greek culture
Exam 2
PART I
1. The early Greek city-state was divided into four social classes and they were: eupatrids, agroikoi, demiourgoi and the slaves. Eupatrids (“sons of noble fathers”) are citizens with full legal and political rights; free adult men born legitimately of citizen of parents. They had the right to vote, be elected into office, bear arms, and the obligation to serve when at war. Agroikoi are the farmers, which had no formal political rights but full legal rights. Demiourgoi are the “public workers” in which chose to reside elsewhere (the metoikoi); they are free-born and possesses full rights in their place of origin and full legal rights but no political rights in their place of residence. They could not vote, could not be elected to office, could not bear arms and could not serve in war. The slaves were under the full possession of their owner with no privileges other what their owner would grant at will. The advantage of belonging to one class to another is having political and economical advantages.
2. The economical development complicated the traditional class system by increasing economic gap. The rich with land kept getting richer and the poor reduced to selling land, sharecropping or debt slavery. Number of “Thes” increased, contributing to large rise in “thetic” class. On top of that, due to creation of hopla (a new kind of heavy shield) and hoplite, the agrikoi and demiougoi began to break into the aristocratic ranks for larger numbers of participants/solders were necessary to conduct phalanx in war. The entitlement to participate in war, which was a privileged only to upper class, were now being “taken away” by the lower class, which contributed to public opinion debate over the traditional class system.
3. Solon defined the classes with precision laying down as the criterion the amount of land revenue, and they were: Pentakosiomedimnoi, Hippeis, Zeugetai, and Thetes. Pentakosiomedimnoi are all those who had an income of over five
PART I
1. The early Greek city-state was divided into four social classes and they were: eupatrids, agroikoi, demiourgoi and the slaves. Eupatrids (“sons of noble fathers”) are citizens with full legal and political rights; free adult men born legitimately of citizen of parents. They had the right to vote, be elected into office, bear arms, and the obligation to serve when at war. Agroikoi are the farmers, which had no formal political rights but full legal rights. Demiourgoi are the “public workers” in which chose to reside elsewhere (the metoikoi); they are free-born and possesses full rights in their place of origin and full legal rights but no political rights in their place of residence. They could not vote, could not be elected to office, could not bear arms and could not serve in war. The slaves were under the full possession of their owner with no privileges other what their owner would grant at will. The advantage of belonging to one class to another is having political and economical advantages.
2. The economical development complicated the traditional class system by increasing economic gap. The rich with land kept getting richer and the poor reduced to selling land, sharecropping or debt slavery. Number of “Thes” increased, contributing to large rise in “thetic” class. On top of that, due to creation of hopla (a new kind of heavy shield) and hoplite, the agrikoi and demiougoi began to break into the aristocratic ranks for larger numbers of participants/solders were necessary to conduct phalanx in war. The entitlement to participate in war, which was a privileged only to upper class, were now being “taken away” by the lower class, which contributed to public opinion debate over the traditional class system.
3. Solon defined the classes with precision laying down as the criterion the amount of land revenue, and they were: Pentakosiomedimnoi, Hippeis, Zeugetai, and Thetes. Pentakosiomedimnoi are all those who had an income of over five