CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Epikleros, Pericles

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 100
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

Athenian male citizens between 18 and 39 could expect to serve the army or the fleet almost every year: men spend a lot of time away from athens, as no matter their jobs they had to fight. Each year 6000 male citizens were drawn to serve as jurors in popular courts. Athenian males participated in the ekklesia (assembly) every 10 days. The richest man in the city would be the captain of a warship and would provide the necessities for the functioning of the ship. Athenians considered themselves autochthonous: descendants of ion son of apollo and the athenian queen kreousa. Erekhtheus > earthborn: represented as a snake. 451 bce perikles" citizenship law: only men who had both parents athenian could qualify as citizens. Women couldn"t own or inherit any property so the males had to take care of all the land.