Aristocracy
-It is nice work if you can get it
-Is rule by aristocrats
-Elite Men would enjoy wine, poetry, and dancers
Exclusive Club
-No women (except the entertainment)
-No middle class
-Certainly, no slaves
-What to do if you're "on the outside"
Tyrants seize Control
-Aristocrats would form alliances with hoplites
-Tyrants- Someone who rules outside the framework of the polis
-Tyrant is a abusive or oppresive
Clash of the Tyrants
-Hippias was a Tyrant who ruled from 527-510 BCE
-Brother was killed and ruling become hard
-Eventually expelled from Athens
No comments:
Post a Comment