Athens Essay Examples

Aristotle – Athenian Politeia ( Constitution of the Athenians) Written in the late 4th century BC by the philosopher Aristotle or maybe by a research student under his tutorship at Plato’s academy or at the Lyceum, a school he built in Athens around 336-323 BC. The Athenian Politeia was a treatise, which was practically reproduced […]

During the year 430 B.C., the words spoken by Pericles in his influential Funeral Oration are not precisely known. Although the purpose, meaning, and eloquence of C remains unknown, his good friend Thucydides captured it. Pericles’ speeches were typically presented annually to pay homage to the many soldiers who lost their lives during Athens’ numerous […]

The Thesmophoria was an exclusively female religious festival that was celebrated annually, all over Ancient Greece, in honor of Demeter and her gifts. It was celebrated in autumn, during the busiest agricultural time of the year1 and was related to both human and agricultural fertility. The Thesmophoria took women out of their matrimonial homes. During […]

The women’s pentathlon is a part of a series of multi-event competitions. These events owe their origin to the ancient athletic traditions of the ancient Greeks. The word pentathlon has been derived from a Greek word ‘pente’ which means five and ‘athlon’ which means a competition. It stands for a five event competition and it […]

Snooker is a sort of billiard athletics which is really popular in the UK. It is hard and disputing to play it. It has a history of over two hundred old ages ( hypertext transfer protocol: //embassysnooker. cyberspace ) and it is well developed and popular today. The rise of snooker can be traced back […]

People can be compared to soil, as they have the ability to either nourish and help one grow as an individual or hinder their growth and cause them to wither and die. These famous and witty quotes, however, did not make their author popular with the general public. However, the intensity of such criticism, the […]

Classical Athens and the Han Dynasty in China were two of the most famous and successful early civilizations. Even though they were in different geographical regions and existed in different centuries, they were both able to make there civilizations relevant in different ways. The differences in these civilizations include size/population and geographically where the civilization […]

Athens and Sparta, two civilizations of equal power, yet unequal mindsets: their societal views caused these two great empires to face a divide unlike any other in history. Sparta, with their cold iron and colder hearts left enemies in ruin. Athens was intelligent, yet militaristically inferior to Sparta. Allies during the 1000 years war, the […]

The Erechtheion, a temple dedicated to Athena Polias on the Athenian Acropolis, is a building that is mysterious in numerous ways. Even though the Erechtheion was one of the most significant of Athena’s shrines, relatively little is known about it. Especially when compared to the information available regarding the largest structure on the Acropolis, the […]

Athens and Sparta were undeniably the two greatest cities in Ancient Greece, yet the method by which they ruled and governed their people varied greatly. Both Athens and Sparta ruled using some elements of democracy and a superficial observer may assert that Athens was the more democratic of the two. However, upon further observation one […]

Only 34 years after Solon had formulated his code of law in Athens Peisistratus, in 561BC, set himself outside of the constitution and became tyrant. During the period of the Peisistratid tyranny the city of Athens flourished. Economically the city was prosperous, it also gained prestige from the newly built civic and religious buildings. Abroad […]

Han China and classical Athens were different in terms of politics mainly by their types of government. Classical Athens had a democracy, stated in document four. As Particles put it, “its administration is in the hands, not of a few, but of the whole peoples [Doc. 4]”. Any citizen of Athens was allowed into the […]

Introduction In Pericles funeral, Pericles gave a speech praising Athens after the Athenian soldiers died in an opening battle. The speech claims that the Athenians are able to strive for the greater good by putting their petty wants aside. Pericles claims that the people of Athens are bound together by mutual trust and the desire […]

In the Crito, the personified Laws that play a role in Socrates’ decision of remaining in prison and willingly wait for execution even when his friend Crito urges him to flee away do not at all speak for him, (Harte, 133). Rather, it represents the city of Athens together with its laws. The Laws are […]