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Athens
One of the Ancient Greek city states, Athens has become the Capitol of Greece. It was home to Plato and Aristotle as well as a center of cultural activity up to the modern day.
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How did Greeks justify slavery?
Very few authors of antiquity call slavery into question. To Homer and the pre-classical authors, slavery was an inevitable consequence of war. Heraclitus states that "War is the father of all, the king of all ... he turns some into slaves and sets others free".[147]
During the classical period, the main justification for slavery was economic.[148] From a moral point of view, the idea of "natural" slavery emerged at the same time; thus, as Aeschylus states in The Persians, the Greeks "[o]f no man are they called the slaves or vassals",[149] while the Persians, as Euripides states in Helen, "are all slaves, except one" - the Great King.[150] Hippocrates theorizes about this latent idea at the end of the 5th century BC. According to him, the temperate climate of Anatolia produced a placid and submissive people.[151] This explanation is reprised by Plato,[152] then Aristotle in Politics,[153] where he develops the concept of "natural slavery": "for he that can foresee with his mind is naturally ruler and naturally master, and he that can do these things with his body is subject and naturally a slave."[154] As opposed to an animal, a slave can comprehend reason but "…has not got the deliberative part at all."[155]
In parallel, the concept that all men, whether Greek or barbarian, belonged to the same race was being developed by the Sophists[156] and thus that certain men were slaves although they had the soul of a freeman and vice versa.[157] Aristotle himself recognized this possibility and argued that slavery could not be imposed unless the master was better than the slave, in keeping with his theory of "natural" slavery.[158] The Sophists concluded that true servitude was not a matter of status but a matter of spirit; thus, as Menander stated, "be free in the mind, although you are slave: and thus you will no longer be a slave".[159] This idea, repeated by the Stoics and the Epicurians, was not so much an opposition to slavery as a trivialisation of it.[160]
The Greeks could not comprehend an absence of slaves. Slaves exist even in the "Cloudcuckooland" of Aristophanes' The Birds as well as in the ideal cities of Plato's Laws or Republic.[161] The utopian cities of Phaleas of Chalcedon and Hippodamus of Miletus are based on the equal distribution of property, but public slaves are used respectively as craftsmen[162] and land workers.[163] The "reversed cities" placed women in power or even saw the end of private property, as in Lysistrata or Assemblywomen, but could not picture slaves in charge of masters. The only societies without slaves were those of the Golden Age, where all needs were met. In this type of society, as explained by Plato,[164] one reaped generously without sowing. In Telekleides' Amphictyons[165] barley loaves fight with wheat loaves for the honour of being eaten by men. Moreover, objects move themselves-dough kneads itself, and the jug pours itself. Society without slaves is thus relegated to a different time and space. In a "normal" society, one needs slaves.
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What was the daily life as an athenian woman?
When a baby if the child was a girl or deformed the father had the right to leave it on a hillside and die. They wanted only strong men to continue their population, even though you need both sex to continue the reproduction of a (group, country, race, etc.)
As a child athenian children were taught some physical education, but only wealthy boys were taught a formal education.
Once women were older they could not be a citizen and anything left from their parents would be given to her husband and they could not own any land. Their job was to cook clean and make clothing for the family taught to them by their mother.
What were some advantages to living in Athens?
Athens created the first city states.
Also they were the first in to start the democracy. Also they had really good poets, they had great mathematics skills, they also have great artist.
What can metic do and can't do?
A metic could ply a trade, or trade, but did not have citizenship rights, however they were required to fight in defence of Athens and had their own regiment.
There were at least 2 sieges of Athens. The other was at the end of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. Sparta laid siege to Athens, eventually starving the population into surrended. The defensive 'Long Walls' were torn down by the Athenians, supervised by Spartan soldiers. Contemporary accounts say this was to the sound of flute music. The finest account is Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War', available in English translation from Penguin Classics. Jennief. spiropoulos ALEXANDERS VISIT TO THE CITY OF TROY,THE TROJANS HEARING OF THE DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS
ALEXANDER DECIDED TO GO TO THE GREAT CITY OF TROY. HE WAS GREETED BY THEIR COUNCIL AND TAKEN TO A FIELD NEARBY, AND WAS SHOWN THE GRAVES OF HECTOR AND ACHILLES, THE HEROS OFTHE TROJAN WARS.HE WAS GIVEN AS A GIFT THE BOOK OF HOMER THEY HAD AND GAVE TO HIM THE CROWN OF QUEEN KLYTOEMNESTRIA, THE DAUGHTER OF KING TYNDAREIS,SHE WASSISTER TO HELEN OF TROY, AND QUEEN AND WIFE TO AGAMANNON.
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COPYRIGHTED LIB OF CONGRESS a spiropoulos ALEXANDER DECIDED TO GO TO THE GREAT CITY OF TROY. HE WAS GREETED BY THEIR COUNCIL AND TAKEN TO A FIELD NEARBY,AND WAS SHOWN THE GRAVES OF HECTOR AND ACHILLES, THE HEROS OF THE TROJAN WARS.HE WAS GIVEN AS A GIFT THE BOOK OF HOMER.
THEY HAD AND GAVE TO HIM THE CROWN OF QUEEN KLYTOEMNESTRIA,THE DAUGHTER OF KING TYNDAREIS,SHE WAS SISTER TO HELEN OF TROY,ANDQUEEN AND WIFE TO AGAMANNON.
ANCIENT ATHENS
PROIR TO GOING TO TROY HE HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE ATHENIANS.ALEXANDER APPROACHES THE GREAT CITY FORTRESS OF ATHENS,AS HE APPROACHED ATHENS THEIR COUNCIL REFUSED TO ACCEPT ALEXANDER,AND DIOGENES LEFT IN ANGER AND JOINED ALEXANDERS CAMP,AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ITS CONQUEST BY HIS EXCELLENT ADVICE.
ALEXANDER TRIED IN VAIN TO OVERCOME THEIR CITY FORTRESS,BUT SUSTAINED MANY WOUNDED AND LOST MANY FOUSATTA. THERE WAS GREAT RESENTMENT IN HIS ARMY TOWARDS THESE ATHENIANS. DIOGENES SAID TO ALEXANDER, EVEN DARIUS WITH ALL HIS MIGHT WILL NOT COME AGAINST THE ATHENIAN WALLS, YOU MUST TRICK THEM INTO LEAVING THEIR FORTRESS.
ALEXANDER HEEDED THESE WORDS OF VALUE AND BUILT A WOODEN STATUE OF APOLLO,THEIR GOD.HE SENT A MESSAGE TO THE ATHENIANS THAT THEIR GOD HAD DEFEATED HIM, AND HE LEAVES 2000 SHEEP AS A TOKEN TO THEIR GOD APOLLO.WHO HAS DEFEATED HIM ,AND TO THE ATHENIAN TROOPS THAT FOUGHT SO VILANTLY. THE ATHENIANS BELIEVING THIS AND IN THEIR OWN MIGHT ,LEFT A SMALL GARRISON IN THE FORTRESS,THEY TAKING THE STATUE OF APOLLO INSIDE,AND WENT ABOUT ROUNDING UP THE SHEEP.
GRAPHIC OF ALEXANDER IN BATTLE MOSAIC
GRAPHIC OF ALEXANDER IN BATTLE
ALEXANDER FOUSATTA SURPRISED THEM,CUTTING THEM OFF FROM THEIR FORTRESS, AND WITH HIS CALVARY DESTROYED THEM. INSIDE, AS DID THE TROJANS, ALEX. HID A FEW SOLIDERS INSIDE THE STATUE.THEY CAME OUT AT NIGHT AND OPENED THE GATES OF ATHENS. HIS SOLIDERS WHO HAD LOST FRIENDS STARTED A SLAUGHTER, ALEXANDER UNABLE TO CONTROL HIS FOUSATTA,ORDERED FIRE TO BE SET TO FORCE HIS FOUSATTA OUT OF THE CITY.
ATHENS
TO THIS DAY IN THE ANCIENT RUINS OF OLD ATHENS,THEIR IS EDIVENCE OF A GREAT FIRE AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW OR WHEN,BUT NOW WE KNOW THAT IT WAS ALEXANDERS FIRE.
ALEXANDER THEN PROCEEDED TO THE GREAT CITY OF ROME. THE ROMAINS HEARING OF THE DEFEAT OF ATHENS WERE EAGER TO ACCEPT ALEXANDER. THEIR COUNCIL BELIEVED HIM TO BE THE SON OF APOLLO THEIR GOD,FOR IN THEIR TEMPLE THEY HAD A BOOK CALLED THE BIBLION,WHICH CONTAINED A PROPHESY OF ALEXANDER COMING .
GRAPHIC OF ALEXANDER BEING GREETED IN ROME
ALEXANDERS VISIT TO THE CITY OF TROY
ALEXANDER DECIDED TO GO TO THE GREAT CITY OF TROY. HE WAS GREETED BY THEIR COUNCIL AND TAKEN TO A FIELD NEARBY,AND WAS SHOWN THE GRAVES OF HECTOR AND ACHILLES, THE HEROS OFTHE TROJAN WARS.HE WAS GIVEN AS A GIFT THE BOOK OF HOMER THEY HAD AND GAVE TO HIM THE CROWN OF QUEEN KLYTOEMNESTRIA,THE DAUGHTER OF KING TYNDAREIS,SHE WASSISTER TO HELEN OF TROY,AND QUEEN AND WIFE TO AGAMANNON.
BEFORE GOING TO TROY HE HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE ATHENIANS. ALEXANDER APPROACHES THE GREAT CITY FORTRESS OF ATHENS,
AS HE APPROACHED ATHENS THEIR COUNCIL REFUSED TO ACCEPT ALEXANDER,AND DIOGENES LEFT IN ANGER AND JOINED ALEXANDERS CAMP,AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ITS CONQUEST BY HIS EXCELLENT ADVICE.ALEXANDER TRIED IN VAIN TO OVERCOME THEIR CITY FORTRESS,BUT SUSTAINED MANY WOUNDED AND LOST MANY FOUSATTA. THERE WAS GREAT RESENTMENT IN HIS ARMY TOWARDS THESE ATHENIANS.
DIOGENES SAID TO ALEXANDER, EVEN DARIUS WITH ALL HIS MIGHT WILL NOT COME AGAINST THE ATHENIAN WALLS, YOU MUST TRICK THEM INTO LEAVING THEIR FORTRESS, ALEXANDER HEEDED THESE WORDS OF VALUE AND BUILT A WOODEN STATUE OF APOLLO,THEIR GOD.
HE SENT A MESSAGE TO THE ATHENIANS THAT THEIR GOD HAD DEFEATED HIM, AND HE LEAVES 2000 SHEEP AS A TOKEN TO THEIR GOD APOLLO.WHO HAS DEFEATED HIM ,AND TO THE ATHENIAN TROOPS THAT FOUGHT SO VILANTLY. THE ATHENIANS BELIEVING THIS AND IN THEIR OWN MIGHT ,LEFT A SMALL GARRISON IN THE FORTRESS,THEY TAKING THE STATUE OF APOLLO INSIDE,AND WENT ABOUT ROUNDING UP THE SHEEP.
ALEXANDER FOUSATTA SURPRISED THEM,CUTTING THEM OFF FROM THEIR FORTRESS, AND WITH HIS CALVARY DESTROYED THEM. INSIDE, AS DID THE TROJANS, ALEX. HID A FEW SOLIDERS INSIDE THE STATUE.THEY CAME OUT AT NIGHT ANDOPENED THE GATES OF ATHENS.
HIS SOLIDERS WHO HAD LOST FRIENDS STARTED A SLAUGHTER, ALEXANDER UNABLE TO CONTROL HIS FOUSATTA,ORDERED FIRE TO BE SET TO FORCE HIS FOUSATTA OUT OF THE CITY,TO THIS DAY IN THE ANCIENT RUINS OF OLD ATHENS,THEIR IS EDIVENCE OF A GREAT FIRE AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW OR WHEN,BUT NOW WE KNOW THAT IT WAS ALEXANDERS FIRE.
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What element of the U.S. constitutional system was borrowed from Athens?
The concept of a democratic government where all citizens had a vote in making government decisions.
Which of the following helped pottery flourish in Athens?
Athenians developed a new, much faster potter's wheel
To keep a record of important dates
How did the people of Athens responded to Dracos law?
Draco was asked why the less serious crimes got the same penalty as the most serious ones. He said that the less heinous ones deserved death, and he couldn't think or anything more he could do for the most serious ones.
Why couldn't women vote in Athens?
Woman couldnt vote in Athens because, only people with land can vote. Woman couldnt own land, thus, not being allowed to vote :)
How did Athens solve the problem of getting food?
They grew it in the countryside, harvested fish, and bought it from other areas.
Did Athens citizens have to own land?
They had to be accepted by their tribe. Most owned farms, fished, had businesses or trades.
What is the population of Thessaloniki?
The population of Thessaloniki , Greece in the main area is 310 , 560 . The metro area has 1 , 016 , 419
What were Herodotus beliefs about government?
Herodotus Really liked Athenian democracy. He favored it over the imperialistic Persians
Was Athens democratic or authoritarian?
It started as a monarchy, became an oligarchy, then a tyranny, then limited democracy, then an oligarchy, then a radical democracy, then a limited democracy.
