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Aeschylus & Athens 750 - ARCHAIC 500 - - - - - - - - - c. 725? Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days 600’s? Homeric Hymns composed 508-7 Cleisthenes reforms Athenian democracy - - - - - Hesiod’s Age of Iron - - - Relatively weak city-states 750 - ARCHAIC 500 - - - - - - - - - c. 725? Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days 600’s? Homeric Hymns composed 508-7 Cleisthenes reforms Athenian democracy - - - - - - - - 490-80 Greeks defeat two invasions by Persians 463-1 Ephialtes and Pericles reform democracy 458 Aeschylus wins first prize with Oresteia CLASSICAL 323 - - - - - - - - - 490-80 Greeks defeat two invasions by Persians 470’s rise of Athenian naval power AEGEAN 477 Athens founds the Delian League Delos 477 Athens founds the Delian League 469 Athens forces Naxos to remain in the League Naxos 477 Athens founds the Delian League 469 Athens forces Naxos to remain in the League 468 Athens defeats the Persian navy at the Eurymedon River Eurymedon An Athenian Empire The Athenian Acropolis The Athenian Acropolis The “Periclean” building program Temple of Virgin Athena (“Parthenon”) NIKE Cult Statue of Virgin Athena (“Athena Parthenos”) Athens: A city reinventing itself 463-61 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 458 Aeschylus wins first prize with Oresteia retribution deliberation a new form of justice for Friday: Myth and Gender Re-READ: Hesiod, Theogony, lines 521-616 (“Pandora 1”) Hesiod, Works and Days, lines 1-106 (“Pandora 2”) Genesis 1-5 (“Adam and Eve”) for Friday: Myth and Gender Re-READ: Hesiod, Theogony, lines 521-616 (“Pandora 1”) Hesiod, Works and Days, lines 1-106 (“Pandora 2”) Genesis 1-5 (“Adam and Eve”) COMPARE what the THREE stories say: for Friday: Myth and Gender Re-READ: Hesiod, Theogony, lines 521-616 (“Pandora 1”) Hesiod, Works and Days, lines 1-106 (“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 521-616 (“Pandora 1”) Hesiod, Works and Days, lines 1-106 (“Pandora 2”) Genesis 1-5 (“Adam and Eve”) COMPARE what the THREE stories say: •WHY were women created? •HOW are men and women different?