... was developed by his pupils. This form, called the Socratic method or dialectic, was based on Socrates" question and answer method of arriving at some important truth. Socrates left no writings, but his ideas are preserved in writings of other Greeks, especially Plato. Aristotle also wrote important works, including Poetics, a masterpiece of literary criticism. The government of ancient Greece was also very ... complex and it set the stage for the way many of today's countries govern. In ancient Greece by the 700's BC, the ... , some city-states began to move toward democracy. All citiz...

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... , by way of an excerpt entitled "The Status of Women." Plato's ideas of women take a back seat to his own student who does not perceive women as equals. He begins by saying that there must be a coming together of those who cannot live without each other. Aristotle gives men and women as examples. This union of man and women is solely to continue the human race, as "mankind ... have natural desire to leave behind them an image of themselves"(Politics). Next, Aristotle says that with a coalition of two beings, there must be one ruler ... and one subject in order to survive. The ruler, or ...

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... . Some city-states began to move toward democracy. All citizens were granted the right to vote on government policies hold political office and serve on a jury. Many poor citizens could not afford the time to participate in democratic government. Women and slaves had no political rights, even in the democracies. The most successful democracy of ancient Greece was Athens. Every male Athenian citizen ... had the right to serve in an assembly. An assembly passed laws and determined government policies. Sparta was the only city state which had a full time ... the things that happened to the...

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... seen as foreigners aloud to stay in the land. Social class was tied to wealth and not so political control, unless you were to have real clout. Men were the dominant race of Greece. Women considered citizens and were able to own land and go to court over land, but women did have much more limited rights than the men did. Life was based around ... trade, and places such as Athens would have many different events such as the Olympics, and Gladiator competitions. Athens boasted it would have major events every ... group of people, mainly because they were such an intelligent group of soci...

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... analysis of the spectators culturally defines a wider context of Ancient Greece's society's structure through the position of women. "The position of womenconstitutes one of the most interesting aspects of life in Greecethe seclusion of women was strictly observed (Spyridakis.,Nystrom., pg. 231)." Slaves and women, especially married ones, were strictly forbidden to watch the games (in2greece). It was so firmly enforced ... Women had very few rights and a distinct role in society. Their role gave them no freedom and received unequal, which emphasizes the Ancient Greece society as strong...

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... home. There were separate schools for general studies, music, and physical education. The main studies that the school taught were reading, writing, and arithmetic. The higher education of the children consisted of the study of law, medicine, philosophy, or rhetoric. Men and women wore a belted garment of linen or wool called a ... chiton, which means it hung to their knees, for the men, and hung to their ankles, for the women. In the cold weather, they would wear a cloak called a himation over their shoulders and arms. Many Greeks wore sandals. ... to achieve the ideal beauty of an obj...

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