CLA230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Peltast, Dreros, Sicyon
Document Summary
Archaic greece considered to be 750-480 b. c. some say period starts in 776 b the date of the first olympiad sources later prose history (oral traditions, oral history: poetry (contemporary) inscriptions, archaeology. Polis dominant political form in greece city-state small communities that dominate greek history three characteristics: astu urban center. Urban center where everything happens chora territory surrounding city. Physical terms urban center (city) with territory surrounding it. Greeks live very close together with open area around tightly true in modern greece as well packed centers for larger poleis athens, etc. People live in outlying towns: political community defined by peers males citizens. Defining characteristic is the citizens adult males. Quote by thucydides: men make the polis and not walls or ships without men in them . If someone has served as a kosmos, then the same person cannot be kosmos within 10 years.
