CLA232H1 Lecture : CLA232 lecture notes January-february
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Reading from last time- funeral 430-431 bce, right after 1st year of. Peloponnesian war fighting between athens and sparta. Key words attica, autochthony, erichthonios- son of athena and. People are the government and all decisions made by the people, every political decision made by assembly of athenian citizens. Vote put out to them, and they say yes or no- that is a direct government. Every citizen has a chance to hold a position in the government. Old elites ruled in the archaic period, no longer have their power now. Now felt disgruntled, had a different take on demokratia- they were unhappy with it. Courage, manliness, freedom, discipline, rationality, pride, openness, social equity. Kalokagathia- abstact ending in greek, means no villain , kalos agathos- good, noble, beautiful, excellent. Andreia- military, aner, one way to express, is by becoming lovers of the city, so becoming in love with athens.