similarities which both will be explored as we discover the cultural influence on two of the most prolific structures that remain. We begin upon the citadel of the Athenian Acropolis‚ home of the Parthenon. Amidst years of war with the Persians‚ Athens formed the Delian League
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who put their hometowns on the map. One young Athenian nobleman defended his political reputation by mentioning how he entered seven chariots in the Olympic chariot-race. This high number of entries made both the Aristocrats and the Athens look very
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were rows of shops and colonnaded walkways called stoa. Methods of government varied among the Ancient Greek city-states. However Athens is famous for democracy. The word democracy comes from the Greek words demos‚ meaning people and kratos meaning rule. Democracy was introduced in Athens 508 BC. Only men could vote‚ not women‚ slaves or foreigners. In Athens there was a council made up of 500 men. They proposed new laws
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till the 4th century. The building held many treasures‚ the most magnificent being a statue of Athena in full armor holding Nike‚ Goddess of Victory‚ made purely of ivory and gold. This statue was lost and eventually destroyed in the 5th century‚ Athens now being a province of the Roman Empire. In the 5th century‚ the building was turned into a Christian church. It remained this way for around 250 years‚ the actual structure remaining intact‚ but with most sculptures of the Greek Gods destroyed.
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unbiased system of justice to the people of Athens. Athena expresses her disinclination to monopolize the final decision of this trial‚ stating “Embrace the one? Expel the other? It defeats me / But since the matter comes to rest on us‚ / I will appoint the judges of manslaughter‚ / swear them in‚ and found a tribunal here / for all time to come” (496). Here‚ she expresses her idea of creating a court with a jury to judge Orestes. As the patron of the city of Athens‚ Athena vies to teach the citizens how
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come to know as the base of Greek culture. Athens a city-state in Greece began a long on-going war with Sparta‚ the powerful city-state of southern Greece’s Peloponnesian Peninsula. Religion‚ politics and popular culture all play a part in understanding Lysistrata‚ a play that was written to explain the ending of this war. In the play‚ gods and goddesses are referenced constantly and the people did what they had to do to make the gods happy. In Athens;
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trustworthy man than Cadmas? Lucius: Well I heard Cadmas and also all the Athenians rapes boys for fun. How filthy and shameful is that! I cannot trust any word from Athenians! Cleon: Did you just say that we are filthy? Now I know why our honourable Athens worriers defeat Olynthus. I believe those fools never read the famous “Dissoi Logoi”
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shame that this generation or generations to come will never get to see his work first hand. Phidias’ work on Athena was marveled upon for centuries. Phidias’ colossal statue of Athena was housed in the Parthenon and was displayed the symbol of Athens. It is believed that the statue was damaged in several fires and eventually was burned beyond repair around the fifth century. The statue was believed to be of great stature and heavy in gold. “The sculpture was assembled on a wooden core‚ covered
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the youth of Athens. Plato’s account consists of three speeches that were given by Socrates during this trial. Socrates speaks before the men of Athens‚ his jury‚ in 399 BCE and confesses he has forgotten who he was‚ he then recollects who he is‚ and finally he proclaims who Socrates is. The trial began with the prosecutors presenting their case against the accused before the Athenian jury. In this trial Meletus argued that Socrates was guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens and committing
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In Plato’s Apology‚ we are faced with the narration of the speech Socrates makes at the trial in which he is being accused of corrupting the youth of Athens for his lack of not recognizing the gods. Early on in the text‚ on page seven we are presented with the accusations to which Socrates is being accused of; “What do they say? Something of this sort: - That Socrates is a doer of evil‚ and corruptor of the youth‚ and he doesn’t not believe in the gods of the state‚ and has other new divinities
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