CLASSICS 1M03 Lecture 3: Classics 1M03 Lecture 3 and 4.docx
14 Apr 2015
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Greece was never one country but a geographical area. Forming across greece in this period: greece and greekness: not one state but many, rival states sharing a larger common culture, c8th: beginning of formation of individual states, but also of panhellenism (olympics, Death: uniting their people around a common identity, defining themselves one against the other, simultaneous with cultural identity, common greekness. Not all of these stories are common greek stories. Community of citizen farmer-soldiers sharing to achieve self-government: doesn"t all happen in the 8th century, it starts, archaic age (c. 750-480): rise of the polis, a society of citizen-farmers: independent smallholders coming together in participatory self-government. As society developed the small farmer retained his economic independence. Remain masters of their own land and own product who enter into free exchange with others: the citizens themselves the state: citizen assemblies and magistrates; no bureaucracy, no police force, no judiciary. Community of citizens coming together to make their own decisions.
