CLST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Prostitution In Ancient Greece, Pericles, Legal Personality

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 102
• Professor: Fabio Colivicchi

Document Summary

A great social arena: the symposion {this is not in the textbook} Women were present only as professional entertainers. A symposium is much more than drinking. Each man was expected to contribute to the success of a social meeting of peers with his skills at conversation and reasoning , personality, skill at playing games, cultural background, musical and poetic talent etc. While following a set of rules, balancing need to excel and respect of the others, and exhibiting the appropriate balance of sociability and self-control in the enjoyment of wine and other pleasures. The younger generations would look at the more mature as role models. Only male citizens 18+ had active political rights. Athenian male citizens between 18 and 39 could expect to serve in the army or the fleet almost every year. Attending the ekklesia (assembly) every 10 days. Each year 6000 citizens were drawn to serve as jurors in popular courts.