Thessaly and part of Persian intervention in the Peloponnesian War.
John O. Hyland
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The enemies of the People in Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War: Euripides’ Orestes and the rifts among the aristocrats

Archai: Revista de Estudos sobre as Origens do Pensamento Ocidental
This article integrates theoretical concepts not typically associated with ancient history, including generation, elite theory, and the horizon of expectation (Erwartungshorizont).
Guilherme Moerbeck
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La guerre du Péloponnèse : une guerre préventive ou préemptive ?

Temporalités, 2015
The Peloponnesian War is considered by some as a preventive war before the fact, i.e. as expressing the Peloponnesians’ apprehension that the power of Athens become a threat even before witnessing it on their territory.
Jean-Christophe Pitard-Bouet
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Mountainous vegetation succession and land use during the last millennium in the Peloponnese (southern Greece): Environmental change and economic development in an isolated periphery

Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 1269-1284, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Mediterranean mountainous areas and their valuable natural resources have long been attractive to human societies. The Peloponnese (southern Greece), with its complex topographic and climatic variability, has been the scenery for the development of numerous human communities.
Katerina Kouli, Georgios C. Liakopoulos, Grammatiki Vasileiadi, Dimitrios Lamprakis, Alexis Malliaris, Lucrezia Masci, Alessia Masi, Matthias Moros, Maria Papadaki, Cristiano Vignola, Pavlos Avramidis, Adam Izdebski   +11 more
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The Epistemic Challenge to Democratic Resilience: A Late‐Classical Athenian Institutional Solution

Constellations, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 394-403, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Democratic erosion is an increasingly worrying phenomenon, affecting not only both young and transitional democracies but also more consolidated ones. A particularly important aspect of this process (in its contemporary incarnation) is that, because of its subtle and incrementalist character, it is difficult to perceive by citizens, who often ...
Alexandru Volacu
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Political Myth in Aristophanes: Another Form of Comic Satire?

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2011
Civic myths and their role in the expression of political identity can be seen to be parodied in Acharnians (the cause of the Peloponnesian War, the conquest of Eleusis) and Birds (foundation legends, the Athenian kings).
Nikoletta Kanavou
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Do the Unexpected! Why Deweyan Educators Should Be Pluralists about Political Tactics and Strategies†

Educational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 171-187, April 2025.
Abstract How should Deweyan educators teach their students about engaging in efforts to bring about social change in a political context marked by polarization, power differentials, and oppression? In this article, Joshua Forstenzer argues that Deweyan educators must encourage their students to engage in pluralistic and creative experiments rather than
Joshua Forstenzer
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How to challenge the master of the sea. Reviewing naval warfare in the Classical period from a non-Athenian perspective

Nuova Antologia Militare
Taking distance from previous studies where naval warfare in Classical period is considered as an Athenian uniqueness concerning her military results, this paper aims to review the battles which took place during the Peloponnesian War from a different ...
Alessandro Carli
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