Section 3 - Democracy and Greece`s Golden Age
... hold public office. Now even the poorest citizen could serve if elected or chosen by lot. Consequently, Athens had more citizens engaged in self-government than any other city-state in Greece. This reform made Athens one of the most democratic governments in history. The introduction of direct democ ...
... hold public office. Now even the poorest citizen could serve if elected or chosen by lot. Consequently, Athens had more citizens engaged in self-government than any other city-state in Greece. This reform made Athens one of the most democratic governments in history. The introduction of direct democ ...
Peloponnesian War: Athens - Carolina International Relations
... Salamis, where Athens’ outnumbered fleet defeated the Persian fleet, forcing the Persian army to withdraw for lack of supplies. Yet after the defeat of the Persians, the Greek coalition broke into two f ...
... Salamis, where Athens’ outnumbered fleet defeated the Persian fleet, forcing the Persian army to withdraw for lack of supplies. Yet after the defeat of the Persians, the Greek coalition broke into two f ...
Democracy and Greece`s Golden Age
... hold public office. Now even the poorest citizen could serve if elected or chosen by lot. Consequently, Athens had more citizens engaged in self-government than any other city-state in Greece. This reform made Athens one of the most democratic governments in history. The introduction of direct democ ...
... hold public office. Now even the poorest citizen could serve if elected or chosen by lot. Consequently, Athens had more citizens engaged in self-government than any other city-state in Greece. This reform made Athens one of the most democratic governments in history. The introduction of direct democ ...
Greece 1-21 - Copley-Fairlawn City Schools
... •The Boule would meet every 9 days to discuss & vote on ...
... •The Boule would meet every 9 days to discuss & vote on ...
Athenian Democracy - Hackett Publishing
... massive gold and ivory statue of Athena. Athens had to exploit its empire single-mindedly through tribute and other impositions, although this was one thing that led to rebellions. At this point we are in the Peloponnesian War. The health of the completed system has come under attack by certain aris ...
... massive gold and ivory statue of Athena. Athens had to exploit its empire single-mindedly through tribute and other impositions, although this was one thing that led to rebellions. At this point we are in the Peloponnesian War. The health of the completed system has come under attack by certain aris ...
Taiwan: Melos or Pylos
... The geopolitical realities and the power disparity involved in today’s crossStrait relations are as stark as they were in classical Greece. Even a quick glance at the map (page 48) shows that China, by its size and proximity to Taiwan, casts a long and ominous shadow over the island. China’s militar ...
... The geopolitical realities and the power disparity involved in today’s crossStrait relations are as stark as they were in classical Greece. Even a quick glance at the map (page 48) shows that China, by its size and proximity to Taiwan, casts a long and ominous shadow over the island. China’s militar ...
Chapter 7: The Ancient Greeks
... Reading Connection Do you vote in school elections? Why do you choose one classmate over another? Read to learn why Athenians kept electing Pericles. As you read in Section 3, the Battle of Plataea in 479 B.C. put an end to the Persians’ invasion of Greece. Although the Persians retreated, they stil ...
... Reading Connection Do you vote in school elections? Why do you choose one classmate over another? Read to learn why Athenians kept electing Pericles. As you read in Section 3, the Battle of Plataea in 479 B.C. put an end to the Persians’ invasion of Greece. Although the Persians retreated, they stil ...
athens - Hazlet Township Public Schools
... In the mid-9th century BC, the surrounding territory, including the seaport of Piraeus, was incorporated into the city-state of Athens. When the monarchy was replaced by an aristocracy of nobles, the common people had few rights. The city was controlled by the Areopagus (Council of Elders), who appo ...
... In the mid-9th century BC, the surrounding territory, including the seaport of Piraeus, was incorporated into the city-state of Athens. When the monarchy was replaced by an aristocracy of nobles, the common people had few rights. The city was controlled by the Areopagus (Council of Elders), who appo ...
HISTORY of the CHRISTIAN CHURCH – Philip Schaff
... Mycenaean period was independent and under the rule of its own king. The only time the city-states may have united was during the war with Troy in Asia Minor. By 1300, the Greek mainland was under attack by ships from Asia Minor and by 1100, Mycenae was completely destroyed. This invasion is known a ...
... Mycenaean period was independent and under the rule of its own king. The only time the city-states may have united was during the war with Troy in Asia Minor. By 1300, the Greek mainland was under attack by ships from Asia Minor and by 1100, Mycenae was completely destroyed. This invasion is known a ...
Funding Military Expeditions in Classical Athens
... of this food source was to maintain a standing fleet every year, which was a very expensive endeavor. Even in years when Athens was engaged in no formal conflict, 60 ships were kept at sea for eight months of the year at the cost of 480 talents.22 The primary missions of the standing fleet were to c ...
... of this food source was to maintain a standing fleet every year, which was a very expensive endeavor. Even in years when Athens was engaged in no formal conflict, 60 ships were kept at sea for eight months of the year at the cost of 480 talents.22 The primary missions of the standing fleet were to c ...
Chapter 7: The Ancient Greeks
... slowed, and poverty took hold. Farmers grew only enough food to meet their own family’s needs. People also stopped teaching others how to write or do craftwork. Before long, the Greeks had forgotten their written language and how to make many things. As a result, historians call this time the Dark A ...
... slowed, and poverty took hold. Farmers grew only enough food to meet their own family’s needs. People also stopped teaching others how to write or do craftwork. Before long, the Greeks had forgotten their written language and how to make many things. As a result, historians call this time the Dark A ...
5 Ancient Greece
... Homer’s Iliad and the Trojan War The story told in the Iliad is so popular that it has been told and retold, even by Hollywood in a twenty-first century movie. Whether any part of the story is true is still a mystery. Some archaeological discoveries have only added to the debate. The story was proba ...
... Homer’s Iliad and the Trojan War The story told in the Iliad is so popular that it has been told and retold, even by Hollywood in a twenty-first century movie. Whether any part of the story is true is still a mystery. Some archaeological discoveries have only added to the debate. The story was proba ...
The Life of Thucydides
... while he denounced the tyranny and greed of Athens. For from [his exile] he had the opportunity to denounce the Athenians, rather than to accuse the Corinthians or reproach the Lacedaemonians or blame the Mytileneans; but most of the charges flowed against Attica. He exalted the victories of the Lac ...
... while he denounced the tyranny and greed of Athens. For from [his exile] he had the opportunity to denounce the Athenians, rather than to accuse the Corinthians or reproach the Lacedaemonians or blame the Mytileneans; but most of the charges flowed against Attica. He exalted the victories of the Lac ...
Fighting by the Rules: The Invention of the Hoplite Agôn Author(s
... Josiah Ober has made the most explicit attempt to set out the unwritten conventions of hoplite warfare. In his article "The Rules of War in Classical Greece,"sOber lists a dozen "common customs (koina nomima) of the Greeks"that governed interstate conflict. He maintains that these rules of war devel ...
... Josiah Ober has made the most explicit attempt to set out the unwritten conventions of hoplite warfare. In his article "The Rules of War in Classical Greece,"sOber lists a dozen "common customs (koina nomima) of the Greeks"that governed interstate conflict. He maintains that these rules of war devel ...
Herodotus, The Histories Book 6, Marathon
... battle and the omens were favourable, the Athenians were sent into battle and hurried forward at a run towards the barbarians. There was about a mile between the two armies. When the Persians saw them charging at a run, they got ready to receive them, considering the Athenians both mad and bent on s ...
... battle and the omens were favourable, the Athenians were sent into battle and hurried forward at a run towards the barbarians. There was about a mile between the two armies. When the Persians saw them charging at a run, they got ready to receive them, considering the Athenians both mad and bent on s ...
Chapter 7: The Ancient Greeks
... slowed, and poverty took hold. Farmers grew only enough food to meet their own family’s needs. People also stopped teaching others how to write or do craftwork. Before long, the Greeks had forgotten their written language and how to make many things. As a result, historians call this time the Dark A ...
... slowed, and poverty took hold. Farmers grew only enough food to meet their own family’s needs. People also stopped teaching others how to write or do craftwork. Before long, the Greeks had forgotten their written language and how to make many things. As a result, historians call this time the Dark A ...
Chapter 7 Ancient Greece
... slowed, and poverty took hold. Farmers grew only enough food to meet their own family’s needs. People also stopped teaching others how to write or do craftwork. Before long, the Greeks had forgotten their written language and how to make many things. As a result, historians call this time the Dark A ...
... slowed, and poverty took hold. Farmers grew only enough food to meet their own family’s needs. People also stopped teaching others how to write or do craftwork. Before long, the Greeks had forgotten their written language and how to make many things. As a result, historians call this time the Dark A ...
Greek v - cbmendez
... papers will be a topic on which the pairs must work together to conduct research; they will become minor experts on the subject. This research will be used to give a short (2-3 minutes) presentation to the rest of the class. These presentations will be at the beginning of the periods to which they p ...
... papers will be a topic on which the pairs must work together to conduct research; they will become minor experts on the subject. This research will be used to give a short (2-3 minutes) presentation to the rest of the class. These presentations will be at the beginning of the periods to which they p ...
Defence of Socrates - Not Entirely Stable
... Greece (Athens in particular, of course), that he was a sophist, and that he was influencing and corrupting Athens’ youth. But beyond the official charges against him, there were plenty of other things that people held Socrates responsible for, even if it was not explicitly said in his indictment or ...
... Greece (Athens in particular, of course), that he was a sophist, and that he was influencing and corrupting Athens’ youth. But beyond the official charges against him, there were plenty of other things that people held Socrates responsible for, even if it was not explicitly said in his indictment or ...
PERICLES` RECKLESS MEGARIAN POLICY WAS
... that came to be called the Delian League, although it rapidly evolved into what can only be described as an Athenian Empire. The Athenian hegemony, based upon sea power, came to rub up against the traditional hegemony of land-based Sparta and its Peloponnesian League, a kind of looser alliance with ...
... that came to be called the Delian League, although it rapidly evolved into what can only be described as an Athenian Empire. The Athenian hegemony, based upon sea power, came to rub up against the traditional hegemony of land-based Sparta and its Peloponnesian League, a kind of looser alliance with ...
Classicism - Duke People
... ! mere boast thrown out for the occasion, but plain matter of fact, the power of the state acquired by these habits proves. For Athens alone of her contemporaries is found when tested to be greater than her reputation, and alone gives no occasion to her assailants to blush at the antagonist by whom ...
... ! mere boast thrown out for the occasion, but plain matter of fact, the power of the state acquired by these habits proves. For Athens alone of her contemporaries is found when tested to be greater than her reputation, and alone gives no occasion to her assailants to blush at the antagonist by whom ...
Athenian War Council: The Peloponnesian War
... access to resources will decrease exponentially. The city is certainly wealthy enough to garner large sources of money from income taxes, however this will make the population unhappy, especially if the tax is continued indefinitely. In order to maintain its income, Athens must continue to dominate ...
... access to resources will decrease exponentially. The city is certainly wealthy enough to garner large sources of money from income taxes, however this will make the population unhappy, especially if the tax is continued indefinitely. In order to maintain its income, Athens must continue to dominate ...
A Survey of Greek History
... reference to Nestor, one of Homer’s characters, and to Aphrodite, the goddess of love. It seems likely that the cup was used for drinking parties, which included the recitation of Homer’s poetry. The social and political organization in Homer's poetry is a mixture of institutions, some of which exte ...
... reference to Nestor, one of Homer’s characters, and to Aphrodite, the goddess of love. It seems likely that the cup was used for drinking parties, which included the recitation of Homer’s poetry. The social and political organization in Homer's poetry is a mixture of institutions, some of which exte ...
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book III.
... I. History is rarely more than the biography of great men. Through a succession of individuals we trace the character and destiny of nations. THE PEOPLE glide away from us, a sublime but intangible abstraction, and the voice of the mighty Agora reaches us only through the medium of its representativ ...
... I. History is rarely more than the biography of great men. Through a succession of individuals we trace the character and destiny of nations. THE PEOPLE glide away from us, a sublime but intangible abstraction, and the voice of the mighty Agora reaches us only through the medium of its representativ ...
Spartan army
The Spartan army stood at the centre of the Spartan state, whose male and female citizens were trained in the discipline and honor of the warrior society. Subject to military drill from early manhood, the Spartans were one of the most feared military forces in the Greek world. At the height of Sparta's power – between the 6th and 4th centuries BC – it was commonly accepted that, ""one Spartan was worth several men of any other state."" According to Thucydides, the famous moment of Spartan surrender at the island of Sphacteria off of Pylos was highly unexpected. He said that ""it was the common perception at the time that Spartans would never lay down their weapons for any reason, be it hunger, or danger.""The iconic army was first coined by the Spartan legislator Lycurgus. In his famous quote of Sparta having a ""wall of men, instead of bricks"", he proposed to create a military-focused lifestyle reformation in the Spartan society in accordance to proper virtues such as equality for the male citizens, austerity, strength, and fitness. A Spartan man's involvement with the army began in infancy when he was inspected by the Gerousia. If the baby was found to be weak or deformed he was left at Mount Taygetus to die, since the world of the Spartans was no place for those who could not already fend for themselves. It should be noted, however, that the practice of discarding children at birth took place in Athens as well. Those deemed strong were then put in the agoge at the age of seven. Under the agoge the young boys or Spartiates were kept under intense and rigorous military training. Their education focused primarily on cunning, sports and war tactics, but also included poetry, music, academics, and sometimes politics. Those who passed the agoge by the age of 30 were given full Spartan citizenship.The term ""spartan"" became synonymous with multiple meanings such as: fearlessness, harsh and cruel life, bland and lacking creativity, or simplicity by design.