Athenian democracy

Moreover, the conclusion of the ceremony was a speech delivered by a top Athenian citizen. Even though, Thucydides records the speech from Pericles in first person, there can be some uncertainty that he wrote every single thing Pericles. Thucydides himself says that the speeches are not exact, but are meant to symbolize the key thoughts of what was said. Pericles was perhaps one of the most important and powerful Greek statesman, speaker and general during the Peloponnesian war. Pericles'…

works such as The Republic and The Apology, Plato states his beliefs that the philosophers should be the ultimate rulers and that democracy is not the best form of government. According to Plato, democracy was imperfect and that the result of all democracies would be instability. Democracy, a form of government with rule by the people, was introduced to Athens by the Athenian leader Cleisthenes. Plato disagreed with this from of government because he believed…

we did for Athens, but this may have been because Rome was a lot less strict against violence than Athens was. This difference in views on violence comes from the difference in the civilizations’ types of government. Ancient Athens was a radical democracy, and ancient Rome had many different type of government but primarily had a group of individuals in power. Throughout this essay I will explain how the differences in government between the two civilizations created a significant difference in…

many people but amongst one of the more famous of his student was Plato, Plato was one of Socrates’ greatest pupils that very much like Socrates also has a remarkable effect on democracy. In 399 B.C. Socrates was put to death for “not accepting the gods of Athens and corrupting the young” by the very thing he loved, Democracy. 2. The Republic by Plato was a written work of Plato’s political views and Socrates’ teachings. The main purpose of The Republic is to portray Plato’s political views…

communities. In comparing both societies any similarities if any, will be discussed. Athens differed from other city states of its time due to the fact that it practiced democracy as their government. In order for a citizen of Athens to participate in their government, he had to have the following attributes: be a free male native, born of Athenian parents and at least 18 years old. Once those requirements were met, the level of political and military status of each individual citizen was…

become citizens. The Romans may have been lenient, but they had limits for citizens too. Along with their limits they had a social structure within the government to keep everything running smoothly. Athenian citizenship was hard to come by they gave it away to very few types of people. The Athenian government worked hard to get its citizens out of its population of 300,000 people to focus on using their rights…

The Romans and the Athenians had two unique citizenship systems. The Romans handed out citizenship to many types of people, and they all enjoys many rights and privileges. The Athenians had a more scrutinizing system and let everyone participate in government. Ultimately this culminates to a clear cut conclusion. The Roman Empire had a superior citizenship system because they let more people become citizens, they’re citizens had more rights, and they’re government wasn’t run by any bum who had…

would arrive in the middle of the night and kill many of the Helots. This is considered a scare tactic in order for the Helots to know their place. Thus, the idea of severe oppression is conducted. That is why the Athenians may have created a democracy. It is to be noted that the Athenians did have slaves, but they were not treated like the Helots. The Romans like the Spartans had a focus on the military. According to the book of humanistic tradition, the Romans after overthrowing the Etruscans…

her lover similarly to how she killed Agamemnon, and afterwards seeks Delphic council to purify himself. Later departing to Athens, his mother Clytemnestra’s ghost spurs the Furies to seek revenge against Orestes. These Furies, as they exist in the Athenian mythological culture, represent the human urge to punish those who have done wrong. In effect, their vengeful fury acts as a personification of extralegal vengeance. Homer’s Iliad details their function as executors for dead men’s…

and Athens had many differences, but few similarities. Their view on how they ran society was very different while their militaries had some things in common. A big difference was their government, Spartans had an oligarchy while as Athens had a democracy. The government was very important for both of the city states, and had very different ideas on how to run their state. Sparta was run by an oligarchy or a small group of people having control over the state. In this case Sparta was run by two…