I. Greetings fellow members of the Assembly‚ I am for Athens in the Athens vs Sparta debate. I’m for Athens as Athens was far superior and powerful than Sparta that influences today’s modern western culture. Athens brought the political idea of democracy that is still used today. Democracy gave equality to all of Athens’ citizens as well as many freedoms compared to other governments like an aristocracy which Sparta used or an oligarchy. Some freedoms such as freedom of speech brought many great
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In Greece it is a known fact that the citizens relied on the Gods for any complications they had in life. The Persian wars with Greece and how it affected Greece as a whole. What the main ideas in the Iliad was manliness‚ courage‚ and loyalty. In the comedy play the Congresswomen shows the dry wit people in the government was shown. There were many similarities and differences with the two main city-states in Greece but literature like the Iliad and congresswomen shows the beliefs and values throughout
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Athens took charge because Sparta retreated into its own self-interests‚ so to only protect themselves so the Ionians looked for help among the Athenians. It was formed in 477BC at Delos (which was a neutral city). The league seemed successful because in they had some big victories such as in: 478BC Byzantium retaken‚ cutting off Persians garrisons to Thrace‚ 475BC Eion recaptured 468BC major victory at Eurymedon River. It seemed to liberalise the Greek cities (except Sparta) and stamp out Persian threat
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Salamis at all was the result of a Themistoclean ruse” (Strauss 147). Another example is how Themistocles tricked Sparta as a whole; when Athens came under attack by Persian forces and had large portions of its walls destroyed‚ Sparta insisted it keep its walls unrepaired as a sort of memorial. Themistocles‚ however‚ instructed the Athenians to repair the wall and then left for Sparta to stall for time‚ only admitting the deceit once the
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and find why they were thought to be so good‚ and what made them good. To begin there is Pericles’ Funeral Oration written by Thucydides‚ which documents a speech that Pericles used to address a crowd in Athens‚ comparing Athens to most notably‚ Sparta. It is evident that Athenians were certain that Athens was the greatest‚ “When you realize her greatness‚
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Introduction The birth of democracy in Sparta and Athens was a long‚ painful journey‚ created by wars‚ cruel leaders‚ and heroic figures. Although many of democracy’s ideas came from Athenian government‚ it was very different from the democracy in the United States‚ for example. In general‚ wealthy aristocrats had the most power. But without the ideas that this time period created‚ who knows where we would be now. In this paper‚ I’m going to outline how democracy came to be in early Athenian and
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Philip of Macedonia to commence. Let us begin with the culture of Athens and Sparta‚ in an attempt to explain the vast contrast within the two city-states. The Spartans were obsessed with their military superiority‚ while the Athenians were interested in comfort and culture. Granted‚ the Athenian Navy was the strongest maritime force of the age‚ but more on this when we get to corruption. The culture of Athens and Sparta was different to their core; everything from political to daily living conflicted
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What happens when a Spartan boy turns 7? (1 point) He joins the military . Compare the education of a Sparta boy and an Athenian boy. (2 points) They Both have to be educated. In Athens the parent pay for education and taught to to read and write and draw‚ while Spartans are mostly focused on battle How does the adolescent instruction of an Athenian male compare to that of a Sparta male? (2 points) Spartan and Athenians are both taught but Spartans are mostly worried about their physical
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Leonidas was the king of Sparta‚ after his brothers Dorieus and Cleomenes died‚ for 10 years from 490-480 BCE. He was born in 540 BCE in the Sparta area‚ which was in the Peloponnesian Peninsula‚ located in southern Greece. Leonidas lived in Sparta from 540-480 BCE which means “Before Common Era.” Leonidas was 4th in line to become the king. He married Gorgo‚ who was the daughter of his half-brother Cleomenes‚ and he was the father of Pleistarchus who became the king of Sparta. Leonidas was the son
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What was Sparta and where was it? Ancient Greece‚ or Hellas as it is called in the Greek language‚ was divided into many states and city-states. A city-state‚ or polis in Greek‚ was actually just a city with such power that it controlled the entire state in which it was located. For example‚ Sparta was the city-state in the state of Lakonia‚ but because Sparta was such a major power in its state‚ it was common to use the city name to refer to the whole area. At the time‚ Sparta had a population
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