CLAS 1P91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hippeis, Metic, Sophist
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Nov 17/15: based on ancient athens, a slave economy, was the success of athens based on slavery, slaves outnumbered citizens 7:1, about 40,000 male citizens, total pop. 100,000 were slaves: wealth classes based on solons reforms, thetes, zeveto, hippeis etc. represent social classes, hippeis- word comes from horse", pentacosiamedimnoi wealthiest class. Athenian social classes: citizen- full rights if adult male, metic- foreign resident, slave- owned. Responsibilities: solitary service, liturgies for wealthy (theatre, votives, financing triremes) Atimia- to be shipped of citizenship rights. Before 451- only the father had to be citizen. After 451- both parents needed to be a citizen in order for the child to be a citizen. Maybe to discourage athenian men to marry foreign wives, maybe create harmful alliances. Maybe because of constant warefar, marrying athenian women would compensate for lack of athenian men (they all died in war) Created more of an exclusive club in athens. Not possible to marry into athenian citizens.
