UGS 303 1st Edition Outline of Last Lecture I The Characteristics of a Tyrant Lecture 3 II The Characteristics of a Leader Outline of Current Lecture I What is leadership II What traits do ALL leaders have III Joan of Arc IV Intro to Aeschylus Prometheus V Peisistratos and his sons Current Lecture I Woodruff explains that freedom is a necessary ingredient in leadership It is only leadership if the subjects are free NOT to follow A For example George Washington used to serve in the British army where soldiers could simply be shot for not following orders In America however the soldiers had much more freedom and Washington quickly realized that this type of army required a totally different form of leadership in order to succeed B In short a true leader must be so impressive that his subjects follow him even though they are free not to II Woodruff believes that all leaders possess these four qualities A Natural gifts 1 Strong speaking voice or impressive height for instance B Education C Opportunity D Experience These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute III Woodruff highlights a famous exception to his guidelines Joan of Arc As an uneducated teenage girl she lacked both education and experience but she still made for a very charismatic and successful leader IV Aeschylus was an ancient Athenian and the author of Prometheus Bound He lived from 525 456 BCE A The most important event in his life one that he wanted inscribed on his tombstone was the Battle of Marathon in which he fought in 490 BCE In this battle the Athenians defeated Persian invaders B In his play Prometheus Bound Aeschylus paints Zeus as a tyrant who acts out of fear He represents brute power C The name Prometheus means forethought Specifically Prometheus has forethought for others This is why he brings fire and other tools to the humans V Peisistratos was an Athenian king who ruled from 561 527 BCE Though he was mainly a lawful and just ruler his two sons Hipparchus and Hippias were not A Hipparchus and Hippias became tyrants Hipparchus was eventually murdered by a young boy on whom he had made sexual advances This boy was then hailed as a hero and statues were built of him
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