Ancient Greece‚ the two largest poleis (city-states) Athens and Sparta are evidence of two opposite forms of government. Athens adopted a more democratic approach while Sparta was governed by two kings. Though near each other‚ Ancient Greece consisted of poleis each of whom was governed separately and differently than one another. In the following I will answer a few questions posed regarding Greece‚ Sparta and the various city-states. Athens Early on only men who owned land could hold public office
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During the Greco-Persian Wars‚ Athens and Sparta fought side-by-side as a team to defeat the Persians. However‚ after they defeated the Persians‚ Athens gained even more power‚ which led to conflicts between the prior allies. As a result‚ these two powerful city-states fought one another in the Peloponnesian War. During the late 5th century BCE‚ Thucydides‚ a historian of this time period‚ described the events of the Peloponnesian War in his book History of the Peloponnesian War (5.84-116). In this
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Athens “Golden Age of Athens” Achievements of: -Golden Age of Athens took place in 5th century BC (480-430 BCE) -Golden Age took place after Peloponnesian wars (Athens verse Sparta) and before the Persian wars -Achievements: Greeks excelled in philosophy history (Herodotus and Thucydides) Drama (Sophocles and Aeschylus) Sculpture (Balance between realism and idealism) Arts Architecture (Parthenon 447-432 BCE) Aristotle on government‚ ethics and epistemology: -Aristotle was a pupil of Plato
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The Business Life of Ancient Athens The Business Life of Ancient Athens is an informative book about different aspects of Ancient businesses and Ancient ways of dealing with money. This book first starts out by explaining the agricultural aspects of Ancient Athens. Agriculture was not well for Athens‚ so they had to trade a lot. It is recorded as early as the 6th century BC that grain was a very big part of an average Athenian’s diet. Therefore; much grain trade was necessary because Greece
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Theseus Athens Great Hero At birth Theseus an unknown father. His mother ‚ Aethra ‚ was friendly with both Poseidon and Aegeus (Hunt 3-6). Before Theseus was born Aegeus said to Aethra ." If we are to have a son ‚ when he is grown have him take my sword and sandals from under this boulder to me ‚" then he was off to Athens. Theseus was born in a small town called Troezen and grew up there‚ in a normal way. When Theseus was old enough Aethra took Theseus to the boulder where the sandals and
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governments were set up where only a few select people controlled the masses. The city of Athens‚ in ancient Greece‚ was the first city to undergo a transformation from a monarchy to a democracy that affected and changed the lives of average men from then until the modern world. Ancient Athens was the vanguard for rights of the common people. “Average” is relative here‚ as the only
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has been said that Sparta had two separate histories‚ its own and that of its image abroad...Considering how much was written about Sparta in antiquity‚ it is remarkable how confused‚ contradictory and incomplete the picture is. Partly this is because the mirage is constantly cutting across the reality‚ distorting it and often concealing it altogether; and partly because the Spartans themselves were so completely silent.With respect to our knowledge of the helots in ancient Sparta‚ how accurate do
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children should deserve to crumble. It was an ancient Greek city state known as Sparta. In Sparta‚ they would whip the boys as an athletic contest. Whoever could withstand the most pain won. Do the strengths of Sparta outweigh the weaknesses? No‚ the strengths do not outweigh the weaknesses because they were abusive‚ lacked education‚ and the boys were taken from their families at a young age. To begin with‚ Sparta would abuse the children. In document B it says “[Lycurgus] encouraged them to
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The School Of Athens by Raphael Nii Teiko Tagoe 9/11/12 LBTS 1105 The School of Athens by Raphael is a painting that really relates to classical philosophy and humanism. It is one of the greatest paintings in the high Renaissance‚ and it was painted in one of the greatest most extraordinarily decorated rooms in the Vatican‚ the name of the room was the Stanza della Segnatura.” The school of Athens” was painted by Raphael between 1508 and 1511‚ and it was right around the time Michelangelo was
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Raphael’s “School of Athens” fresco is one of the four frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura ‚ in the Vatican. The walls are covered with four different scenes‚ each depicting a different theme. The School of Athens represents Philosophy. The techniques and figures used in the fresco not only pay homage to Raphael’s influences‚ but are also a presentation of the skills acquired from each. Almost as though he was submitting it for approval. As Raphael traveled throughout Italy‚ he formed relationships
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