Pericles

Athens Essay To begin to write on the topic of Athens is a remarkably overwhelming and broad undertaking. The city turned empire had some of the most creative and groundbreaking advancements to human society the world has ever seen. The city was one surrounded by controversy, a rogue doing whatever it wanted in order to achieve this city created in the wake of the goddess of wisdom, Athena. Some loved it, some did not. While many sources documented the city in a variety of aspects, we looked at…

Athens's role as an imperial power created a democracy to be admired. The Delian league started as a way to keep the alliance of city states safe from Persia and take vengeance. A way the league kept them all protected was the use of the navy they created with the money from the treasury. The islands and city-states across sent money to the League's treasury on the island of Delos. The league also had the right to one vote each, but the Athenian votes were worth more. Themistocles was the…

leader who could guide this powerful city-state, which is why Pericles the right piece for the puzzle, but after his death, Athens had no chance of retaining all of its power. By 450 BCE, Athens was essentially an empire, but did not have good relations with other…

makes it unreiable as he was not there in person to make sure that the facts were true. A historican that was present in 5th century Athens whas Thurydides, however he was incredibly biased as he loved Pericles.…

justice is only relevant between those equal in power. Justice is relevant because perceptions of justice influence action. Pericles’ plague speech and Cleon’s speech strengthen this…

political system emerged. This system is commonly referred to as democracy. This began with a man named Pericles. He was a well known Athenian leader who is commonly referred to as the “first citizen” of Athens. Pericles believed that he was the man of the people. He initiated the construction of building projects and also led the battles against Sparta. During the end of the first Peloponnesian War, Pericles gave a speech at a public funeral service for the Athenian citizens who died in battle.…

mistreating our allies.” Pericles however, “convinced the Athenian voters to reject the ultimatum on the grounds that Sparta had refused to settle the dispute through the third-party arbitration process called for by the 446-445 B.C.E. treaty.” Although Sparta did refuse the settle through a third party, there was never a need for the third party. The Spartans were ready to use physical force if Athens did not cooperate with their request. Athens however, being convinced by Pericles, ignored the…

Greece and Han China had very distinct differences amongst their political views. For example, document 4 is a speech by Pericles to the Athenians. He spoke in favor of the democracy in Athens to show that they were better than other city-states. The city was governed by the people instead of the government, and Pericles described how laudable the structure was. Even though Pericles was from Athens, which may have caused bias, the speech shows that the first democracy was successful and the…

Parthenon, a Symbol of Democracy Today, after intense investigations into the Parthenon, it has been discovered that the construction of Parthenon involved intense, complicated work. Much of the work about Parthenon has been attributed to Pericles in the past. However, Pericles was simply one of the many officers involved in the construction of the Parthenon. The construction of major building in Athens involved many people since Athens was a democratic state. Parthenon construction involved…

The Athenian golden Age was brought about by the defeat of the Persian army. This defeat brought about significant overall advances that would shape the world as we see it today. This includes advancements in government, literature, drama, philosophy, and the arts. The beginning of the end of this golden age started in 431 BC and lasted for 27 years. Known as the Peloponnesian war, a war between Sparta and its allies and Athens would tear apart the union between the two city-states it once had…