HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Crypteia, Isonomia, Psychological Warfare
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Victory now depends on numbers and coordination not heroic behavior. What"s good for the polis is good for family: developments from the archaic age weaken aristocratic control, athens and sparta, citizens duty to state, the freedom of individual, athens: isonomia (equal laws, sparta: eunomia (good laws) Lead to lycurgan reforms: all spartiates are equal, constant military training. Eu(cid:374)o(cid:373)ia: (cid:862)good laws(cid:863) laws with a moral purpose. Spartans forbidden to engage in labor/ trade. Agoge training: began at age 7, continued to 30. **four out of five states were dominated by sparta** 7th c. bce ruled by a council of nobles. The reforms of solon (c. 594 bce: reoriented economy, census based on wealth, heliaea popular courts, ekklesia: athenian assembly, allowed for social mobility. The reforms of cleisthenes (c. 510 bce: 4 original tribes 10 new tribes, allotted by residence. Isonomia: equality before the law: ended kinship divisions, real power to popular assembly, kinship important to greeks.
