GRK 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Synoecism, Greco-Persian Wars, Panathenaic Games
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Mycenaean/dark age settlement oldest continuously inhabited area in greece. Theseus king who killed minotaur: synoecism combined athens with other cities in attic peninsula, established pan-athenaea, founded democracy, has a temple. Key developments: 504 solon"s reforms class gives you political power. Every gets some voice richer get more: 547 peisistratus" rule. Comes about to calm warfare between different geographic areas of. Rulers from different areas switch out as king. Renaissance athens becomes an important city: 510 peisistratus dies and his son takes over (abuses power, 508 spartans take peisistratus" son down. Trittyes divisions of tribes that self-govern. Division of power brings about unity. Council of 500 50 representatives from each tribe. Institutes ostracism exiles leader for ten years so they don"t get too powerful: 462 ephialtes" reforms. Abolishes aeropagus court not elected and hold position for life. Assassinated: 451/0 pericles becomes democratic leader.
