ANTH 2200 Chapter : Pericles-Notes.doc
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Although athens had a large population, most of the people living there didn"t actually have athenian citizenship; the people who conducted business on a daily basis were probably people from different regions who did not hold citizenship. Athenians practiced slavery, women had no political rights; doesn"t go along with the democratic notion of the people being free or having freedom. Because of tyrants and other individuals who were given power by the people, the government would change often from being democratic to being aristocratic, etc for long periods of time. More democratic in theory, because people who held office and who were involved in politics were either wealthy, came from a good family, or who were efficient; became more aristocratic than democratic. Only the offspring of two athenian citizens could be citizens themselves: what are the characteristics of the ideal female member of athenian society, according to pericles, what is plutarch"s view of pericles and his "position" or.
