HISTORY 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Phratry, Hoplite, Peisistratos
9 Jan 2016
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Attica: region surrounding athens, poor farmland, much clay and good mineral resources (silver, marble, natural harbours. Athenian construction: myth: it was all because of theseus, the greek hero who slew the minotaur, or: gradual synoecism of attica. Under leadership of athens -> all one polis: athens and attica become one. Many have different names, like polemarch (war general), eponymous (presided: the archons ruled jointly with the areopagus ( hill of ares ) over council, assembly) Every family of citizens belongs to one of four phlyai. Early stasis at athens: conspiracy of cylon (632 bce) Archon megacles (part of an important clan -> alcmaeonid clan) Miasma of the alcmaenoids (a sort of curse for all the descendants of the clan: draco (620 bce) Made serious crimes a public rather than private matter: solon. Sharecroppers and debt slavery (if you don"t own land, you work on someone else"s) Seisachtheia loosening of burdens : outlawed debt slavery. New political institutions: heliaia (jury court)
