- 06 Mar, 2021
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Athenian Democracy
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Primary Sources and Maps (you will select THREE of these to address in your main discussion post)
Map of the city center:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Athens#/media/File:Map_ancient_athens.png
Map of the Delian League/Athenian Empire:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Athens#/media/File:Map_athenian_empire_431_BC-en.svg
The Parthenon and Statue of Athena Parthenos:
https://www.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/Parthenon.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena_Parthenos#/media/File:Athena_Parthenos_LeQuire.jpg
Athenian Coinage:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Athens#/media/File:EarlyAthenianCoin.jpg
https://rg.ancients.info/owls/
Vase paintings:
https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/getty-museum/antiquities/getty-ancient-greek-vases/a/an-overview-of-athenian-painted-ceramic-vases
Ostraka:
https://www.petersommer.com/blog/archaeology-history/ostraka
Tribute Lists:
http://www.davidgill.co.uk/attica/atl578.htm (example of what one of these looked like)
https://www.atticinscriptions.com/inscription/IGI3/259 (translation of the Tribute List from the year 454/3 BC)
War Casualty Lists:
https://digital.library.cornell.edu/?f[subject_tesim][]=War casualties
During the fifth century BC, Athens and Sparta were arguably the two most powerful Greek poleis (city-states). But while few primary sources survive from Sparta, the Athenians’ love of public documentation in a variety of media has left us with an abundance of written and archaeological sources. Using at least THREE of the material sources above, write a 2-3 paragraph main post describing your reaction to the city of Athens and your experience living in the city or visiting it from the perspective of ONE of the following individuals:
– A leading Athenian statesman (you can be Pericles himself, if you’d like!)
– A merchant who is an Athenian citizen
– A merchant who is a citizen of another Greek city-state, and is visiting Athens for business
– A poor Athenian resident
– A foreign vase-painter living and practicing his trade in Athens
– An Athenian citizen’s wife
– A slave of an Athenian citizen
– An Athenian farmer living in one of the villages outside the city walls
– A confused Spartan citizen in town for a diplomatic mission