CLA2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bouleuterion, Hoplite, Tyrant

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA2102
• Professor: Mary- Ellen Harper

Document Summary

January 8th, 2018: greece is mountainous, they are blocks to communication, urbanization starts in the plains (access to agriculture) Poleis: most people live in countryside surrounding a polis, greeks live on top of each other (geography is important when discussing greece, ex. Argive plain: 10 square km with 10 separate poleis fighting for land: chronic shortage of natural resources. Hoplite phalanx stasis: fighting stance designed to fight in the plains (phalanx, people close together (tightly packed, amateurs, tremendous prestige in being a hoplite as armour was highly expensive, exclusive group. Tyranny (668-508bc: when a boule refuses to expand. Tyrants tended to be remembered well for breaking stasis (internal group conflict) The rise of sparta: real name was lakedaimonia, lakedaimonians (shield with , at height du(cid:396)i(cid:374)g late (cid:1009)00(cid:859)s a(cid:374)d ea(cid:396)l(cid:455) (cid:1008)00(cid:859)s, (cid:373)ilita(cid:396)isti(cid:272, all spartan citizens were in permanent army. Trouble projecting power: no (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) a(cid:271)out e(cid:454)te(cid:374)di(cid:374)g (cid:272)itize(cid:374)ship.