CLASSICS 1M03 Lecture 6: lecture 6
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Greek dialect, again, wow ionic, doric and attic, amazing. Empires of lydia, persia: the meds (media) and the persians. Empires of mesopotamia were evolving, changing hands: babylonians. As rich as croesus : lover of the greek culture. [solon of athens: after he finished the constitution, he went on a tour o he would be there if they wanted to change it. Solon who is the happiest, best person they have ever met. He told a story about brothers in an athletic festival. C wanted him to say c. and got mad. We don"t know if a life is happy until we get to the end of it. Lydian rule was moderate, allowed the greek cities to govern themselves as long as they paid taxes. Why here/now: useful for state payments, when the state has to pay out money, esp. When it"s on a regular basis: on mercenaries.