COM 250- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 49 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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Power and freedom the god-kings: power and freedom in greece. Ancient and classical: power and freedom in rome. Social and political equality (but only for citizens) Parrh sia: freedom to peak frankly: characteristics of radical democracy: 2: speech in the theater, the theatre was athens" public sphere where social and political topics, often controversial, were presented to the audience. Ironically, the theatre was the only medium where women could speak somewhat freely but only as characters in a play. If so, what happened to parrh sia: factors that may have weakened athenians" enthusiasm for parrh sia. The rise and popularity of the sophists. Internal strife: the conspiracies of 411 and 404 bce. The council of the 400 (lasted 4 months) in 411. The dictatorship of the thirty (lasted 8 months) in 404. All through history the narrower the base of a dictatorship, the more dreadful is the terror it feels necessary to maintain itself in power. (stone, 1988. p.
