ACS 103 Lecture Notes - Hellenistic Greece, Hetaira, Direct Democracy
4 Mar 2013
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We can assume the other greek states where the same as athens with the exception of sparta. When the greeks immigrated to what is now greece it was a very tribal society. The history of the polis is the transformation of the semi-nomadic society into a semi-territoal state. Once they settled they began to define the geographical location as theirs. The history of the development of the greek polis is a history of the progressive weakening of the family system. There"s a correlation between the progression of democracy and the weakening of the kinship group: while autocratic systems tend to promote the kin based system. In the greek world the awareness of individually took another form. One"s individually and status as an individual was determined by others. Strong = good, weak= bad: this maintained until the 19th century and even still today. This all operates in what is called a contest system .
