💯 Ancient Greek Writers Herodotus Thucydides Xenophon Aristotle

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Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian. is considered the Father of History. lived about 2500 years ago. He wrote a book called The Histories which is still available today. He traveled a lot, for example he went to Egypt. He wrote The Histories and as part of this he talked about the Persian wars. His digression in book 6 provides much useful information about the Spartan army, and also about other Greek attitudes towards Sparta. Thucydides was an ancient Greek historian. lived about 2400 years ago. wrote a book called The history of the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides is considered the father of Scientific History, because of his way of investigating the past. Sparta's eunomia (good order) but criticised some aspects of it, for example their culture and city. He wrote mostly of the Peloponnesian War between rivals Athens and Sparta, which Sparta won. Perhaps it is why he admires the methods Sparta used. “Suppose the city of Sparta were deserted,
distant ages would be unwilling to believe a great power existed there”. “…on the contrary, a modest style of dressing, more in conformity with modern ideas, was first adopted by the Spartans.” Xenophon a Greek historian soldier mercenary student of Socrates
born in Athens lived 2400 years ago. Xenophon wrote Hellinica which is about the Peloponnesian war. It starts at the time Thucydides history finishes. Xenophon was supportive of Sparta.
He owned an estate in Sparta. Xenophon admired the Spartan system and its military power. appeared to like some of Sparta's cultural insights. Xenophon offers a rare glimpse into Sparta as an Athenian who left to stay in Laconia. A. Andrews noted “… all the admiration lavished on Spartan military virtue by Xenophon”. “He taught the children from a desire to render them more dexterous in securing provisions, and better qualified for warfare. willingness to obey, prevailed among them and instead of their clothes to make them delicate, Lycurgus required them to become used to a single garment all year round, the idea being that thereby they would be better prepared for cold and heat.” Aristotle lived in the 4th century B.C. was a great philosopher and scientist of Ancient Greece.
was a tutor to Alexander the Great. Aristotle seems to complain a lot about the Spartans. He was from Athens, the major rival to Sparta. Sparta was in decline in Aristotle’s time. He is extremely critical of the Spartan system, especially of their emancipated women. “The license of the Lacedaemonian women defeats the intention of the Spartan constitution, and is adverse to the happiness of the state.” “The Spartans brutalise their children…
they go about it completely the wrong way.” “The Lacedaemonian constitution is defective in another point; I mean the phoralty…
the Ephors are chosen from the whole people…who, being badly off, are open to bribes.”