The Parthenon: Pericles, Athena and Civic Identity
... The Acropolis in Athens: City and the Divine defense and ritual: wall and temenos Athens, 5 c BC Pan-Athenaic way Acropolis and Agora Erectheus, founder/king; defense Mythic origins; Poseidon and Athena Views of Acropolis Mnesicles, Propylaea from West, 437-32 Pan-Athenaic procession Piraeus port: c ...
... The Acropolis in Athens: City and the Divine defense and ritual: wall and temenos Athens, 5 c BC Pan-Athenaic way Acropolis and Agora Erectheus, founder/king; defense Mythic origins; Poseidon and Athena Views of Acropolis Mnesicles, Propylaea from West, 437-32 Pan-Athenaic procession Piraeus port: c ...
Name: Date: History: Socrates Biography Period: Socrates
... and place in the world. As a result, they clung to the ideas of past glories, wealth, and physical beauty. Socrates attacked these values with his constant emphasis on the greater importance of the mind. While many Athenians admired Socrates's challenges to Greek conventional wisdom and the humorous ...
... and place in the world. As a result, they clung to the ideas of past glories, wealth, and physical beauty. Socrates attacked these values with his constant emphasis on the greater importance of the mind. While many Athenians admired Socrates's challenges to Greek conventional wisdom and the humorous ...
Solon Put Athens on the Road to Democracy Sec 1
... Pisistratus and his sons ruled Athens on and off for the next 50 years. Rival factions overthrew him two times, but he managed to regain power. One time he dressed a young girl as the goddess Athena who publicly proclaimed Pisistratus as the true leader of the city. The people of Athens fell for th ...
... Pisistratus and his sons ruled Athens on and off for the next 50 years. Rival factions overthrew him two times, but he managed to regain power. One time he dressed a young girl as the goddess Athena who publicly proclaimed Pisistratus as the true leader of the city. The people of Athens fell for th ...
Illinois classical studies: http://hdl.handle.net/10684
... (0Ea-CT|<;) of the city's beauty and size. Plutarch finds this story difficult to accept in view of the acid comment made by Cato who, while in Athens, availed himself of the services of an interpreter; ". the Athenians were astonished at the speed and pungency (6^\)tti<;) of his discourse. For what ...
... (0Ea-CT|<;) of the city's beauty and size. Plutarch finds this story difficult to accept in view of the acid comment made by Cato who, while in Athens, availed himself of the services of an interpreter; ". the Athenians were astonished at the speed and pungency (6^\)tti<;) of his discourse. For what ...
Athena (Minerva)
... carrying the son that had been prophesied to supplant him on the throne. Swallowing Métis was causing him severe headaches. ...
... carrying the son that had been prophesied to supplant him on the throne. Swallowing Métis was causing him severe headaches. ...
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... Credited with the phrase 'the majority is always wrong', Socrates' unique style of thinking relied upon turning commonly accepted ideas upside-down. But by also associating with tyrants, Socrates had unintentionally made himself appear as an enemy of democracy. A year later, when Sparta allowed demo ...
... Credited with the phrase 'the majority is always wrong', Socrates' unique style of thinking relied upon turning commonly accepted ideas upside-down. But by also associating with tyrants, Socrates had unintentionally made himself appear as an enemy of democracy. A year later, when Sparta allowed demo ...
Sparta/Athens Comparison Sources Beck, Roger, et. Al. World
... plan was one of architectures nobelest works- the Pathenon". . ."Parthenon is a masterpiece of architectural design and craftsmanship". . . "it was not unique in style" (Beck 135-136) Q-“Surplus of money was invested into art and architecture” (Beck 136) P: Athenians were very open to criticism and ...
... plan was one of architectures nobelest works- the Pathenon". . ."Parthenon is a masterpiece of architectural design and craftsmanship". . . "it was not unique in style" (Beck 135-136) Q-“Surplus of money was invested into art and architecture” (Beck 136) P: Athenians were very open to criticism and ...
The Clouds by Aristophanes
... As is customary in guild productions of Aristophanes’ work, the comedy ends in a wild, three-minute chase, patterned after old Mack Sennett movies: an exhilarating conclusion to the summer season. Besides their entertainment value, Aristophanic comedies are prized for what they tell us the Athenian ...
... As is customary in guild productions of Aristophanes’ work, the comedy ends in a wild, three-minute chase, patterned after old Mack Sennett movies: an exhilarating conclusion to the summer season. Besides their entertainment value, Aristophanic comedies are prized for what they tell us the Athenian ...
Frey_Harrison_Joseph
... The cost of fighting determines the offense-defense balance (Glaser and Kaufmann 1998, 51; Glaser 2010, 113; Powell 110-113; Wilson 2010, 20). The cost of fighting is “the cost of forces the attacker requires to launch a successful blitzkrieg to the cost of the defender’s forces” (Glaser and Kaufman ...
... The cost of fighting determines the offense-defense balance (Glaser and Kaufmann 1998, 51; Glaser 2010, 113; Powell 110-113; Wilson 2010, 20). The cost of fighting is “the cost of forces the attacker requires to launch a successful blitzkrieg to the cost of the defender’s forces” (Glaser and Kaufman ...
Athena Polias
... In Athens, the cult of Athena Polias was an incredibly important religious faction. Athena was the patron goddess of Athens, and Athena Polias was the incarnation of Athena as protector of the polis. The high priestess of Athena Polias was one of the oldest and most distinguished female offices in A ...
... In Athens, the cult of Athena Polias was an incredibly important religious faction. Athena was the patron goddess of Athens, and Athena Polias was the incarnation of Athena as protector of the polis. The high priestess of Athena Polias was one of the oldest and most distinguished female offices in A ...
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... government offices were payable and all offices were elected by lottery rather than by vote, so even the poorest citizens could participate in the government a) Pesistratus ...
... government offices were payable and all offices were elected by lottery rather than by vote, so even the poorest citizens could participate in the government a) Pesistratus ...
What can we learn about Globalization from Ancient Athens?
... fire - actually the myth states that the secret of fire was stolen from the Gods – which has been beneficial to the whole world, from ancient times till today. On the other hand, democracy is not cumulative. Even worse, it is quite possible that an archaic “technology” of a political decision making ...
... fire - actually the myth states that the secret of fire was stolen from the Gods – which has been beneficial to the whole world, from ancient times till today. On the other hand, democracy is not cumulative. Even worse, it is quite possible that an archaic “technology” of a political decision making ...
The Athenian Embassies to Sardis and Cleomenes` Invasion of Attica
... The condemnation of the embassy clearly resulted from the terms it accepted, which in turn means those terms - submission to Persia - were refused by the Athenians.10 Now, it is possible that upon the envoys' return Cleisthenes was confronted by an unexpected anti-Persian sentiment among the people ...
... The condemnation of the embassy clearly resulted from the terms it accepted, which in turn means those terms - submission to Persia - were refused by the Athenians.10 Now, it is possible that upon the envoys' return Cleisthenes was confronted by an unexpected anti-Persian sentiment among the people ...
Theseus Dearest hero to the Athenians Ovid, Plutarch, Apollodorus
... Minos, the ruler of Crete had lost his son, Androgeus, while he as visiting the Athenian king Aegeus had sent his guest on a perilous quest (hospitality laws broken!!!!) to kill a bull, bull kills Androgeus Minos invades and captures Athens o Destroy the city unless 14 children are sent every 9 year ...
... Minos, the ruler of Crete had lost his son, Androgeus, while he as visiting the Athenian king Aegeus had sent his guest on a perilous quest (hospitality laws broken!!!!) to kill a bull, bull kills Androgeus Minos invades and captures Athens o Destroy the city unless 14 children are sent every 9 year ...
Pericles
... descending from the Alcmaeonidae family. The period from 461 BC to 379 BC is sometimes known as "The Age of Pericles". He was responsible for a great many building projects which include most of the surviving structures on the Acropolis (including the Parthenon). He also persuaded the city to build ...
... descending from the Alcmaeonidae family. The period from 461 BC to 379 BC is sometimes known as "The Age of Pericles". He was responsible for a great many building projects which include most of the surviving structures on the Acropolis (including the Parthenon). He also persuaded the city to build ...
The `Surge`: Tragedy Replayed as Farce
... such sophistry is to so disorient the reader, so that the next wild assertion can be swallowed.) In fact, the “personal attack” was the most useful part of Nicias’ speech, targetting Alcibiades’ drive for “glory and profit,” which was supported by a section of the Athenian population. Or, as Thucydi ...
... such sophistry is to so disorient the reader, so that the next wild assertion can be swallowed.) In fact, the “personal attack” was the most useful part of Nicias’ speech, targetting Alcibiades’ drive for “glory and profit,” which was supported by a section of the Athenian population. Or, as Thucydi ...
A DROUGHT IN THE LATE EIGHTH CENTURY B.C.
... THE EXCAVATIONSin the Athenian Agora have brought to light some thirty wells which can be dated to the Geometric period. They have been found throughout the excavations and their chronological distribution suggests a pattern of steadily increasing population in the area north of the Acropolis. The f ...
... THE EXCAVATIONSin the Athenian Agora have brought to light some thirty wells which can be dated to the Geometric period. They have been found throughout the excavations and their chronological distribution suggests a pattern of steadily increasing population in the area north of the Acropolis. The f ...
Character, knowledge, and skills in ancient Greek paideia
... adopted in the peak of their power in dealing with exactly the same problem. Our findings indicate that, while the challenges they faced led them to organize vastly differently, both city-states confronted them effectively, to a large extent they managed to mold into the character of their citizens ...
... adopted in the peak of their power in dealing with exactly the same problem. Our findings indicate that, while the challenges they faced led them to organize vastly differently, both city-states confronted them effectively, to a large extent they managed to mold into the character of their citizens ...
Introduction: Athenian History and Society in the Age of Pericles
... main square and marketplace (agora) in the city center. Some poleis possessed a citadel, often located on defensible and/or fortified high ground. At Athens, this citadel came to be called the akropolis (“high city”). Greek poleis ranged in size from tiny villages with perhaps fewer than several hund ...
... main square and marketplace (agora) in the city center. Some poleis possessed a citadel, often located on defensible and/or fortified high ground. At Athens, this citadel came to be called the akropolis (“high city”). Greek poleis ranged in size from tiny villages with perhaps fewer than several hund ...
Athens and the Achaemenid Persian Empire in 508/7 BC
... Herodotus that the Athenians make two decisions: they sent for Cleisthenes and the other exiles, and, having sent word to recall to Cleisthenes, they dispatch envoys to Persia. Both resolutions, as McGregor considers, were probably voted at a single meeting that makes in fact impossible for Cleisthe ...
... Herodotus that the Athenians make two decisions: they sent for Cleisthenes and the other exiles, and, having sent word to recall to Cleisthenes, they dispatch envoys to Persia. Both resolutions, as McGregor considers, were probably voted at a single meeting that makes in fact impossible for Cleisthe ...
Nicole Loraux, The Children of Athena. Athenian Ideas about
... In the final chapter, L. shows that Euripides' Ion is all about Athens, star ring the Acropolis and taking the discourse of autochthony as its script. L. char acterizes the Ion as a political tragedy in which "the exaltation of citizenship in tersects with that of imperialism." Her analysis of th ...
... In the final chapter, L. shows that Euripides' Ion is all about Athens, star ring the Acropolis and taking the discourse of autochthony as its script. L. char acterizes the Ion as a political tragedy in which "the exaltation of citizenship in tersects with that of imperialism." Her analysis of th ...
For over 20 years, at Athens` height, the city was dominated by the
... of the aristocrats since if their heirs could not be legally recognized they could no longer forge alliances with aristocrats from other cities. Ironically, it would have major consequences for Pericles own private life. A few years later Pericles divorced his wife and started to live with a beautif ...
... of the aristocrats since if their heirs could not be legally recognized they could no longer forge alliances with aristocrats from other cities. Ironically, it would have major consequences for Pericles own private life. A few years later Pericles divorced his wife and started to live with a beautif ...
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... in the very last sentence in the play. The chorus urges peace and advises .Cleophon and other 'foreigners' to depart and fight at home. The allusion to Cleophon's ambition was to become a proverbial tag in later antiquity; a similar phenomenon is discernible in the cases of Hyper bolus, Peisander, a ...
... in the very last sentence in the play. The chorus urges peace and advises .Cleophon and other 'foreigners' to depart and fight at home. The allusion to Cleophon's ambition was to become a proverbial tag in later antiquity; a similar phenomenon is discernible in the cases of Hyper bolus, Peisander, a ...
Classical Greece
... Thermopylae (a battle made famous by the 300 Spartans who faced the entire Persian Army), Xerxes advanced In Ionia (the modern Aegean coast of Turkey), the Greek into Attica, where he captured and burned Athens. The cities, which included great centres such as Miletus and subsequent Battle of Artemi ...
... Thermopylae (a battle made famous by the 300 Spartans who faced the entire Persian Army), Xerxes advanced In Ionia (the modern Aegean coast of Turkey), the Greek into Attica, where he captured and burned Athens. The cities, which included great centres such as Miletus and subsequent Battle of Artemi ...
Volumes published (2006)
... B.C. This alliance was originally led by the Spartans, traditionally the most powerful of the Greek city-states. Following the defeat of the Persian invasion at the battle of Plataea in 479 B.C., the Spartans resigned the leadership and the Athenians, whose role on the victory over the Persians had ...
... B.C. This alliance was originally led by the Spartans, traditionally the most powerful of the Greek city-states. Following the defeat of the Persian invasion at the battle of Plataea in 479 B.C., the Spartans resigned the leadership and the Athenians, whose role on the victory over the Persians had ...
Athens
Athens (/ˈæθɨnz/; Modern Greek: Αθήνα, Athína, [aˈθina]; Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athēnai) is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years, and the earliest human presence around the 11th–7th millennium BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent and in particular the Romans. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. In 2015, Athens was ranked the world's 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study.Athens is recognised as a global city because of its geo-strategic location and its importance in shipping, finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, culture, education and tourism. It is one of the biggest economic centres in southeastern Europe, with a large financial sector, and its port Piraeus is the largest passenger port in Europe, and the second largest in the world. The municipality (City) of Athens had a population of 664,046 (in 2011, 796,442 in 2004) within its administrative limits, and a land area of 39 km2 (15 sq mi). The urban area of Athens (Greater Athens and Greater Piraeus) extends beyond its administrative municipal city limits, with a population of 3,090,508 (in 2011) over an area of 412 km2 (159 sq mi). According to Eurostat in 2004, the Athens Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) was the 7th most populous LUZ in the European Union (the 5th most populous capital city of the EU), with a population of 4,013,368. Athens is also the southernmost capital on the European mainland.The heritage of the classical era is still evident in the city, represented by ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon, considered a key landmark of early Western civilization. The city also retains Roman and Byzantine monuments, as well as a smaller number of Ottoman monuments.Athens is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Acropolis of Athens and the medieval Daphni Monastery. Landmarks of the modern era, dating back to the establishment of Athens as the capital of the independent Greek state in 1834, include the Hellenic Parliament (19th century) and the Athens Trilogy, consisting of the National Library of Greece, the Athens University and the Academy of Athens. Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it welcomed home the 2004 Summer Olympics. Athens is home to the National Archeological Museum, featuring the world's largest collection of ancient Greek antiquities, as well as the new Acropolis Museum.