20. Contrast the resources of the contending parties. Where was each side weak and where strong?
21. Why was the tyranny of Sparta more oppressive than that of Athens?
22. What were the reasons for the failure of the Athenian, Spartan, and Theban attempts at empire?
FOOTNOTES
[1] Webster, Readings in Ancient History, chapter vii, "Xerxes and the
Persian Invasion of Greece"; chapter viii, "Episodes from the
Peloponnesian War"; chapter ix, "Alcibiades the Athenian"; chapter x, "The
Expedition of the Ten Thousand"; chapter xi, "The Trial and Death of
Socrates."
[2] See the map facing page 38.
[3] See page 87.
[4] See the illustration, page 99.
[5] Thucydides, i, 18.
[6] See page 272.