Athens
... discs into one of two jars - one for guilty, one for not guilty. Punishments were also decided by the court, and included the death penalty. To make the government run, the Athenians had to have public officials. They took radical measures to limit their power. Most public offices in the developed A ...
... discs into one of two jars - one for guilty, one for not guilty. Punishments were also decided by the court, and included the death penalty. To make the government run, the Athenians had to have public officials. They took radical measures to limit their power. Most public offices in the developed A ...
Greek Democracy Reading
... 594 B.C. when the Athenians gave control over to Solon (c.640-c.559 B.C.), a former high official. In his role as archon, Solon cancelled all agricultural debts and announced that all slaves were free. He also passed constitutional reforms that divided Athenian subjects into four classes based on th ...
... 594 B.C. when the Athenians gave control over to Solon (c.640-c.559 B.C.), a former high official. In his role as archon, Solon cancelled all agricultural debts and announced that all slaves were free. He also passed constitutional reforms that divided Athenian subjects into four classes based on th ...
Background Info for the Speech
... The second key difference is the level of participation. Our democracy is representative - we choose politicians to rule for us. Athenian democracy was direct and in-your-face. To make it as participatory as possible, most officials and all jurymen were selected by lot. This was thought to be the d ...
... The second key difference is the level of participation. Our democracy is representative - we choose politicians to rule for us. Athenian democracy was direct and in-your-face. To make it as participatory as possible, most officials and all jurymen were selected by lot. This was thought to be the d ...
Aristotles`s Athenian Constitution
... law-courts, in which it holds the supreme power. Even the jurisdiction of the Council has passed into the hands of the people at large; and this appears to be a wise change, since small bodies are more open to corruption, whether by actual money or influence, than large ones. At first they refused t ...
... law-courts, in which it holds the supreme power. Even the jurisdiction of the Council has passed into the hands of the people at large; and this appears to be a wise change, since small bodies are more open to corruption, whether by actual money or influence, than large ones. At first they refused t ...
Democracy and the Golden Age
... Athens = strongest sea power in Greece Sparta could not easily be attacked from sea Sparta attacks Athens ▪ Citizens brought into Athens city walls for protection ...
... Athens = strongest sea power in Greece Sparta could not easily be attacked from sea Sparta attacks Athens ▪ Citizens brought into Athens city walls for protection ...
Greek Democracy
... • Citizens were free Athenian born men (with an Athenian born father) over the age of 18. No slaves. No women. No metics (people from other places) All citizens were able to take part in Athens government. ...
... • Citizens were free Athenian born men (with an Athenian born father) over the age of 18. No slaves. No women. No metics (people from other places) All citizens were able to take part in Athens government. ...
Athens Democratic DBQ
... gave this speech during a funeral for Athenian soldiers that died in the first year of the brutal Peloponnesian War against Sparta, Athens’ biggest rival. The Athenian historian Thucydides included the speech in his book the History of the Peloponnesian War. Historians are not sure when Thucydides w ...
... gave this speech during a funeral for Athenian soldiers that died in the first year of the brutal Peloponnesian War against Sparta, Athens’ biggest rival. The Athenian historian Thucydides included the speech in his book the History of the Peloponnesian War. Historians are not sure when Thucydides w ...
The Rise of Greek Democracy
... Cleisthenes realized that Solon’s reforms had to be revised as the authority still lay with tribes and clans. He knew that he had to break the power of these blood-based organizations. So what he did was to distinguish three regions: city (αστοι), coast (παραλια inland of Attica (μεσογαια). He als ...
... Cleisthenes realized that Solon’s reforms had to be revised as the authority still lay with tribes and clans. He knew that he had to break the power of these blood-based organizations. So what he did was to distinguish three regions: city (αστοι), coast (παραλια inland of Attica (μεσογαια). He als ...
What mattered to the Ancient Athenians?
... • Theatre of Dionysis, tradgedies and comedies performed here. • Odeon, centres for music • Panthenaic stadium, centre for sport ...
... • Theatre of Dionysis, tradgedies and comedies performed here. • Odeon, centres for music • Panthenaic stadium, centre for sport ...
City-States and Greek Culture: Chapter 8, Lesson 2 acropolis E
... powerful city-state that had an economy based on trade. With the majority of its people in the lowest social class, Spartan citizens focused on having a strong military to prevent this, as well as outside attack. Sparta used a governing system called an oligarchy, where a few people from the ruling ...
... powerful city-state that had an economy based on trade. With the majority of its people in the lowest social class, Spartan citizens focused on having a strong military to prevent this, as well as outside attack. Sparta used a governing system called an oligarchy, where a few people from the ruling ...
PELOPONNESIAN WAR:
... o Sparta (Archidamus) attacks Attica o Athens (Pericles) refuses to use army, uses navy o plague – in Athens –decimates armies & civilians & morale o Spartan losses at sea, west o Lesbos revolt (428) – tributary of Athens, aided by Spartans, squashed by Athens o Athenian victories in Syracuse (425) ...
... o Sparta (Archidamus) attacks Attica o Athens (Pericles) refuses to use army, uses navy o plague – in Athens –decimates armies & civilians & morale o Spartan losses at sea, west o Lesbos revolt (428) – tributary of Athens, aided by Spartans, squashed by Athens o Athenian victories in Syracuse (425) ...
Archaic Period
... Extreme limitations of Athenian democracy: 85% of population excluded Women (see Wine, Women, and Song) and children, esp. girls metics (resident aliens) slaves c. 25-40% of total population (100k in mid-5th cent.) foreign and Greek not based on ethnicity non-racist basis (Herodotus and the Ethiopia ...
... Extreme limitations of Athenian democracy: 85% of population excluded Women (see Wine, Women, and Song) and children, esp. girls metics (resident aliens) slaves c. 25-40% of total population (100k in mid-5th cent.) foreign and Greek not based on ethnicity non-racist basis (Herodotus and the Ethiopia ...
Name: Date: Ancient Athens Directions: Read pages 286
... 3. What jobs did slaves have in Athens? ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ...
... 3. What jobs did slaves have in Athens? ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ...
The Rise of Greek Democracy
... of Athenian democracy. What did he do? He was a reformer who first transformed agriculture and the economy to make Athens self-sufficient. In 594, he was invited to reform the political system and draw up new laws for Athens. He first cancelled all debts and set free all those enslaved by debt since ...
... of Athenian democracy. What did he do? He was a reformer who first transformed agriculture and the economy to make Athens self-sufficient. In 594, he was invited to reform the political system and draw up new laws for Athens. He first cancelled all debts and set free all those enslaved by debt since ...
Athens
... Collectively, the cities agreed to periods of truce to honor their gods, tend to farming or just to have fun ...
... Collectively, the cities agreed to periods of truce to honor their gods, tend to farming or just to have fun ...
Archaic Greece (800 BCE – 500 BCE)
... In terms of numbers, this still was not a democratic state: women weren't included, nor were foreigners, slaves, or freed slaves. before the ascendancy of Pericles, anyone born of a single Athenian parent was an Athenian citizen; Pericles instituted laws which demanded that both parents be Athenian ...
... In terms of numbers, this still was not a democratic state: women weren't included, nor were foreigners, slaves, or freed slaves. before the ascendancy of Pericles, anyone born of a single Athenian parent was an Athenian citizen; Pericles instituted laws which demanded that both parents be Athenian ...
Athens: A Greek Polis
... 000), that of Sparta, the second largest polis, between 190 – 270,000. The Athenian population was divided into three groups; first the citizens, about 35 – ...
... 000), that of Sparta, the second largest polis, between 190 – 270,000. The Athenian population was divided into three groups; first the citizens, about 35 – ...
Athens and the Fall of the City
... – They were forbidden to interact with men or to even leave the home except for funerals and a few other religious events – Considered a woman at age 13, Married off at age 14/15 – Women couldn’t even take part in the arts, all female roles in plays were acted out by men ...
... – They were forbidden to interact with men or to even leave the home except for funerals and a few other religious events – Considered a woman at age 13, Married off at age 14/15 – Women couldn’t even take part in the arts, all female roles in plays were acted out by men ...
Sparta v Athens Focus On Culture
... men over the age of 30 belonged. The Spartan government was an oligarchy type city-state in which a few people held power. The Spartan government discouraged foreign visitors, supervised travel abroad, and frowned upon citizens who studied literature or the arts. So focused were they on military tra ...
... men over the age of 30 belonged. The Spartan government was an oligarchy type city-state in which a few people held power. The Spartan government discouraged foreign visitors, supervised travel abroad, and frowned upon citizens who studied literature or the arts. So focused were they on military tra ...
Athens: A Greek Polis
... Pnyx was not a very spectacular sight as it had no magnificent public buildings. The theatre like area on a hillside was the meeting place of the ekklesia, i. e. the gathering of the citizens. In the time of the classic Athenian democracy (5th century BC) there was space for about 15,000 citizens ...
... Pnyx was not a very spectacular sight as it had no magnificent public buildings. The theatre like area on a hillside was the meeting place of the ekklesia, i. e. the gathering of the citizens. In the time of the classic Athenian democracy (5th century BC) there was space for about 15,000 citizens ...
Liturgy (ancient Greece)
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The liturgy (Greek: λειτουργία or λῃτουργία, leitourgia, from λαός / Laos, ""the people"" and the root ἔργο / ergon, ""work"" ) was in ancient Greece a public service established by the city-state whereby its richest members (whether citizens or resident aliens), more or less voluntarily, financed the State with their personal wealth. It took its legitimacy from the idea that ""personal wealth is possessed only through delegation from the city"". The liturgical system dates back to the early days of Athenian democracy, but gradually fell into disuse by the end of the 4th century BC, eclipsed by the development of Euergetism in the Hellenistic period.