CLSICS 281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Kouros, Hoplite, Debt Bondage
22 Sep 2016
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2 questions red and black figure vases. Some questions kouros statue; identify; distinguish between kouros/kore (female type); point out specific aspects of the statues. Some questions hoplite army; influence on politics; backing of tyrants. Importance of panhellenistic games (olympics: hoplites everyone looks the same, these games help people glorify themselves (aristocrats) Situation before solon: 99% and 1, debt slavery. Infrastructure projects a. b: festivals, economic life in athen, coins, expands solons reforms. Cleisthenes reforms: carve influence of powerful families, lots, strip some power from powerful families d. identification by deme (region) (minimizes powerful families recognition) Athenian gov"t: direct democracy, more radical, more limited than our own c. i. Helots: slaves of spartans, 7:1 slave to spartan ratio, 660bce revolt. Darius: sends troops to invade greece, burning of sardis b. i. City of persia: wants to expand persia. Persian army not fighting for a cause like the athenians. 480bce: year of thermapoly and salamis battles fought.
