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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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What did Athena have to do with Athens?
Athena competed with Poseidon to be the patron deity of Athens. They agreed that each would give the Athenians one gift and the Athenians would choose whichever gift they preferred. Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and a spring sprang up, but the water was salty and not very useful, whereas Athena offered them the first domesticated olive tree. Thus, Athena became the patron goddess of Athens.
Why does Pericles claim in his funeral speech that Athens is the school of Hellas?
Athens taught all of Greece by its example
What were the messages of the oath of the Athenian soldier?
"We will never bring disgrace on this our City by an act of dishonesty or cowardice. We will fight for the ideals and Sacred Things of the City both alone and with many. We will revere and obey the City's laws, and will do our best to incite a like reverence and respect in those above us who are prone to annul them or set them at naught. We will strive unceasingly to quicken the public's sense of civic duty. Thus, in all these ways, we will transmit this City not only, not less, but greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us."
What is the departure tax when leaving Athens Greece?
You have to pay a tax when you leave the Athens airport to help maintain Greece for the tourasim.
Why as the Acropolis in Athens spelled with a capital A?
An acropolis in Greece was a high point of a city which provided a defensive refuge in time of invasion. The one in Athens was called the Acropolis as a proper noun of a specific location, just like Athens is, and like Mount Olympus is, and the Bronx and the Mall are.
Which was an advantage of Athens during the Peloponnesian War?
The advantage that Athens had during the Peloponnesian wars was that they had a bigger army. They also had a larger Navy.
Athens food is food from Greece. But it has its own Athens style of food.
There was no Greek citizen. They were citizens of Greek city-states. There were city-states in what today is Russia, and around the north coast of Turkey a thousand km from the Mediterranean.
What was the golden age of radio?
The golden age of radio was the 1940's, which was before television took over as the most important mass communication medium.
When were kem Athens playing cards made?
I have a dual deck set of cards that have a copy write of 1947
What Persian king wanted to punish Athens?
First it was Darius the Great, and after he died it was taken on by his son Xerxes.
What is a rule by a king or queen?
Well.. I'm not sure what your referring to ,but if you were wondering what government was ruled by a king or queen then it was Monarchy.
When Athens were defeated by Macedonia its government changed to a democracy or directorship?
it was changed to democracy
In what century did Athens thrive?
The 5th century BC is the most commonly recognized as Athen's cultural, empiric, economic and military 'Golden Age'. That's the time of the Parthenon, Athen's naval empire (enabled by the Delian League), the first democracy and also personas eg Plato,Herodetus, Pericles, Hippocrates and Socrates.
How would Athenians describe themselves compared to non-Athenians?
They were citizens of the city-state of Athens. Other Greeks were citizens of their own city-state. Non-Greeks were 'barbarians.'
Who was a famous philosopher from Athens who closely examined and questioned Greek laws?
Socrates was an Ancient Athenian philosopher who openly criticised the system. He was accused of corrupting the youth of Athens. His sentence was death by suicide - he was forced to drink hemlock.
Contrast the results of the Persian and peloponnesian wars with regard to Athens?
Contrast the results of the Persian and Peloponnesian war with regards to Athens greece
It depends. Greece was not a unified state. It had two kingdoms and many independent city states. Their constitutional arrangements varied and these arrangements could change over time. In most states vote was restricted to the aristocracy of the wealthy more in general. However, Greece was the birthplace of the concept of democracy. The most famous case of Greek democracy was Athenian democracy (c. 508 BC to 332 BC). the cities of Corinth. Megara and Syracuse also had democratic periods. In these democratic regimes all male free citizens could vote.
