deck_16131141 Flashcards

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Solon laid a firm foundation on which democracy was invented

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Jones on Solon

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To the poor, Solon granted freedom and legal recourse against the abuse of the powerful

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Holland on Solon helping the poor

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Some claim Solon as a democratic pioneer, others as a more moderate reformer

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Cartledge on Solon

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Cleisthenes only opened up the political system equally, did not give total control

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Jones on Cleisthenes and political equality

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Cleisthenes was nothing more than an Alcmaeonid schemer, manoeuvring to promote his own aristocratic family

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Lewis on Cleisthenes being a schemer

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Cleisthenes didn’t create democracy any more than Solon. Archons were still supreme magistrates, but the framework of the future democracy had been laid down

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Barrow on Cleisthenes not creating democracy

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General structure of the council was very much Cleisthenes’ work

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Hooper on Cleisthenes and the council

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Pericles reforms were as thoroughly democratic as the world has ever seen

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Kagan on Pericles

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Age of Pericles is one of the most brillaint, enlightened periods of all time

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McWhorter on Pericles

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Athenians kept management of their public life in the hands of the ordinary citizen

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Kagan on Athenians

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If a politician is a good speaker they can influence the assembly - ability to speak can make or break a policy

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Wyles on Politicians Influencing assembly

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Athenians would rarely blame the council for mistakes, rather they’d blame politicians for duping the members

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Hooper on Blame shift

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Council was effectively the government of Athens

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Harris on the Council

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Assembly is the heart of Athenian Democracy

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Osborne on the Assembly

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Demagogues used their rhetoric skills to promote policies which advanced their self interests

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Raymond on Demagogues rhetoric

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Not primarily attacking democracy, but how the democracy of the Athenians is made to work successfully and warn opponents not to interfere

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Horn on the Old Oligarch being positive

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Old Oligarch is full of exaggerations

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Gomme on Old Oligarch exaggerating

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Old Oligarch is deeply hostile to democracy

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Jones on Old Oligarch being hostile

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Wisdom is knowledge of what is best for the city as a whole

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McAleer on Plato and Wisdom

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Sophists do not possess wisdom, but its unsurprising it passes for wisdom, as most of us are prey to flattery - they make people think they’re wise through use of rhetoric

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McAleer on Plato and Sophists

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Aeschylus wanted to inspire people with confidence in its institution and themselves

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Decharme on Eumenides inspiring people

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Eumenides: Areopagus is glorious and worthy of Eternal reverence

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Hook on Eumenides and Glory

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Eumenides is patriotic

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Hook on Eumenides and Patrioticism

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Sings praises of Athens

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Hook on Suppliants praise

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Euripides didn't ignore or overlook issues that can arise when the masses have control over public matters
Decharme on Suppliants having issues
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Suppliants is the most persuasive defence of democracy that we've seen from the ancient world
Seaford on Suppliants defence of democracy
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In the conflict between Democracy and Oligarchy, Thucydides disproves of both
Pope on Thucydides and Democracy and Oligarchy
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Thucydides unconsciously or consciously balances the account on both sides
Pope on Thucydides and Balance
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Dikaiopolis acts without consent of the community because they've never been able to express their views
Macdowell on Acharnians and Dikaiopolis
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Low attendance allowed decisions to be made by self interested politicians
Macdowell on Acharnians and Low Attendance
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Existence of Scythian Archers suggets participation was a real issue
Wyles on Acharnians and participation
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Audience would've found the passages boring rather than funny if there was no truth in them
Macdowell on Assemblywomen
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Knights are so hostile to Cleon that they'd support anyone who has a chance of ousting him, even the sausage seller
Macdowell on Knights support in 'Knights'
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Just as sausage seller adds sweeteners to sausgages, Cleon does so in his policies, making them seem more acceptable to the assembly by using his oratory skills
Macdowell on Cleons' rhetoric in Knights
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Sausage seller is a scoundrel from a family of scoundrels
Macdowell on Sausage Seller in Knights
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Aristophanes uses populist comedy to discredit the Political system
Cartledge on Wasps discredit
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Outcome of the PW been due to failings in the democratic system of government
Macdowell on Frogs foreshadowing failure
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Comedy was intimately tied to democracy
Edith Hall on Aristophanes and Politics