If I lived in Ancient Athens I would want to be a Citizen.Firstly, I would be able to have a say in all matters big or small.Secondly, I would be quite fit an example of this I would spend six to seven hours every day in the gymnasium.Finally, I would be quite rich as I’d have to own land because it is one of the requirements to become an Athenian citizen.But there would be cons to being a citizen of Ancient Athens.The first one being I would have to spend most of my time away from my family.Lastly, I would spend long amounts of time in the Assembly.This is why I would be a citizen of Ancient Athens.
I believe that the Council Of Five Hundred is the most important level of government in the Ancient Athenian system for the following …show more content…
Socrates was a Greek philosopher who was born to parents Sophroniscus and Phaenarete in the year 470 BCE. His family was by no means rich but they weren’t extremely poor. His dad was a stonemason, which is an old way of saying sculptor and his mom was a midwife, which is a woman who helps women give birth. As an Athenian man, Socrates had to serve in the Athenian Army, his time in the army was quite successful as he fought in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and also saved the life of General Alcibiades, a popular army general.
Socrates was considered the wisest person in Athens by many of his students and friends including his friend Chaerephon who asked the well-known Oracle of Delphi if there was anyone wiser than Socrates, the answer he received was a no. He was married to Xanthippe and had 3 sons. He was sentenced to death by poisoning at the age of
I believe that the Council Of Five Hundred is the most important level of government in the Ancient Athenian system for the following …show more content…
Socrates was a Greek philosopher who was born to parents Sophroniscus and Phaenarete in the year 470 BCE. His family was by no means rich but they weren’t extremely poor. His dad was a stonemason, which is an old way of saying sculptor and his mom was a midwife, which is a woman who helps women give birth. As an Athenian man, Socrates had to serve in the Athenian Army, his time in the army was quite successful as he fought in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and also saved the life of General Alcibiades, a popular army general.
Socrates was considered the wisest person in Athens by many of his students and friends including his friend Chaerephon who asked the well-known Oracle of Delphi if there was anyone wiser than Socrates, the answer he received was a no. He was married to Xanthippe and had 3 sons. He was sentenced to death by poisoning at the age of