POL 2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Athenian Coup Of 411 Bc, Kerygma, Participatory Democracy
4 Dec 2016
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Lecture notes: situating the greek miracle": very breef historical overview of ancient greece. Bronze age (3000-11010 bce); trojan war (1194-1184) 411: oligarchic revolution in athens (rule of the 400) 404: another oligarchic revolution (rule of the 30 tyrants) Theatre, democratie, liberty, great wealth, slavery = greek miracle . Greece : mycenium civilization, island of greek and thebes is their location. Their historical experience that serves as the poetry for homer. Their civilization did not last, dark ages began. Trojan war is the central war that shaped the greek and their imagination. Dark ages: literacy lost, population dropped by 75% The good thing that came out of the lost mycenium civilisation, came the city state, royalty dropped. which flourished in classical period. Localized self governing forms flourished like athens, although they bullied other cities. In this period = revival of the greek heros in the dark ages. The age of revolutions, civic unrest, and political reforms.
