Aeschylus & Athens

c. 725?Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days ARCHAIC 600’s?Homeric Hymns composed 508-7Cleisthenes reforms Athenian democracy Hesiod’s Age of Iron

Relatively weak city-states

c. 725?Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days ARCHAIC 600’s?Homeric Hymns composed 508-7Cleisthenes reforms Athenian democracy Greeks defeat two invasions by Persians 463-1Ephialtes and Pericles reform democracy 458Aeschylus wins first prize with Oresteia CLASSICAL

490-80Greeks defeat two invasions by Persians 470’srise of Athenian naval power AEGEAN

477Athens founds the Delian League Delos

477Athens founds the Delian League 469Athens forces Naxos to remain in the League Naxos

Eurymedon 477Athens founds the Delian League 469Athens forces Naxos to remain in the League 468Athens defeats the Persian navy at the Eurymedon River

An Athenian Empire

The Athenian Acropolis

The “Periclean” building program

Temple of Virgin Athena (“Parthenon”)

Cult Statue of Virgin Athena (“Athena Parthenos”) NIKE

Athens: A city reinventing itself

Rise of Ephialtes and establishment of “Periclean democracy” court on the Areopagus (“Hill of Ares”) restricted to homicide cases all criminal cases decided by a randomly selected jury equal access to all political offices 458Aeschylus wins first prize with Oresteia

retribution

deliberation a new form of justice

for Friday:Myth and Gender Re-READ: Hesiod, Theogony, lines (“Pandora 1”) Hesiod, Works and Days, lines (“Pandora 2”) Genesis 1-5 (“Adam and Eve”)

for Friday:Myth and Gender Re-READ: Hesiod, Theogony, lines (“Pandora 1”) Hesiod, Works and Days, lines (“Pandora 2”) Genesis 1-5 (“Adam and Eve”) COMPARE what the THREE stories say:

for Friday:Myth and Gender Re-READ: Hesiod, Theogony, lines (“Pandora 1”) Hesiod, Works and Days, lines (“Pandora 2”) Genesis 1-5 (“Adam and Eve”) COMPARE what the THREE stories say: WHY were women created?

for Friday:Myth and Gender Re-READ: Hesiod, Theogony, lines (“Pandora 1”) Hesiod, Works and Days, lines (“Pandora 2”) Genesis 1-5 (“Adam and Eve”) COMPARE what the THREE stories say: WHY were women created? HOW are men and women different?