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Peloponnesian War

noun

A war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC.

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... to be wondered at that the ancient nations took terrible vengeance on those who deprived them of their freedom; of which, though there be many instances, I mean only to cite one which happened in the city of Corcyra at the time of the Peloponnesian war. For Greece being divided into two factions, one of which sided with the Athenians, the other with the Spartans, it resulted that many of its cities were divided against themselves, some of the ...

— Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius • Niccolo Machiavelli

... of drama. At the altar of Dionysus. Greek poetry and music. Aristotle on Greek stage-plays. AEschylus and Sophocles. Euripides. Words, music and scenic effect. Lenaean theatre exhibitions. More costly than Peloponnesian war. Roman dominion. Primitive Christian church. St. Augustine. Mystery, miracle, morality and passion plays. Strolling histriones, etc. Florence "Academy." Vincenzo Galilei. Monody. Polyphonic music. Emilio del Cavalieri. Vittorio Archilei. Music of Greeks recovered. Peri. Monteverde and his ...

— For Every Music Lover - A Series of Practical Essays on Music • Aubertine Woodward Moore

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