and the Realty of Classical Athens Discovering the Western Past Introduction: Athens during the fifth century B.C. is often identified as one of the main sources of Western values and standards. Later Europeans and Americans regarded the Athenians as the originators of democracy‚ drama‚ representational or realistic art‚ history‚ philosophy‚ and science. At different times over the past 2‚500 years they have attempted to imitate this "Golden Age" of classical Athens in everything from buildings
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Ancient Sparta and Athens‚ while both being located in Greece‚ shared very different views. Whether it was government‚ or the way they lived‚ nearly everything was conflicting between these two cities. In this essay‚ I‚ will explain my reasons for wanting to live in Sparta rather than Athens. The first reason is very simple. Spartan women were given more freedom and in many ways‚ had even more power than the men. The men of Sparta spent much of their time fighting or practicing military techniques
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Athens vs Sparta Sparta is a strong wonderful place it is a lot better than you think. The reason is Sparta has a very strong Army and it could take down any other Greek city-state. They also have free rights for women unlike Athens. Sparta as you can tell so far is the better place between them and Sparta. Sparta tries to stay in content for the strongest Army‚ they have better rights for women‚ and they have a great lifestyle. Sparta had the strongest Army too. In fact
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Athens vs. Sparta Athens and Sparta in contrast had many similarities and differences such as the view on women‚ politics‚ economy and military structure. Sparta and Athens each had similarities and differences regarding the status and view of women in society. Women in Sparta were judged on their physique and physical and athletic state. Women in Sparta had designated arenas in which they would exercise and compete in athletic tournaments‚ usually secluded from the men who were out training
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I would like to live in Athens rather than Sparta. This is my choice. I would like to suggest this to you. It is interesting and I think you will agree too. There are several reasons why I think Athens is better place to live than Sparta. First‚ Athens is a democratic city. I think it is very important to let us have a chance to vote or to choose things that we want‚ or I think the city will be very cruel and scary. However‚ Sparta is one of the city-states that have communist government. It is seem
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period which shaped the root of modern civilization. The most admired historical city-states (polis) to have ever existed was Athens and Sparta and that are always taken an example for their completely different governing systems. The difference between two city states were flagrant. Today we will dive deeper into the Spartans and Athenians life and try to figure out how Athens and Sparta obtain the right to participate in public life. We will also discuss about who held the public office and what rules
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Greek city: Athen‚ and Sparta. The influenced emphasized on the similarities and differences in economic‚ political‚ and social democracy. The similarity between Athen and Sparta is that the democracy in both states was only for a minority group. The minority society in both states has the political influenced. The majority group has no say in government. No one of their public sectors was filled with women. All were men and have to be free men with both parents is Athenian for Athen and Spartan
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Have you ever wondered about life in Ancient Greece’s most famous civilizations? To be more specific‚ life in Athens or Sparta? My essay will give you information on both civilizations-like sparta’s cruelty‚ or Athens smarts. As well as information on how they are alike- such as their religion Let’s start with Sparta‚ the strong‚ the tough‚ and the brutalest of civilizations. Being the most war liking of the of the two‚ Sparta’s slogan was “Come back ether holding your shield high or on your shield…
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Sample A Thesis: Athens and the Mauryans differed in their political centralization and sponsorship of religion and were similar in having to defend themselves against the Persians. Topic Sentence: Athens and the Mauryans differed in their type of political control it had over people. Athens‚ as the most powerful city-state‚ was able to force other city-states into the Delian League often against their will whereas the Mauryan were organized into one single entity. Athens created a system‚ where
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Athens the Instigator “If we do go to war‚ have no thought that you went to war over a trivial affair” (Thucydides‚ in Hunt 101). The Peloponnesian War lasted longer than any other pervious war in Greece. The war began in 431 BCE with Sparta’s invasion of Athens. The Athenians sacrificed the destruction of their private property in order to hide in the safety of their city. The Long Walls of Athens protected its citizens and preserved its population. The Spartans however had the upper hand in infantry
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