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THE CLASSICAL AGE (490-338 BCE)
Persian Wars
Ends w/ philps + alexander
ATHENS
Owned by Athena (Olive Branch)
SOLON
Lawgiver
Poet
Outlaws debt slavery
Helps Athens
Allows all athenian citizens to vote
BOULE
Council
400-500 men
Chosen by lot from each tribe
One year term
AUTOCHTONY
Belief that Athenians sprang from the ground
HIPPIAS
Peisistratus eldest son
Brother: Hipparchus
HARMODIUS
Boyfriend: Aristogeiton
Rejects Hipparchus
Plots tyrannicide w/ bf
Hippias lives but brother dies + later gets expelled by Sparta
MURDER OF ERATOSTHENES
Euphiletos kills Eratosthenes for sleeping w/ his wife
Defense is that a husbad can kill an adulterer when caught in the act
Unknown if he was proven guilty or not guilty
KURIOS
Lord
INHERITANCE
Goes to the sons, if no sons the daughter must marry a relative and their children will inherit
Can divorce only if childless
SPARTIATES
Full citizen of Sparta
LYCURGUS THE LAWGIVER
Possibly not real
No written evidence of his laws
MIRAGE
Affects: poleis, later ancient people, pop culture, etc.
SPARTA
A city-state in ancient Greece.
INFANTICIDE
Killing your offspring with intention
AGOGE
Mass public education
Keeps boys in line w/ violence (died sometimes)
SPARTIATE WOMEN
Education: at home
Managed households
can own property
Dont need labor
HELOTS
Public slaves who farm a kleros for its Spartiate owner
In war, they carry all equipment, fight under Spaertiate officers
SPARTAN GOV
Has a little bit of every government archetype
GEROUSIA
Old men past 60 years old
Translation: senate
Lifetime appointment
KINGS
Two spartan kings
One always stays in Sparta
FOREIGN POLICY
Fight as hoplites in war
First expansionist, later and Alliance system
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