CLAS 1P91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Heterosexuality, Karl Agathon, Aspis
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Lecture 3: heroes and poets- the dark age of greece. Panhellenic spirit- homer and hesiod: shared myths, shared cultural values, shared religious values. The rise of the polis: means: independent city state, dark age economic revival, elite classes arose based on. Phoenicians had no vowels: greeks added them in. Origin of greek writing- made it easier. Agricultural interests: over population in mother cities (metropoleis) (land hunger) Inheritance problems: equal division to sons, inalienable land. Independent political units: typically very small- athens and sparta were expectations, more than a city: had own government, laws, armies, taxes, etc, citizenship a key aspect, plural of polis= poleis. Athens in the late 7 th cen bce. 40 thousand citizens (not including slaves: ecclesia= assembly of adult, male citizens, archons=rulers, 9 elected each year, stasis=civil strife. Cylon, c. 632 bce- attempted tyranny (champion in the olympic games: tried to take over athenian polis.
