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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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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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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they had military clashes. Peloponnesian War was the result of increasing controversy. The roots of the Peloponnesian War can be traced back to many specific instances but on the most part three main elements caused its rise; Sparta’s anger at Athenian aid to Spartan enemies‚
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involved in the Pincer Movement. This battle strategy‚ designed by Athenian leader Miltiades‚ involved Athenian soldiers forming a thin front line with a strong rear sides. The idea behind this strategy was that the strongest of Athenian soldiers would stand on the front line and attack‚ while a greater majority of other soldiers would begin to encircle the opposing army. If it was not for Themistocles (and a great deal many Athenian solders) contribution to this major battle‚ the outcome of the Persian
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BCE was the mark of the end of Athens’s Golden Age and the end of their experiment with democracy. He was executed by a polis in turmoil after its defeat by the Spartans in 404 BCE. Socrates would become the ideal symbol for good citizenship and honorable thinking for centuries to come. In Acropolis‚ there was a profound division that existed between the philosophers and the polis. There were too different traditions of Greek philosophers‚ the pre-Socratics and the Sophists. The pre-Socratic tradition
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circumstances had a greater influence than the period’s military developments. His main driving motives for warfare were the increasing overpopulation and land hunger: communities competed to accumulate the maximum amount of land‚ even within the same polis. From the accumulation of small-scaled conflicts‚ the “wealthy and well equipped commoners” become a major faction within the Greek poleis and the ruling aristocrats had no choice but to integrate them into the army. Inevitably‚ as the power of independent
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