Pericles Quotes Relative to the Greek Salon Questions 1) Roles and duty of an Athenian Citizen: • • • “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” “An Athenian Citizen does not neglect the state because he takes care of his own household; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics.” “Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas
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Socrates (469-399 BCE) lived during the time of transition from the height of the Athenian hegemony to its decline with the defeat by Sparta and its allies in the Peloponnesian War. This was a time when Athens sought to stabilize and recover from its defeat. The Athenian public had started to contemplate the effectiveness of democracy as a governmental system. At the latter end of his life he was charged with teaching the youth to “disrespect” the gods of the city. Socrates was convicted of these
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explains why Athens must continue to support the war‚ and tells why Athens must live up to the fallen soldiers of the Peloponnesian war. Pericles’ Funeral Oration tells us multiple things‚ the Funeral Oration gives historians a glimpse into what Athenians might have been feeling at the time. In a time of war a country’s moral‚ and spirits are down. In the text Pericles’ says “ What I want to do is‚ in the first place‚ to discuss the spirit in which we faced our trails and also our constitution and
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Due to experiencing the volatile state of the Athenian government‚ it is not surprising that Socrates had much to say on the topic of political philosophy. Central to his political theory was his position on how citizens ought to approach ethics and politics. In the Apology‚ Socrates’ conduct demonstrates his belief that citizens must not be complacent when it comes to political virtue. In order to push citizens out of complacency‚ Socrates used a method called the “elecnhus” to prod citizens
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DEL PODER POPULAR PARA LA EDUCACIÓN U.E. INSTITUTO ANDES MODERN AND ANCIENT DEMOCRACY Authors: Acevedo R‚ Sofia Rancel M‚ Isabella M Teacher: Miss Andrea de Paramo Caracas‚ May‚ 2013 According to Thucydides (c.406/455-c.399 BCE)‚ Pericles the ancient Athenian leader was chosen to give a speech in the funerals of the firsts who had fallen in the Peloponnesian war; he decided to state the values of democracy in this occasion. According to Karpiel‚ F; Krull‚ K (2012) Athens was one of the
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of governance was soon to be changed into a more democratic one‚ by a man whom they would come to respect in time. Solon was the son Execestides‚ a charitable man with great social influence and one who was believed to be descended from an ancient Athenian king named Codrus. Solon grew up to be a virtuous and thoughtful man‚ his values and a sense of justice greatly influenced the way he crafted the laws of Athens and in the way he ruled. At the beginning of his rule Solon came under great pressure
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forms of government have ruled the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta. These have included aristocracy‚ oligarchy‚ tyranny‚ monarchy‚ and democracy. An oligarchy is ruled by the few‚ which could also be as a small group of the aristocracy. Monarchy is ruled by a hereditary single sovereign‚ while tyranny by a single leader who took power by force. Democracy is the rule of the people. This essay will show the changes of government between the city-states (Cartledge‚ 2011). Brand (n.d.) tells us
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accused of living in marriage with Stephanos‚ an Athenian citizen. The law prohibiting this states: If an alien lives in marriage with an Athenian woman by any manner or means‚ any Athenian at will who possesses the right is to indict him before the Thesmothetai. If he is convicted‚ both he and his property are to be sold‚ and one-third is to go to the successful prosecutor. The same is to apply if an alien woman lives in marriage with an Athenian man‚ and the man who lives in marriage with the
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The Athenians valued philosophy‚ equality‚ and art. They weren’t afraid to challenge society views‚ which at the time many believed in mythology. Plato was the first to come close to Christianity beliefs by recognizing that invisible things in nature had an order and purpose. Plato inspired Aristotle to conclude that there has to be someone conducting that order‚ what we know as God. They weren’t as dedicated to a strong army as they were to education. During the Peloponnesian War the Pericles persuaded
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I will be writing of political laws that took places under Solon’s era and how he secured those laws against alteration for a hundred years that gave powers to common people in Athens. The Two sources I will be using to write this paper are The Athenian Constitution (The document given in class by Prof. Trumbach) and Plutarch: The Rise and fall of Athens (Textbook assigned for class). Aristocrats vs. Peasants Before I write about the conflict between the aristocrats and the common people‚ you
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