How Did Athens Respond To The End Of The Golden Age?
In the Golden Age period, Spartan and Athens were the existing powerful city- states in Greece, without both being satisfied despite being prosperous. The more Athens tried to become stronger, the more the Spartans were trying to break them down; therefore, it is possible to say that they were fighting for power. The cities belonging to the Delian League were supporting the Athens whereas; the Peloponnesian League supported the Spartans. Finally, the Peloponnesian war took place in 431 BC which lasted for 27 years.
The Spartans attacked the Attica which caused the Attican people to move to Athens and Athens became over-crowded. There were existing diseases in the city killing people and Athenian soldiers died of plague or being deadly ill. It was that period that the Pericles died as well. The demise of Pericles caused the members of the assembly to fill in the gap with bad rulers or demagogues. The demagogues were making empty promise to the people which made the assembly to come short of their decisions. The ruin they faced led to the Athens surrendering to the Spartans in 404 BC. The …show more content…
An example is the man called Socrates whose infinite questions made his followers to think better than giving out information. The Socrates was also known as “gadfly” referring to an insect that bite horses, making them to jump. The Socrates was using critics to attack the Athenians which allowed them to come up with their earlier greatness. It would have been better if Pericles witnessed the Socrates´ style rather than the period of 399 BC which Socrates´idea was not accepted. Socrates was found guilty by the Athenian court and he was charged of bad teachings to the youths. The court finally killed Socrates by asking him to drink a poison which he personally accepted rather than going to exile which he thought that will be against the law of
The Spartans attacked the Attica which caused the Attican people to move to Athens and Athens became over-crowded. There were existing diseases in the city killing people and Athenian soldiers died of plague or being deadly ill. It was that period that the Pericles died as well. The demise of Pericles caused the members of the assembly to fill in the gap with bad rulers or demagogues. The demagogues were making empty promise to the people which made the assembly to come short of their decisions. The ruin they faced led to the Athens surrendering to the Spartans in 404 BC. The …show more content…
An example is the man called Socrates whose infinite questions made his followers to think better than giving out information. The Socrates was also known as “gadfly” referring to an insect that bite horses, making them to jump. The Socrates was using critics to attack the Athenians which allowed them to come up with their earlier greatness. It would have been better if Pericles witnessed the Socrates´ style rather than the period of 399 BC which Socrates´idea was not accepted. Socrates was found guilty by the Athenian court and he was charged of bad teachings to the youths. The court finally killed Socrates by asking him to drink a poison which he personally accepted rather than going to exile which he thought that will be against the law of