Ancient Greece can best be defined as a time of
inequality, advancement, and regionalism.
Women were treated as inferior to men, and slavery was a common
practice. Also, in this atmosphere
philosophy and democracy thrived.
Then there are the city-states that each consider themselves unique. There is Athens, which was a place of
democracy and trade. On the other
hand, there was Sparta that was a place of war and always kept to
themselves.
To begin Greece was a country that was ahead of its time.
First of all, Ancient Greece was home to one of the first democracies,
which was in Athens.
Democracy is a popular type of government which can now be found in the
United States of America. Athens was also a home to many
philosophers, such as Pythagoras who created the Pythagorean Theorem. The Pythagorean Theorem is an equation
to find any side of a triangle, we still use this today.
In Sparta, even women were treated equally in some equations.
For example, Plutarch, once king of Sparta said, “First I toughened the
girls physically by making them run and wrestle, throw the discus and
javelin.” What Plutarch is saying
is that women were also included in their own set of sports.
This is something that took modern civilization to get to today, because
women have still not reached standard
universally.
Greece was a place in many ways that was ahead of its time but, they were
still cruel to some people. To
begin, women were treated almost as bad as they treated slaves.
In Athens, the heart of Greek knowledge, Aristotle himself stated “the
male is by nature superior and the female by nature is inferior.”
Aristotle is basically saying that men are better than women because
simply they are men, there is no other reason. Also in this place of democracy and
art, was slavery. Athens had
around 90,000 slaves; this number was rivaled to Sparta who had about 100,000
slaves while they only had about 8,000
Spartans.
Although Greece was a country it was divided into many city-states or
polises. This can be best shown
between a comparison of Athens and Sparta. For example, in Athens women were
treated completely as inferior.
However in Sparta, women were treated with value and competed in sports
as said before. Another comparison
between the two city-states is that in Athens they traded with other city-states
and other separate empires.
On the contrary, Sparta was having war with tons of city-states and kept
to themselves.
In conclusion, Greece while being a place of inequality and segregation,
it was also a place inventing different things like democracy. All
though being a single country it was a very regionalistic and each city-state
was unique in its own way.
inequality, advancement, and regionalism.
Women were treated as inferior to men, and slavery was a common
practice. Also, in this atmosphere
philosophy and democracy thrived.
Then there are the city-states that each consider themselves unique. There is Athens, which was a place of
democracy and trade. On the other
hand, there was Sparta that was a place of war and always kept to
themselves.
To begin Greece was a country that was ahead of its time.
First of all, Ancient Greece was home to one of the first democracies,
which was in Athens.
Democracy is a popular type of government which can now be found in the
United States of America. Athens was also a home to many
philosophers, such as Pythagoras who created the Pythagorean Theorem. The Pythagorean Theorem is an equation
to find any side of a triangle, we still use this today.
In Sparta, even women were treated equally in some equations.
For example, Plutarch, once king of Sparta said, “First I toughened the
girls physically by making them run and wrestle, throw the discus and
javelin.” What Plutarch is saying
is that women were also included in their own set of sports.
This is something that took modern civilization to get to today, because
women have still not reached standard
universally.
Greece was a place in many ways that was ahead of its time but, they were
still cruel to some people. To
begin, women were treated almost as bad as they treated slaves.
In Athens, the heart of Greek knowledge, Aristotle himself stated “the
male is by nature superior and the female by nature is inferior.”
Aristotle is basically saying that men are better than women because
simply they are men, there is no other reason. Also in this place of democracy and
art, was slavery. Athens had
around 90,000 slaves; this number was rivaled to Sparta who had about 100,000
slaves while they only had about 8,000
Spartans.
Although Greece was a country it was divided into many city-states or
polises. This can be best shown
between a comparison of Athens and Sparta. For example, in Athens women were
treated completely as inferior.
However in Sparta, women were treated with value and competed in sports
as said before. Another comparison
between the two city-states is that in Athens they traded with other city-states
and other separate empires.
On the contrary, Sparta was having war with tons of city-states and kept
to themselves.
In conclusion, Greece while being a place of inequality and segregation,
it was also a place inventing different things like democracy. All
though being a single country it was a very regionalistic and each city-state
was unique in its own way.