Introduction Classical Athens saw the rise of an achievement unparalleled in history. Perikles, Aeschylus, Sophokles, Plato, Demosthenes, Thucydides, and Praxiteles represent just a few of the statesmen ... public life. Figure 1. Plan ... Thucydides, and Praxiteles ... (Fig. 1; and restored
History of the Agora The excavations of the Athenian Agora have uncovered about thirty acres on the sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis (Fig. 3). Material of all periods from the Late Neolithic to ... 3). Material of all periods ... Figure 3. Panorama of the ... 1.153) A gradual change from
The Unenfranchised I - Women Numerous people resident in Athens and Attica had little part in the political life of the state. Most glaring by modern standards was the exclusion of women, although a similar ... (Thucydides 2.45) Athenian (Attic) ... 34.3-4),
The Athenian Army From the very beginning, the Athenians were compelled to fight for their new democracy. Their dramatic victories over the Boiotians and Chalkidians in 506 B.C. led many to attribute Athenian ... Roundabout Painter. H.: 0.138 m ... assessment of a horse was 1 ... drachmas. Lead armor tokens, 3