Research Paper On Athenian Civilization

The Athenian civilization was a community established around the arts. While the spartans focused on physical attributes and constant training for war, the people of Athens chose to encourage a system based on the crafts, art and knowledge. In fact there appreciation for the arts is the reason they named their city what they did, after the goddess Athena who is the god of wisdom, craft, and military victory. The Athenians were also remarkably accepting to the other legal citizens. There were even laws set in place to insure that everyone was treated equally. The ancient caste system that had been set up was abandoned legally by the government and instead a direct democracy was put into motion declaring that every citizen had a right to vote