The Golden Age
Democracy and Greece's Golden Age
- From 477 to 431 B.C., Athens experienced a growth in intellectual and artistic learning.
- Drama, sculpture, poetry, philosophy, architecture, and science all reached new heights.
- Pericles was a wise and able statesman.
- He led Athens during much of its golden age. Held onto popular support for thirty-two years.
- He was a skillful politician, an inspiring speaker and a respected general.
- Dominated the life of Athens from 461 to 429 B.C. (Age of Pericles)
- Pericles had three goals: 1) to strengthen Athenian democracy, 2) to hold and strengthen the empire, and 3) to glorify Athens.
- To accomplish the first goal, Pericles increased the number of public officials who were paid salaries.
- This meant anyone from any class, even poor, could serve if elected by lot.
- Athens had more citizens engaged in self-government than any other city-state in Greece.
- Direct Democracy was a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives.
- From 477 to 431 B.C., Athens experienced a growth in intellectual and artistic learning.
- Drama, sculpture, poetry, philosophy, architecture, and science all reached new heights.
- Pericles was a wise and able statesman.
- He led Athens during much of its golden age. Held onto popular support for thirty-two years.
- He was a skillful politician, an inspiring speaker and a respected general.
- Dominated the life of Athens from 461 to 429 B.C. (Age of Pericles)
- Pericles had three goals: 1) to strengthen Athenian democracy, 2) to hold and strengthen the empire, and 3) to glorify Athens.
- To accomplish the first goal, Pericles increased the number of public officials who were paid salaries.
- This meant anyone from any class, even poor, could serve if elected by lot.
- Athens had more citizens engaged in self-government than any other city-state in Greece.
- Direct Democracy was a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives.
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