Culture Vs Athenian Culture Essay

The cultural context can be shown through the acropolis and agora. The decision to rebuild the acropolis can show the culture of Athens. This can be seen in Sayre's book called Cultural, Continuity and Change by stating that the acropolis became ""fitting memorial not only to the war but especially to Athena's role in protecting the Athenian people" (141). The political life as well as obligation of the citizen to the state can be seen in the agora which was the cultural hub of the city. The agora functioned as "An open place used for congragating or as a market" (Sayre 136). The agora is the cultural hub of the city because it is a place where citizens gathered to discuss their political duties and show their obligation as a citizen to the state. In order to describe the allegory the definition should be addressed to help better understand the meaning and interpretations of the allegory of the cave. The definition of an allegory is that it is a story or poem that can be …show more content…
The introduction of the philosopher's obligation to apply the concept of politics onto the people in the cave was shown in this work. It was stated that "...But the philosopher also feels obligated to communicate the truth that his exit from the cave has revealed to him. He feels the need to establish for the cave dwellers a codification or a regulation of the whole of society" (Abensour 964). Another quote talks about how the supreme form or form of goodness contributes to the political philosophy exhibited in Plato's work. It is stated that "... the Form of Good generates a double movement, a rise toward the contemplation of the Supreme Form and a descent back to human affairs to which it is necessary to apply the measure of all things..." (Abensour