provides a unique insight into just how Athenian democracy understood itself. In the speech Pericles relates the special qualities of the Athenians‚ redefining many traditional Greek virtues in a radical new light. He also described Athens as a wonderful place to live & portrayed its citizens as tolerant‚ courageous and rightful. The speech is a glorification of Athens’ achievements‚ designed to stir the spirits of a state still at war. The idea that the Athenians are able to put aside their petty wants
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monarchy‚ oligarchy‚ and democracy. Democracy was developed in Athens‚ and at some point it started spreading to many other cities. Including non-Greek cities like Rome. One of the main ways they were similar was in their form of government. Both Greece and Rome had an assembly‚ where members were elected by the people. Rome was ruled by two consuls‚ who ruled for a year or were forced out of office. Greece was ruled by archons‚ who were elected annually. Athenian democracy was made up of three important
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council and assembly. “The council of Areopagus” was the Anthenian council. This council served as an important legal institution under the the Athenian democracy. This council existed long before democracy and its power and composition changed many times over the centuries. The Athens conducted an assembly it was the regular gathering of male Athenian citizens to listen to‚ discuss‚ and vote on decrees such as‚ finical and religious matters‚ public festivals and wars‚ and treaties with foreign
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would often conflate monarchy with tyranny. The Athenians were subjected to the invasions of Darius and Xerxes of Persia‚ so it would make sense that they would hold animosity against these tyrants and their type of rule. Athens did have a monarchy at one point in history‚ however‚ before the democracy that they were so famous for. This monarchy was short lived‚ however‚ and soon after Athens was developed it evolved into an oligarchy. (Athenian
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The life of the hero theseus Aegeus‚ king of Athens‚ and the sea god Poseidon both slept with Theseus’s mother‚ Aithra‚ on the same night‚ supplying Theseus with both divine and royal lineage. Theseus was born in Aithra’s home city of Troezen‚ located in the Peloponnese‚ but as an adolescent he traveled around the Saronic Gulf via Epidauros‚ the Isthmus of Corinth‚ Krommyon‚ the Megarian Cliffs‚ and Eleusis before finally reaching Athens. Along the way he encountered and dispatched six legendary
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agree that democracy is the best form of government. As a result‚ their outlook upon the first great democratic system in Western civilization is largely affected by their own predilection. Others‚ however‚ can see major flaws in Athenian democracy. These opposing stances are no recent development. The positives and negatives of this form of government have been argued and deliberated ever since it first transpired‚ nearly 25 centuries ago. Indeed‚ most of the criticism made of democracy today was
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concept of democracy used in Athenian society is derived from the word Demos-Kratos‚ which translates to ‘power to the people’ they achieved this by‚ for example‚ giving people the power to vote on the operation and execution of legislations. This system is well known for its stability and strength which have allowed an outline for modern western politics. Powerful Athenian statesmen‚ Kleisthenes‚ who reigned from 508BC‚ and Pericles‚ who reigned from 461-429 BC‚ significantly developed Athenian democracy
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Around the same time‚ a Golden Age was dawning on 5th century Athens. With Greece shifting into its Classical Period of art and the Parthenon rising from the site of a previously destroyed temple in 447 B.C.E‚ Pericles shaped a sublime Greek democracy. The Golden Age of Pericles included many key innovations such as flourishing art‚ astonishing architectural feats‚ and a revolutionary government. Despite the impeccable works of this time‚ prolonged peace and a steady government proved to be
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and what their significance was in the life of Athens during the Classical Age of Greece 479-336 B.C.E. Athens was and still is known as the original culture to create the ideal of democracy and was the first democracy in the ancient world. (Pomeroy‚ 2012)(Levack‚ Muir‚ & Veldman‚ 2011). However; Ancient Athenians were not an equal society‚ they reserved citizenship for only a select group within the population. Male citizens once reaching the age of 18 and who were “free born” were the only
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How Great Were Their Differences? The Ancient Athenian and China dynasties were vastly different because of their population and form of government. The government of Athens was democracy with a diminutive population that could be ran by some people in the population‚ whereas in Han China was a bureaucracy with a greater population that was ran by non-elective government officials‚ citizens had no say in government. (Document 2) The Ancient Athenian population was made up of fifty hundred free male
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