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Like all Greeks Athenians love to argue (jambulart/ Adobe Stock) — 23 Oct 2023

Visiting A Time Capsule Of Periclean Athens

By Robert Garland

History & Tradition

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A time-traveler considering taking a stroll through Periclean Athens has a very narrow window of time to visit Athens in its heyday. Pericles, sometimes noted as the greatest statesman of Athens, came to power in 448 BC but died of the plague in...
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Like all Greeks Athenians love to argue (jambulart/ Adobe Stock) — 23 Oct 2023

Visiting A Time Capsule Of Periclean Athens

By Robert Garland

History & Tradition

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A time-traveler considering taking a stroll through Periclean Athens has a very narrow window of time to visit Athens in its heyday. Pericles, sometimes noted as the greatest statesman of Athens, came to power in 448 BC but died of the plague in...
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Depiction of Areopagus (Athenian governing council) with Acropolis in the background by Leo von Klenze (1846) (Public Domain) — 28 Jul 2023

True Democracy? Oligarchy Versus Ochlokratia In Athens

By Dr Richard Marranca

History & Tradition

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If what is taken to matter most is the power of decision-making, and, as part of that, the power to call executive office-holders to account by judicial or other means, then the first democracy properly so called anywhere in the world was that of...
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Depiction of Areopagus (Athenian governing council) with Acropolis in the background by Leo von Klenze (1846) (Public Domain) — 28 Jul 2023

True Democracy? Oligarchy Versus Ochlokratia In Athens

By Dr Richard Marranca

History & Tradition

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If what is taken to matter most is the power of decision-making, and, as part of that, the power to call executive office-holders to account by judicial or other means, then the first democracy properly so called anywhere in the world was that of...
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Socrates and Alcibiades by Kristian Zahrtmann (1910) Statens Museum for Kunst (Public Domain) — 15 May 2023

Athens’ Alcibiades: Charming Playboy, Conniving Politician Or Treacherous Opportunist?

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Philosophy & Spirituality

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Pericles and Alcibiades were both descendants of the Alkmeonidai, an ancient Athenian aristocratic family. Pericles (495 – 429 BC) was an influential Athenian politician and general in the fifth century BC, who led Athens into the Golden Age....
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Socrates and Alcibiades by Kristian Zahrtmann (1910) Statens Museum for Kunst (Public Domain) — 15 May 2023

Athens’ Alcibiades: Charming Playboy, Conniving Politician Or Treacherous Opportunist?

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Philosophy & Spirituality

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Pericles and Alcibiades were both descendants of the Alkmeonidai, an ancient Athenian aristocratic family. Pericles (495 – 429 BC) was an influential Athenian politician and general in the fifth century BC, who led Athens into the Golden Age....
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Sunset at Sounon and Poseidon (Cardaf/Adobe Stock) (Adobe Stock) — 17 Mar 2023

Greece’s East Attica In Antiquity: Playground Of Gods, Heroes And Heroines

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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The seductive scenery along the east coast of Attica in Greece overlooking the Aegean Sea, easily lures one back to an era when mythical gods and goddesses still claimed the land and implored their heroes to build temples for them and their...
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Sunset at Sounon and Poseidon (Cardaf/Adobe Stock) (Adobe Stock) — 17 Mar 2023

Greece’s East Attica In Antiquity: Playground Of Gods, Heroes And Heroines

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

0

The seductive scenery along the east coast of Attica in Greece overlooking the Aegean Sea, easily lures one back to an era when mythical gods and goddesses still claimed the land and implored their heroes to build temples for them and their...
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Pericles's Funeral Oration, by Philipp Foltz (1852)(Public Domain) — 10 Feb 2023

Searching For True Monarchy In Greek Literature

By Dr Michael Arnheim

History & Tradition

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Since the beginning of time monarchs and monarchy have attracted a great deal of attention in the media. Countless works of history have focused on the deeds and misdeeds of political leaders, and many writers of fiction have likewise devoted...
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Pericles's Funeral Oration, by Philipp Foltz (1852)(Public Domain) — 10 Feb 2023

Searching For True Monarchy In Greek Literature

By Dr Michael Arnheim

History & Tradition

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Since the beginning of time monarchs and monarchy have attracted a great deal of attention in the media. Countless works of history have focused on the deeds and misdeeds of political leaders, and many writers of fiction have likewise devoted...
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Aspasia The Metiki Who Seduced And Confused Athens’ Powerful Men — 29 Mar 2021

Aspasia The Metiki Who Seduced And Confused Athens’ Powerful Men

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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In his writing on the Athenian Statesman Pericles, Plutarch (c. 46 – c. 119 AD), marvels at the "... great art or power this woman had, that she managed as she pleased the leading men of the state and gave the philosophers an opportunity to...
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Aspasia The Metiki Who Seduced And Confused Athens’ Powerful Men — 29 Mar 2021

Aspasia The Metiki Who Seduced And Confused Athens’ Powerful Men

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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In his writing on the Athenian Statesman Pericles, Plutarch (c. 46 – c. 119 AD), marvels at the "... great art or power this woman had, that she managed as she pleased the leading men of the state and gave the philosophers an opportunity to...
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