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B. Internal wars, i.e., the Peloponnesian wars, 460–445 B.C., and 431–421 B.C. respectively.

These wars were fought between the different Greek states, and their major engagements were
maritime.

In 432 B.C. Athens blockaded Potidaea and Megara was excluded from Greek markets. In 431
B.C. Thebes attacked Plataea, and while a Peloponnesian army occupied Attica, an Athenian
fleet raided Peloponnesus.

Pericles conducted the evacuation of Attica, the oligarchs at Corcyra were massacred, and after
the seizure of Amphipolis; Nicias sued for peace 422 B.C.

N.B.

It is evident that Greek culture and tradition did not furnish Plato with the idea of the charioteer
and winged steeds, for nowhere in their brief military history, (i.e., up to the time of Plato) do we
find the use of such a war machine by the Greeks as a chariot. The only nearby nation who
specialized in the manufacture of chariots and horse breeding was the Egyptians, as already
mentioned.

And since the Judgment Drama in the Egyptian Book of the Dead depicts the allegory of the
charioteer and winged steeds, credit for its authorship cannot be given to Plato, but to the
Egyptians. (Sandford: Mediterranean World, c. 12, p. 197; 202; 203; 205; c. 13, p. 220–221).
(Genesis, c. 45, 27; c. 47, 17; Deut. c. 17, 16). (I Kings, c. 10, 28). (Homer II. i, 381; Diodorus;
Roger's Hist. of Phil., p. 8384). (John Kendrick: Ancient Egypt, Vol. I, p. 166). (The Egyptian
Book of the Dead).

3. Aristotle: (i) (a) Early Life and Training and (b) His Own List of Books (c) Other Lists of
Books (ii) Doctrines (iii) Summary of Conclusions: A. His Doctrines B. (i) The Library of
Alexandria B. (ii) True Source of his Unusual Number of Books C. The Discrepancies and
Doubts in His Life.

(i) (a) Birth and early life and training.

According to the textbooks on the history of Greek philosophy, Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. at
Stagira, a town in Thrace. His father, Neomachus is said to have been a physician to Amyntas,
King of Macedonia. Nothing is mentioned in books about his early education, only that he
became an orphan and at the age of 19 he went to Athens, where he spent twenty years as a pupil
of Plato.

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