Democracy and Greece`s Golden Age
... Theatrical productions in Athens were both an expression of civic pride and a tribute to the gods. As part of their civic duty, wealthy citizens bore the cost of producing the plays. Actors used colorful costumes, masks, and sets to dramatize stories. The plays were about leadership, justice, and th ...
... Theatrical productions in Athens were both an expression of civic pride and a tribute to the gods. As part of their civic duty, wealthy citizens bore the cost of producing the plays. Actors used colorful costumes, masks, and sets to dramatize stories. The plays were about leadership, justice, and th ...
"WE FOUGHT ALONE AT MARATHON": HISTORICAL
... Modern historians of ancient Greece are even today often able to uncover historical errors, deliberate or unintended, that spread in antiquity. But it is far more difficult for us to find out whether most Greeks knew these were falsehoods and whether they were disturbed by them. In one case at least ...
... Modern historians of ancient Greece are even today often able to uncover historical errors, deliberate or unintended, that spread in antiquity. But it is far more difficult for us to find out whether most Greeks knew these were falsehoods and whether they were disturbed by them. In one case at least ...
e Development of Athenian Democracy
... people generally. is combination was a recipe for tyranny – tyrannies were common in the Greek world during the th century, as certain individuals made themselves champions of the poor in order to seize power – but Solon was no tyrant. According to Herodotus, aer formulating these new laws for a ...
... people generally. is combination was a recipe for tyranny – tyrannies were common in the Greek world during the th century, as certain individuals made themselves champions of the poor in order to seize power – but Solon was no tyrant. According to Herodotus, aer formulating these new laws for a ...
Reforms of Pericles and Establishment of the Athenian Empire
... carry a war against Persia. However, after conclusion of peace between Athens and Persia in year 448, flow of allied contribution did not ceased. The question of use of funds was hotly debated on the floor of Athenian Assembly. During the years 443 – 442, after transformation of Alliance into five t ...
... carry a war against Persia. However, after conclusion of peace between Athens and Persia in year 448, flow of allied contribution did not ceased. The question of use of funds was hotly debated on the floor of Athenian Assembly. During the years 443 – 442, after transformation of Alliance into five t ...
Athens Part 1
... metaphysics (the study of nature) and epistemology (the study of knowledge). As a young man, Plato experienced two major events that set his course in life. One was meeting the great Greek philosopher Socrates. Socrates’ methods of dialogue and debate impressed Plato so much that he soon he became a ...
... metaphysics (the study of nature) and epistemology (the study of knowledge). As a young man, Plato experienced two major events that set his course in life. One was meeting the great Greek philosopher Socrates. Socrates’ methods of dialogue and debate impressed Plato so much that he soon he became a ...
Transformation of the `Delian League` into the Athenian empire
... people of Athens nor will I permit another to do so”. Interference in the law: Athenian involvement in the judicial affairs of her allies may have begun quite early. A decree relating to Phaselis, probably passed after 462, clearly defines the judicial relationship between Athens and Phaselis. In ...
... people of Athens nor will I permit another to do so”. Interference in the law: Athenian involvement in the judicial affairs of her allies may have begun quite early. A decree relating to Phaselis, probably passed after 462, clearly defines the judicial relationship between Athens and Phaselis. In ...
Euripides` Hecuba as Imperial Drama
... imperial democracy in the 420s. I approximate for the purposes of this reading the army’s assembly to the Athenian Assembly and the trial debate of Hecuba to the allied trials judged by Athenian courts. The Athenian Assembly was the main instrument for shaping foreign policy and passed a number of ...
... imperial democracy in the 420s. I approximate for the purposes of this reading the army’s assembly to the Athenian Assembly and the trial debate of Hecuba to the allied trials judged by Athenian courts. The Athenian Assembly was the main instrument for shaping foreign policy and passed a number of ...
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... Samians trusted to defend their democracy, and who the fleet selected to lead it through the troubled time of conflict with the 400. Later, in his opposition to the Thirty Tyrants, Thrasybulus risked his life when few others would, and his actions were responsible for the quick restoration of democr ...
... Samians trusted to defend their democracy, and who the fleet selected to lead it through the troubled time of conflict with the 400. Later, in his opposition to the Thirty Tyrants, Thrasybulus risked his life when few others would, and his actions were responsible for the quick restoration of democr ...
Prytaneion
... Ath. pol. 3.5 And the Nine Archons were not all together, but the King had what is now called the Bucolium, near the town hall (as is indicated by the fact that even at the present day the union and marriage of the King's Wife with Dionysus takes place there), while the Archon had the President's H ...
... Ath. pol. 3.5 And the Nine Archons were not all together, but the King had what is now called the Bucolium, near the town hall (as is indicated by the fact that even at the present day the union and marriage of the King's Wife with Dionysus takes place there), while the Archon had the President's H ...
acknowledgments - T A C T I C .cat
... twenty-first century despite the recent evidence that internationally democracy is in retreat, as Joshua Kurlantzick documents.4 Democracy indeed is an astonishing historical phenomenon. That political freedom and citizen equality, liberal democracy’s most important goals, should have arisen at all ...
... twenty-first century despite the recent evidence that internationally democracy is in retreat, as Joshua Kurlantzick documents.4 Democracy indeed is an astonishing historical phenomenon. That political freedom and citizen equality, liberal democracy’s most important goals, should have arisen at all ...
Herodotus, The Histories Book 6, Marathon
... effort to find it. When the tooth could not be found, with a groan he said to those who were with him: ‘This land is not ours and we will not be able to bring it under control; my tooth now has whatever part of it was mine.’ ...
... effort to find it. When the tooth could not be found, with a groan he said to those who were with him: ‘This land is not ours and we will not be able to bring it under control; my tooth now has whatever part of it was mine.’ ...
War, Democracy and Culture in Classical Athens
... 19-27). Fifth-century Athenians waged war more frequently than ever before: they launched one or more campaigns in two out of three years, on average, and never enjoyed peace for more than a decade. They also directed more public money to war than to all other polis-activities combined, spending, fo ...
... 19-27). Fifth-century Athenians waged war more frequently than ever before: they launched one or more campaigns in two out of three years, on average, and never enjoyed peace for more than a decade. They also directed more public money to war than to all other polis-activities combined, spending, fo ...
Powerpoint - Long Branch Public Schools
... …and back to democracy. • A series of military setbacks forced the hand of the 400 to more quickly implement the government of the 5000. • The 5000 were the domination of the hoplite class and the disenfranchisement of the thētes class, who manned the triremes. • After Athenian naval victories at K ...
... …and back to democracy. • A series of military setbacks forced the hand of the 400 to more quickly implement the government of the 5000. • The 5000 were the domination of the hoplite class and the disenfranchisement of the thētes class, who manned the triremes. • After Athenian naval victories at K ...
Peloponnesean War Power Point
... …and back to democracy. • A series of military setbacks forced the hand of the 400 to more quickly implement the government of the 5000. • The 5000 were the domination of the hoplite class and the disenfranchisement of the thētes class, who manned the triremes. • After Athenian naval victories at K ...
... …and back to democracy. • A series of military setbacks forced the hand of the 400 to more quickly implement the government of the 5000. • The 5000 were the domination of the hoplite class and the disenfranchisement of the thētes class, who manned the triremes. • After Athenian naval victories at K ...
Pericles…was he the man, kind of, or not at all
... Pericles rose to power and became the leader of a democratic movement around 461 B.C. At the time, his faction often locked horns with the conservative party, championed by Cimon (also spelled as Simon). Eager to get rid of the man, Pericles accused Cimon of being a sympathizer to Sparta (Athens' ma ...
... Pericles rose to power and became the leader of a democratic movement around 461 B.C. At the time, his faction often locked horns with the conservative party, championed by Cimon (also spelled as Simon). Eager to get rid of the man, Pericles accused Cimon of being a sympathizer to Sparta (Athens' ma ...
Democracy and institutional change
... education (schools, universities etc), this being considered a private choice, the cost of which should be born by the beneficiary. The famous private philosophic schools of the 4th century, like Plato’s Academy, are well known. But Athenians seem to have felt that these schools, as well as the chil ...
... education (schools, universities etc), this being considered a private choice, the cost of which should be born by the beneficiary. The famous private philosophic schools of the 4th century, like Plato’s Academy, are well known. But Athenians seem to have felt that these schools, as well as the chil ...
Reforms of Pericles and Establishment of the Athenian Empire
... ships to offer. Many of them had lost their navies twice over in the last twenty years, first in ill-started ´Ionian Revolt´, and then again, after they had been forced to commit contingents against their own kinsmen, at Salamis and Mycale.“5 Another difficulty in renewal of naval force for these st ...
... ships to offer. Many of them had lost their navies twice over in the last twenty years, first in ill-started ´Ionian Revolt´, and then again, after they had been forced to commit contingents against their own kinsmen, at Salamis and Mycale.“5 Another difficulty in renewal of naval force for these st ...
Jennifer Rust HIST 1100 Compare and Contrast The Funeral
... The city of Athens, Greece provided western civilization with the foundation of democracy. Athens left behind a legacy of artistic gifts in terms of sculpture, architecture, and playwriting celebrating the ethos of freedom and worship of the Gods. Athenians valued the rights of the individual above ...
... The city of Athens, Greece provided western civilization with the foundation of democracy. Athens left behind a legacy of artistic gifts in terms of sculpture, architecture, and playwriting celebrating the ethos of freedom and worship of the Gods. Athenians valued the rights of the individual above ...
The Epic of Gilgamesh
... Greece banded together and formed a league to fight the Persians, known as the Delian League. Despite the valiant efforts of the 300 Spartans led by Leonidas, the Greeks lost the Battle of Thermopylae (thurMOP-uh-lee), but Themistocles proved that the Greek navy was effective against Persia. The Gre ...
... Greece banded together and formed a league to fight the Persians, known as the Delian League. Despite the valiant efforts of the 300 Spartans led by Leonidas, the Greeks lost the Battle of Thermopylae (thurMOP-uh-lee), but Themistocles proved that the Greek navy was effective against Persia. The Gre ...
Conflict in the Greek World
... who have the authority to make the final judgment in a trial. Unlike a modern American trial jury, which is usually made up of 12 members, an Athenian jury might include hundreds or even thousands of jurors. Citizens over 30 years of age were chosen by lot to serve on the jury for a year. Athenian c ...
... who have the authority to make the final judgment in a trial. Unlike a modern American trial jury, which is usually made up of 12 members, an Athenian jury might include hundreds or even thousands of jurors. Citizens over 30 years of age were chosen by lot to serve on the jury for a year. Athenian c ...
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... Athenians could change the rules to suit themselves. No provision was made for members to leave the League. Over a period of time, more members preferred to pay tribute rather than consume resources and manpower in building ships. ...
... Athenians could change the rules to suit themselves. No provision was made for members to leave the League. Over a period of time, more members preferred to pay tribute rather than consume resources and manpower in building ships. ...
Conflict in the Greek World
... or fixed salary, to men who participated in the Assembly and its governing Council. This reform enabled poor men to serve in government. In addition, Athenians also served on juries. A jury is a panel of citizens who have the authority to make the final judgment in a trial. Unlike a modern American ...
... or fixed salary, to men who participated in the Assembly and its governing Council. This reform enabled poor men to serve in government. In addition, Athenians also served on juries. A jury is a panel of citizens who have the authority to make the final judgment in a trial. Unlike a modern American ...
11: Athens System Action Patterns: Making Decisions
... everyone equally, no matter their status. Our officials are chosen based on their ability, not on the class they belong to, and poverty does not keep anyone from becoming an official. “The freedom which we enjoy in our government extends also to our ordinary life. We don’t keep an eye on those aroun ...
... everyone equally, no matter their status. Our officials are chosen based on their ability, not on the class they belong to, and poverty does not keep anyone from becoming an official. “The freedom which we enjoy in our government extends also to our ordinary life. We don’t keep an eye on those aroun ...
Transcript of “The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization” Episode Two
... glory, but survival. His homeland is about to be conquered by the mighty Persian Empire. In the early fifth century BC, the Persians were the greatest power on the world stage. Their vast ...
... glory, but survival. His homeland is about to be conquered by the mighty Persian Empire. In the early fifth century BC, the Persians were the greatest power on the world stage. Their vast ...
Greece 1-21 - Copley-Fairlawn City Schools
... someone they felt was a threat to democracy •These were dropped into a pot & counted •>6,000 votes needed •The person whose name appeared the most would be exiled from Athens for 10 years, or ostracized. ...
... someone they felt was a threat to democracy •These were dropped into a pot & counted •>6,000 votes needed •The person whose name appeared the most would be exiled from Athens for 10 years, or ostracized. ...