CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Delian League, Dionysia, Ostracism
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Cla204 lecture 8, civic myths and foundation legends: athens. 5th century athens: an embarrassingly cursory and surface-level introduction. Go to an assembly and vote themselves. Had the right to speak and propose motions at the assembly. Government officials are chosen randomly to serve for a year (other than general of military) was chosen like this. E. g. , ostracism (every year all the citizens can vote on 1 person to be exiled from. Vote for them if you feel they are power hungry. Very strong belief that 1 person should not have all the power. To have alliance ready if the persians would ever attack again the greek city states would have the organization and resources to win. Equally within own society vs. dominance over other city-states. B/c they lead this attack they were considered to be special in all of greece and created the delian league. Writing is a form of public debate.
