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    Visigoths and Athenians

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    The modern-day Visigoth is characterized in Postman’s graduation speech as self-centered power-seeking and money-driven. Athenians on the other hand‚ are identified as individuals on “the quest for knowledge.” Postman throughout the speech does not tell the reader what type of person to be but gives the reader the option to choose. We would like to think ourselves as Athenians; reasoning‚ experimenting‚ questioning however there are powerful people in the world that represent the opposite. Postman

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    equipped to rule. Spartan culture was much more unified and allowed women to play a pivotal role in the state. Finally‚ Athens culture was deeply rooted in thought‚ but often led to violence and mob rule. Sparta and Athens had starkly different laws by which to govern their people. The city-state

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    Spartan Literary Sources

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    and dreaded state‚ which led to their eventual rise as the most powerful city in the Greek world. Despite the Spartans rise to power and glory it is extraordinarily difficult to write about the history of Sparta. The problem does not lie in the lack of sources but whether or not the sources can be viewed as historically accurate. When looking at literary sources pertaining to Spartan history‚ there are five issues that must be analyzed and understood if we are to attempt to depict the fact from

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    Athenian Propaganda

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    Athenian artistic performances were they a form of propaganda? The “glory that was Greece” reached its height in 5th century BCE in Athens‚ under the leadership of Pericles. He opened Athenian democracy to the ordinary citizen‚ was responsible for the construction of magnificent temples and statues on the Acropolis and he‚ in effect created the Athenian empire. The definition of propaganda is “the planned use of any form of public or mass-produced communication designed to affect the minds of

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    Athenian Marriage

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    Athenian marriages were based on usefulness rather than affection’ How far do you agree with this statement? Give the reasons for your views and support them with details from the Athenian sources you have studied. Marriage was one of the key elements of an Athenian society‚ alongside the importance of children; the importance of marriage was just as valued and necessary for Athenians. The purpose of marriage in Athens was to represent a business arrangement between the fathers of the women and

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    Athenian Democracy 2

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    when I compared Athenian democracy and American democracy. Now although many may in fact say that the American democracy is the best‚ many do not know that America government is a derivative from Athens very own government. The city-state of Athens and surrounding territory of Attica was the first government to have a true democracy. Although America did derive its government from Athens‚ Athens is not a representative democracy ‚ it is a direct democracy. The set up of Athenian democracy and American

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    Before the war‚ I was a wealthy landowner with several prosperous farms in Attica and many slaves. The war destroyed me. The Spartans made sure my efforts to maintain my farm would never come to fruition. My olive trees‚ which took nearly a decade to grow‚ were left in ruins after the Spartans received word of the existence of my farmland. My slaves ran off. My debts were rising at alarming rates and I lost pieces of property one after another. The women who

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    The Athenian Golden Age

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    I believe the demise of the Athenian Empire and ultimately what is now referred to as the Golden Age‚ was greatly affected‚ not only by Spartan’s Victory over Athens‚ but the multitude of things that allowed the victory of such a powerful empire to occur. This included‚ however was not limited to‚ the plague that swept through the population of Athens‚ the animosity caused by the power Athens had acquired over the local Greek polis and the wealth created by its greed‚ while in the Delian League.

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    Athenian Democracy

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    The Athenian Democracy was classified as a direct democracy which means that they were a form of government in which a group of just ordinary people make decisions. Any male citizen could make a decisions but women‚ slaves and others were not allowed and were born elsewhere. Even though it was made up of male Athenians and women didn’t have much right‚ the people in a way were all treated equally. The Athenian democracy pretty much dissolved due to numerous changes. The Athenian government was broken

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    Athens were certainly no exception. They wanted to believe that they were the best humanity had to offer. The Athenians valued freedom and for every man to fulfill his own life and desires in peace. They claimed their sense of independence was balanced out through the fact that everyone upheld fair and just laws. They prided themselves on not sacrificing their individual identities (as the Spartans did) for the sake of military discipline and superiority. They ultimately held themselves as the pinnacle

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