SOCIAL CLASSES In my perfect world it would be democratic‚ and there would be no slaves or any type of social class. Unfortunately‚ excluding the time of creation‚ the world is not and has never been perfect. In Ancient Greece there were four different social classes. The privileged upper-class were those that ruled Athens. Native by birth they enjoyed social excess and great wealth. The upper class were practically the head of all enterprise and endeavour and were referred to as natives. The Middle
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Running head: A WOMAN ’S ROLE IN ANCIENT GREECE: 1000-500 BC A Woman ’s Role in Ancient Greece: 1000-500 BC A Woman ’s Role in Ancient Greece Most people can relate the city of Athens to freedom and democracy‚ as well as relate the city of Sparta to a highly restricted military dictatorship. This is because school has taught us that modern democracies are modeled after Athens‚ while military dictatorships are modeled after Sparta. However‚ history shows us that women had much more liberty
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athletes. They have a love for dance and theater‚ but also for philosophy and poetry. Swimming and sailing are largely popular; however soccer and golf are on the rise in Greece. Many hotels for tourists‚ offer the same types of recreation and sports that we have here in the United States. The food is prepared mostly fresh in Greece. Most homes grow their own herbs particular‚ basil and the villagers grow their own gardens. Some of the
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Introduction Ancient Greece as one of the cradles of civilization and an employer of several forms of governmental rule during its time in history serves as an excellent beginning point to compare and contrast some of the common structures of government. In my paper I will be briefly describing and discussing monarchy‚ aristocracy‚ tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy as forms of government in ancient Greek city-states and will provide my opinion of the results of those experiments in governmental rule
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Homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome Americans endlessly recycle the old conflicts: "first we fought about slavery‚ then segregation‚ then gender‚ and now sexual orientation"-(Anon). Homosexuality is an on-going conflict in America‚ as well as other countries. The history of homosexuality goes back to the ancient civilizations. As we have different ideas and ways of "dealing" with it‚ so did the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome. Ancient Greece is considered as being
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Ancient Greece: Society‚ Culture & Identity Ancient Greece was made up of independent city-states and sometimes they were called polis (oligarchy) except the cities of Athens and Sparta. The Spartans were ruled by monarchy while the Athenians introduced the first democratic government in the world. This meant that citizens of Athens were allowed to vote to choose in the political matters. Therefore‚ to be a citizen one would have to be born with Athenian parents and be a male. Men were either serving
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Hesiod: Works and Days‚ c. 750 BC First of all‚ get a house‚ and a woman and an ox for the plough--a slave woman and not a wife‚ to follow the oxen as well--and make everything ready at home‚ so that you may not have to ask of another‚ and he refuse you‚ and so‚ because you are in lack‚ the season pass by and your work come to nothing. Strabo: Geographia circa 550 BCE And the temple of Aphrodite [at Corinth] was so rich that it owned more than a thousand temples Slaves---prostitutes---whom
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in early Greece? If you compare life in early Greece to life in the Twenty First Century‚ you may be surprised at the similarities‚ as well as differences. Well‚ in the next few paragraphs‚ I will explain to you just how different the life in Ancient Greece was from today. I will explore an organized society with primitive construction ideas to amazing mythology beliefs. First‚ there are several differences in the way their homes were built. Most homes during the Golden Age of Greece were poorly
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intervening war period of 490 BC – 480 BC. After the Persian failure at Marathon‚ King Darius planned revenge on the opposing empire‚ however‚ died in 486 BC. Succeeding the throne was his son Xerxes who set out to advance with Darius’ planned invasion of Greece. Xerxes planned his attack with new strategies‚ combining both a land and sea offence. As this would require a large army accompanied by a supportive and communicative navy‚ this logistical exercise took nearly four years to prepare. Hearing of Xerxes
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Dear National Geographic members‚ I have called you all here today to present a Life Time Achievement Award to a great leader of the Ancient Greece world. In Ancient Greece‚ the people made great achievement in technology‚ government‚ writings‚ and much‚ much more. The person I am about to present the award to has created a spectacular form of government we still use today. I will tell you about his achievements later‚ but let me tell you some background information about this leader. His name
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