Spartans vs. Athenians Can you imagine four-thousand spartans charging down a hill while three-thousand Athenians ready their bows and release them all simultaneously while the string whips in the hard rain? The Peloponnesian War was one of the most fierce wars in Greece because many people fell in battle. From the South were the Spartans. Their forces had never been stronger with a reformed‚ military-based government. From the North was the Athenians who had just been through a war that had
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is logical to assume that democracy‚ no matter how quaint or complex‚ began with the tribes. As having appeared first in the city of Athens‚ the source of its beginning had to have been from Athens as well. Cleinsthenes was known as the “Father of Athenian Democracy‚” which soon became a form of direct democracy. This form of democracy involved having random selections of citizens to executive‚ legislature‚ and judicial positions. According to my research‚ Mesopotamia was the first country to
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10/19/2012 The Polis and the “Just City” vs. Modern American Democracy It is common to refer to the Greek city-state as the Greek polis and in order to understand ancient Greece one must have an understanding of what the polis was to the Greeks. First‚ let’s consider the physical characteristics and dimensions of the Greek polis. The single most striking feature of a Greek polis is its small size. It can be easy to overlook this fact because the classical sense of the word polis is dominated
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This did not completely solve the problem‚ because Athenian society had divided into three groups‚ the wealthy aristocrats‚ the middle-class merchants and traders and poor fisherman‚ and the urban poor and landless people. Because these groups were so different from each other‚ it was hindering cooperation on attaining goals for Athens. Cleisthenes was later chosen to reform the system. He then proceeded to break the Athenian people into 10 tribes‚ and these tribes mixed the three groups
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This essay will explore the aspect of gender in Athenian society‚ particularly how it is presented in Euripides’ Heracles and Medea. Focusing on the main characters of each play‚ Euripides’ treatment of his characters will be discussed and how each complies and/or differs to Athenian society gender expectations. A comprehensive and unbiased view on gender in 4th and 5th century Athenian society is almost impossible to find. This is because there were no woman writers in this time period and very
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though democracy keeps an individual or a group take power the people of the government will not be taken advantage of or be mistreated. Many things is not about an idea being or bad‚ sometimes change is not fair to all the people. But why did the Athenian democracy fail in about 100 years if it was a government made for the people. Before democracy the people in ancient Greece were run by the people on top of the wealth and power pyramid. Everything from laws to ideas were given by the wealthy which
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THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR Theseus was a true Athenian legend‚ a hero‚ but unfortunately his reputation was not exactly spotless. He was an instigator of the Trojan War‚ he mercilessly slew many bandits in the same manner that they used on innocent passerby‚ he ravished many women‚ he tried to help his friend kidnap Persephone‚ and so much more. However‚ Theseus was highly regarded as a just and honorable hero. His greatest accomplishment was his awesome dispatch of the terrible Cretan Minotaur
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5:51 PM How did the Delian League become the Athenian Empire? Outline I. Thesis a. The Delian League‚ founded in 478 B.C.‚ started out as an early confederation of Greek city-states‚ with the common goal dealing with the Persian threat that had presented itself earlier. As time passed‚ the dominant member of this confederation became Athens‚ and soon after‚ the Delian League turned into an unofficial Athenian Empire after the Athenians defeated the Persians. II. Body- 1st paragraph a. Background
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Discuss one circumstance that led to the end of the Athenian Golden Age. Athens is a Greek polis or a city- state which was born of glory. it is a city-state that embodies the essence of passion‚ life‚ and the hope for a great understanding of life and gave us the opportunity the world we live in today. which is considered though the first democracy‚ Athens is a nation of people‚ of thinkers that were lovers of arts‚ makers of some of the finest music‚ plays‚ and every philosophical idea that the
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week we were introduced to the political and social structures of Sparta and Athens. Initially‚ the two ancient Greek poleis appeared complete opposites‚ but study proved there were some similarities. I will compare the daily life of Spartans and Athenians based on my impressions from our studies. Spartan life was quite different than other ancient Greek poleis with their warrior mentality. It appears that everything was thought out for the benefit of the Spartan state rather than individuality
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