impact on its development of the years. The geography consists of many mountains along with being surrounded by water. These geographic advantages affected the development of its politics‚ military and economy and ultimately led to the success of Polis. Due to the geography of the region‚ the Greeks were isolated from each other due to the mountainous terrain. As a consequence of this isolation‚ “Greek communities tended to follow their own separate paths and develop their own way of life. Over
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be no such thing as a “typical woman”‚ women differ from polis to polis and depended on social and economic background. The one thing that was expected of any woman was to belong to citizen families and maintain that family by giving birth‚ preferably to future male citizens. During the Classical period‚ roughly between the fifth and the fourth century B.C.E‚ Greek women played a small role in society‚ the public world of the Greeks
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comedy‚ native Athenian‚ attacks politicians‚ harsh critic of various governments Aristoxenus (Author) music‚ science‚ wrote the Elements of Harmony‚ pupil of Aristotle Arrian (Author) wrote Expedition of Alexander‚ The Campaigns of Alexander‚ historian‚ military commander‚ and philosopher Demosthenes (Author) First Philippic‚ makes a speech warning people about Phillip II of Macedon Euclid (Author) Geometry‚ the elements of Geometry Euripides (Author) wrote Medea native Athenian‚ criticized
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parallels and variations between the political institutions of the two communities. According to Cartledge (2009)‚ participation in public life in Athens was restricted to male citizens‚ namely those who were born free and had both of their parents hold Athenian citizenship. On account of this exclusivity‚ women‚ enslaved people‚ and metics (resident foreigners) were not permitted to participate in civic activities. For instance‚ a man named Pericles‚ who was one of the most influential leaders in Athens
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thirty two years. He was a skillful politician‚ an inspiring speaker‚ and a respected general. He has dominated the life of Athens from 461 to 429 B.C.‚ this period has often been called the Age of Pericles. He had three goals‚ first to strengthen Athenian democracy‚ second to hold and strengthen the empire‚ and the last to glorify Athens. To strengthen democracy‚ Pericles increased the number of paid public officials. Earlier‚ only wealthier citizens could afford to hold public office because most
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imagine that Athens and Sparta could be so abundant in differences. Yet‚ with the information learned‚ few similarities are exhibited. There are many differences between Spartan and Athenian civilizations with regards to their government‚ economics‚ and cultural values. One of the main differences between Spartan and Athenian civilizations is their governments. In 500 B.C.E.‚ Athens became a democracy in which “the administration is the hands‚ not of the few‚ but of the many…” (Document
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Klever Vasquez Prof. Mathew Corcoran Abstract The political development of ancient Greece brought forth a relationship with the fabrication and further development of the self. As the psyche evolved from the Homeric Era to the Platonic Era‚ the individual self was faced with internal conflict. Statism had deep roots in Greek government by the Platonic Era; the mind manifested from primordial psyche into platonic/current day psyche given statism’s ability to open doors into individuality. It allowed
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wisdom unto their students. This new group of teachers that emerged were known as "Sophists"‚ which means "those who are wise." Socrates‚ a great philosopher of the Classical period‚ challenged the assumed truths of his day in order to reconstruct Athenian life. Plato‚ Socrates’ best student‚ in turn became a great philosopher in his own rite‚ and Plato’s best student‚ Aristotle‚ became a great philosopher himself. These are examples of sustained and confident intellectual motivation and advancement
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Freedom in Greece: The rise and Fall of Delphi Delphi was one of the few institutions of the Greek world considered an authority throughout the Greek polis. A temple dedicated to Apollo‚ a god of light‚ truth‚ and divination. Its location was near a Mt. Parnassus and had a female priestess who answered the questions of the petitioner. The Oracle of Delphi being in a unique position was regarded as an arbiter for the Greeks it assisted in decisions such as war‚ colonization‚ and advice. How Delphi
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justice known as litigation. This suggests that Clytemnestra functions as a catalyst in the transformation from oikos (aristocratic) to polis (democratic) which reflects upon society’s progress towards cleansing. However‚ Athena replaces Clytemnestra as the dominant female figure because she employs a new and more productive justice referred to as the rational Athenian judgment‚ and therefore establishes a just society that will produce and not destruct. In order to completely grasp Clytemnestra
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