Lectures (Video)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Dark Ages
- 3. The Dark Ages II
- 4. The Rise of the Polis
- 5. The Rise of the Polis II
- 6. The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny
- 7. The Greek "Renaissance" - Colonization and Tyranny II
- 8. Sparta
- 9. Sparta II
- 10. The Rise of Athens
- 11. The Rise of Athens II
- 12. The Persian Wars
- 13. The Athenian Empire
- 14. The Athenian Empire II
- 15. Athenian Democracy
- 16. Athenian Democracy II
- 17. The Peloponnesian War, Part I
- 18. The Peloponnesian War, Part I (cont.)
- 19. The Peloponnesian War, Part II
- 20. The Peloponnesian War, Part II (cont.)
- 21. The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece
- 22. The Struggle for Hegemony in Fourth-Century Greece II
- 23. Twilight of the Polis
- 24. Twilight of the Polis II and Conclusion
Introduction to Ancient Greek History - Lecture 12
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Lecture 12 - The Persian Wars
In this lecture, Professor Kagan examines in detail the development, growing pains, and emergence of Athenian democracy. He argues that the tyranny under the Peisistratids led to the development of the idea of self-government among the Athenians, which Cleisthenes used to develop Athens in a more democratic direction. One of the ways Cleisthenes was able to accomplish this was to diminish the power of the aristocracy by reordering and restructuring the tribes and giving greater power to the assembly. Finally, Professor Kagan says a word on the Athenian practice of ostracism as a political tool to protect a fledgling democracy.
Prof. Donald Kagan
CLCV 205 Introduction to Ancient Greek History, Fall, 2007 (Yale University: Open Yale) http://oyc.yale.edu Date accessed: 2008-12-31 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
