Acropolis of Athens

between the two opposing nations. Early on, Dicaeopolis decided to establish a private peace treaty with Godson, an immortal child of Demeter and Triptolemus, who was able to grant the deed. Although the war was a continuing problem that corrupted Athens, Dicaeopolis’ motives of dealing with the war led him to create a private peace treaty with Sparta in hopes of fleeing the Athenian society, a society who strongly avoided settling peace with…

to a natural philosopher and Plato’s beloved teacher, Socrates, whom was executed in 399 BCE, after being accused of impiety and for teaching and corrupting the mind of the youths in the city of Athens. Prior to when the trial occurred, Greece was to encounter a tragic civil war, which included both Athens and Sparta, the two most powerful city- states in the ancient Greek world. It was a time in which all cities believed they were superior to any and every one. So in result, these cities would…

Athens Built a Wall What happened was when the war had begun Athens had horrible land forces but great naval forces. It was the other way around for Sparta they had great land forces but horrible naval forces. This wall had still allowed the Athenian people to get supplies from the ships that came into the harbor. There was also a negative thing about this wall is when there had been a plague which had killed many people including their leader Pericles. Attack on Syracuse What happened…

Ancient Greece was divided among several hundreds of city-states called poleis. Among all these poleis Athens and Sparta were the most significant, influential, powerful and largest states. Some other states were Sikyon, Corinth, Thebes, Argos, Mykenae, Delphi, Olympia etc. Different states were ruled by different government systems such as: oligarchy, monarchy, tyranny, democracy, aristocracy etc. A monarchy is a rule by one king whose power was hereditary. Monarchy started in ancient Greece…

“Athens and Sparta” by Mr. Duckworth states, “Where they differed was that while sparta had militaristic values, athenians were democratic.” Spartans focused more on having a small army, and athens focused more on becoming smarter. Sparta would have been a better place to live in because spartan women had more rights than other greek women, sparta used their army to protect others, and sparta was self reliant. Primarily, spartan women had more rights than other greek women. “Athens and Sparta”…

If I had a choice to live in either Athens or Sparta, I would choose Athens. At first thought, it would appear as though Sparta would be a better choice with its consistent governmental environment and the social status that the citizens claim, but I had to ponder a little deeper at the choice depending on what part I would play in the community. If I were a slave in the Athens community, I would be exposed to hard work and long hours, but that is much better than the beatings I would have…

grape products for grain. Since they were located on the coast, Greece had a strategic point for trade and cultural diffusion. Athens became a rich commercial center and Greeks had a money system. They had city-states with identities and cultures. They were considerably independent and were always competing with each other. Sparta was militaristic and agricultural while Athens was cultural, political, and commercial. In Sparta, women had more rights than in other areas. They had adult male…

Ancient Greek: Cleisthenes introduces democracy in Athens. Cleisthenes is considered the father of democracy. He was a noble Athenian. He was able to change the Athenian government by overthrowing of Hippias, who was the son of a tyrant. Ancient Greek: Cleisthenes introduces democracy in Athens. Cleisthenes is considered the father of democracy. He was a noble Athenian. He was able to change the Athenian government by overthrowing of Hippias, who was the son of a tyrant. Ancient Roman…

The city-state of Athens provided children with variety types of education for them to be skillful at more than one subject which is what the many western society is doing now by providing free education. By providing different variety of courses, it will increase the overall…

The Rising and Falling of the Greece Nowadays, people believed that Greek shaped the original culture of the Western civilization. It is also a junction for the Eastern and Western civilization. There are three significant periods of the Greeks: the Hellenic periods (2000-338 B.C.E), the Hellenistic period (336-323 B.C.E), and the period of the conquest by Roman (200-146 B.C.E).[ Page 54] During the periods, the people of Greece had the remarkable contribution on many careers, such as Science,…