CLST 101 Lecture : week8notes.docx
29 Nov 2012
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Warriors had different funerals if far from athens, cremated then brought home: state festival once a year. Ekphora body brought to cemetery or familial tombs, done when dark. End of 5th century b. c steles, with figures. 6th century b. c, solon"s constitution based on ownership of property. Peisistratos (tyrant of athens, father of hippias and hipparkhos) Tyranny ended after hippias" exile (510 b. c) Administrative units called phylai (tribes); each tribe consisted of demoi (demes) Isonomia = equal right of all citizens to exercise political rights. Anyone (male) could participate, no matter social/economic status. Persian debate: democracy (otanes) vs. oligarchy (megabyzos) vs. monarchy (dareios) Originally not paid; paid by end of 5th century b. c. Lead tokens given at start, returned at end. Epistates = chairman of the boule (presided over assembly meeting) Prutaneis 50 members of boule (living in tholos) in charge 35/36 days, 24 hours/day. Males aged 20+ could attend assembly (18/19 had mandatory military training)
