Classical Athens

war, the Greek city-states focused on trying to re-populate, recover, and re-establish power in the Ancient World (P - 249). They saw one man in the Athenian community as a threat to that. Socrates is a philosopher who lived from 469-399 B.C., in Athens, during the Classic Period of Ancient Greece (P - 250). Many credit Socrates as one of the founders of Western Philosophy (P - 250). Socrates lived in conversation and contemplation. He focused on ethics, morality, and the best ways for humans to…

Athens and Sparta were both Greek city-states, yet they barely had any socially comparable qualities. They harbored long lasting wars with each other for simple reasons. Ownership of land, money, and power were some of the main reasons the two city-states fought. Although they lived in the same nation, they molded their regions to reflect their own particular views. The primary goal for the Spartans was to make an elite army while the primary goal for Athenians was to make a society with their…

Athens and Sparta were two city-states in the land of Ancient Greece. In fact, they were the largest of them all. Athens was a very calm and creative city who was known for thriving in politics and economy. They were also very laid back. In Athens, you could get a good education and major in whichever subject you chose. Focusing on scholastics, they allowed serving in the military to be a choice, not a requirement. However, Sparta was a very strict city that is remembered especially for their…

two important poleis in Ancient Greek were Athens and Sparta. The two were political opposites of each other - the former with a democratic government and the latter with oligarchy. In this paper, the similarities and differences of Athens and Sparta will be discussed along with who held public office, how they were selected, and how people participated in public life and decision making. 3 UNIT 1 ASSIGNMENT - ATHENS AND SPARTA Unit 1 Assignment - Athens and Sparta in Ancient Greek 1.…

SPARTAN POLITICAL ORGANISATION: Additionally, the Lycurgan reforms brought forward a new system of government. Ancient historians Plato and Polybius, described this new form of government as a mix of democratic, monarchist, and oligarchist systems, comprised of multiple organs. The government consisted of the Ekklesia, an assembly for all Spartiates over thirty years of age; the Gerousia, an exclusive body of thirty senior Spartiates; the Ephorate, consisting of five ephors elected by the…

Despite stark differences between Athens and Sparta, both city-states constructed a hierarchical society in which a minority of privileged citizens had access to resources and public roles that was beneficial to them. Although Athens’ interest and preference in philosophy, art, cultural activities, and a form of direct democracy had a significant impact on the variety and flexibility of citizen-roles, and later, the Western governments. This is in contrast to Sparta’s militarized society which…

more cruel and harsh tyrants than good ones. This eventually caused the people in many city-states to revolt and use their strength in numbers to throw the tyrant out of power. By 500 B.C.E., a new form of government was created in the city-state of Athens. This type of government,…

Freedom, is supposed to be the basis upon which the United States of America was founded, a nation in which all beliefs and views are considered in equal measure to each other. Yet are US citizens truly free? According to the ancient Greek city-state Athens, freedom was the privilege of being civically engaged in lawmaking and everyday governance of the community. Athenian citizens would scoff at the idea that freedom is the ability to pursue happiness and pleasures, because to them those…

primary source of the Delian League, Thucydides, presents that Athens was asked to take over leadership as the Spartans were weary of sending more officers over fears of Persian corruption. (Thucydides 1.95) In contrast, Herodotus presents the narrative that Athens forcibly took over leadership of the Delian League (Herodotus 8.3.1-2). Despite this, it is sound to assume that the members of the Delian League were content with Athens taking leadership from Sparta in the beginning. Many were…

When one thinks of a revolution it is usually imagined with weapons and screaming protesters making a barricade. In Ancient Greece, a different kind of revolution was brewed, one where minds were being awoken to all the mysteries of the world. This was the revolution Socrates led amongst the youth of Greece. It was an intellectual revolution where Socrates taught new ways of thinking to the Greek population. These thoughts were mainly applied to the young people who were open to a different way…