When looking at Athenian culture, most people choose to say Pericles is the founder and father of democracy. But on the contrary, when looking at the facts, one can come to a different conclusion. Pericles, Solon, and Cleisthenes all deserve the title "Father of Democracy.... Before Pericles came, the Athenian leaders Solon, (594-593 BCE) Pisistratus, (546 BCE) and Cleisthenes (507 BCE) laid the groundwork that served as the foundation for Pericles' well known democracy. ... Thus by executing these changes, Pericles truly made Athens a democracy. ...

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In conclusion, the primary sources that do mention Aspasia are translated, man's interpretations of whom they think she was. ... The attachment Pericles had to Aspasia was profound and evident in his actions. The couple met after Pericles's mutual decision to divorce from his first wife. ... Marie Delcourt wrote in her study on Pericles, "No one would have thought the less of Pericles for making love to young boys, but they (referring to Athenian citizens) were shocked by his treating Aspasia like a human being.... The couple had a son, named Pericles after his father, but ther...

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In conclusion, the primary sources that do mention Aspasia are translated, man's interpretations of whom they think she was. ... The attachment Pericles had to Aspasia was profound and evident in his actions. The couple met after Pericles's mutual decision to divorce from his first wife. ... Marie Delcourt wrote in her study on Pericles, "No one would have thought the less of Pericles for making love to young boys, but they (referring to Athenian citizens) were shocked by his treating Aspasia like a human being.... The couple had a son, named Pericles after his father, but ther...

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Pericles intended to draw citizens inside the protective walls to wait out the Spartan advance. ... Pericles' strategy, on the other hand, had problems from the onset. ... Pericles himself fell to the plague in 429. ... Indeed, Athens abandoned this strategy after Pericles died in 429. ... In addition, Pericles knew the Spartan culture. ...

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Prior to any fighting, Pericles of Athens and Archidamus of Sparta (with the aid of Spartan allies) devised net assessments that both believed would provide strategies leading to victory and peace for their respective states. ... Athenian Strategy Much of Athens' unwillingness to compromise with Spartan diplomatic efforts stemmed from the supreme confidence Pericles had in both his navy and his overall strategy. ... Pericles believed that "as it is, we must try to think of ourselves as islanders; we must abandon our land and our houses, and safeguard the sea and the city" (The Peloponnes...

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This is almost a "Fledgling Democracy," however the closest thing to present day democracy is the system of Pericles. Pericles, the leader of the imperial policy of Athens, believed in his people. ... (Pericles, 56) Pericles feels this way because he has given so much control to his people that he feels if you still don't care, then you aren't an Athenian. ... Pericles gave his people all the power, which allowed Athens to flourish. ... In conclusion all these systems are very different but some include aspects of eachother....

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This leads to the conclusion that our traditional connotation of marriage as a bond is not the way it was in Athens. ... Pericles, the thirty-year political leader of Athens, fell in love with a hetairai, named Aspasia. ... Aspasia became controversial in history because she made a tool to insult Pericles. She was accused by some as having heavy political influence over Pericles. ... Aspasia, although favored by Pericles, was a subject of controversy for Athenian citizens. ...

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One must reason, step by step, before reaching conclusions. ... Athenians were the first to develop democracy with the reforms of Cleisthenes and Pericles. ... Later under Pericles this came to include men who were not born to parents who were natives of Athens. ...

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the historics of greek theatre Theater was born in Attica, an Ionic region of Greece. It originated from the ceremonial orgies of Dionysos but soon enough its fields of interest spread to various myths along with historic facts. As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy, the great tragic poe...

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The Spartan army emerged as a highly disciplined and closely co-coordinated battle army.1 Sparta was by far the most powerful and important state in Greece at the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War and she maintained this position for more than a quarter of a century, until her defeat at the battle of Leuctura in 371.2 Sparta's" armies were fearless and they equipped themselves with the best soldiers. ... The Pericles and the Athenians knew this and never risked an encounter with them. ... When the Sparta army was to face Athens, the stratagem of Pericles took his people and abandon...

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The pre-Socratics had very interesting minds, and used logical thinking to reach their conclusions. ... His conclusion was that all things in the world were made of water. Soon after this conclusion, he was criticized by another great mind. ... This is what often motivated new philosophers to keep searching for better conclusions. ... Even such people as Pericles, Euripides, and Socrates sought their company. ...

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The Influence of the Greeks on American Democracy "Tyranny is the rule of one man to the advantage of the ruler, oligarchy to the advantage of the rich, democracy to the advantage of the poor." -Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole ...

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While Plato was still young, his father died and his mother re-married Pyrilampes, a friend of Pericles, the great Athenian statesman. ... These dialogues seldom end with positive conclusions, although a premature version of the theory of forms is always presumed by Plato, as well as a moral standard that defines human good as wisdom and virtue (even if those things are hard to define), rather than wealth or status. ... The conclusion is often both the conversants, Socrates and his interlocutor, admitting that they can't define the virtue they're discussing. ...

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* * In the mid-fifth century, after rebuilding the ruins of the Acropolis, Pericles built a recital-hall or odeion to the east of the TDA. The Odeion of Pericles w as used for many purposes, one being the proagon, a ceremony in which the dramatic poets announced the titles of their plays and introduced their actors. ...

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While Plato was still young, his father died and his mother re-married Pyrilampes, a friend of Pericles, the great Athenian statesman. ... These dialogues seldom end with positive conclusions, although a premature version of the theory of forms is always presumed by Plato, as well as a moral standard that defines human good as wisdom and virtue (even if those things are hard to define), rather than wealth or status. ... The conclusion is often both the conversants, Socrates and his interlocutor, admitting that they can't define the virtue they're discussing. ...

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It is difficult to attain an accurate image of the life of women in Ancient and Classical Greek history because, aside from some scraps of lyric poetry, almost all of the formal literature of classical antiquity has been written by men, and as a result reflects the attitudes and misogyny of the male...

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The conclusion will state the different success rates of the post-communist countries, and how each hopes to improve. ... It is not just political freedom that matters, but also general freedom, which supports additional rights and liberties, "the freedom we enjoy in our government extends also to our ordinary life- (Pericles 431b.c). ...

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This is not the only time we see an acceptance for homosexuals; If we looked through time, "[i]n certain historical periods, the practice was glorified and extolled, as in classical Greece where Pericles the great Athenian statesman, was regarded as rather odd because he was not attracted to beautiful boys-(Gleitman, 611). ...

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Table of Contents PART I-The Status Quo page 5 Introduction-page 5 Chapter 1-Enlightened Basis-page 5 "The Enlightenment Basis--page 5 "The Enlightenment Crux--page 8 "Condorcet's Crux--page 9 "Post-Enlightenment Philosophies--page 13 Chapter 2-General Political Failures-page 15 Chapter 3-Sweden, its Basis and Failures-page 17 "Sweden's Form--page 17 "Its Basis--page 19 "Its Failure--page 21 Chapter 4-The Failure of Utopian Philosophy-page 23 PART II-An Alternative to Utopia page 25 Introduction-page 25 Chapter 1-Religious Influe...

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