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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ANCIENT ATHENIAN - Contenido educativo

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Subido el 21 de noviembre de 2020 por Alicia M.

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It's 427 BCE, 00:00:00
and the worst internal conflict ever to occur in the ancient Greek world 00:00:10
is in its fourth year. 00:00:14
The Peloponnesian War is being fought 00:00:16
between the city-states of Athens and Sparta, 00:00:18
as well as their allies. 00:00:21
The Athenians can't match the formidable Spartan army on land, 00:00:23
so they've abandoned the countryside 00:00:28
and moved inside the walls surrounding their city and port, 00:00:30
now provisioned by a superior fleet and extensive maritime empire. 00:00:33
The cramped conditions have taken a toll, 00:00:40
and a recent plague wiped out a third of the population, 00:00:42
but city life goes on. 00:00:45
Arceas and Dexilea live in the center of Athens. 00:00:48
As a painter of high-class pottery, 00:00:52
Arceas is relatively well-off 00:00:55
and takes great interest in the city's affairs. 00:00:57
Dexilea, on the other hand, can't participate in politics or own property. 00:00:59
The couple are grateful to the gods that three of their four children, 00:01:05
a son and two daughters, have survived past infancy. 00:01:10
Many parents see daughters as a liability 00:01:14
since they require dowries to find husbands, 00:01:18
but Archias is confident that his wealth will allow him 00:01:21
to make good matches for them without going bankrupt. 00:01:24
Like many Athenians, the family owns slaves. 00:01:28
Originally from Thrasy, they were captured in war. 00:01:32
Thrata does most of the housework and helps raise the children. 00:01:36
Philon is a pedagogos, who supervises the son's education, 00:01:39
teaching him reading and writing. 00:01:43
Arceas is up early because there's a meeting of the Ecclesia, 00:01:46
the assembly of citizens, taking place at dawn. 00:01:49
Before setting out, he burns incense 00:01:53
and pours a libation at the small shrine in the courtyard 00:01:55
on behalf of his entire household. 00:01:59
Dexilea will remain at home all day, 00:02:02
teaching her daughter's domestic skills. 00:02:04
Later, she'll retire to the inner courtyard for some fresh air. 00:02:07
When Arceus arrives at the agora, 00:02:11
the civic and commercial heart of the city, 00:02:13
he finds the square swarming with his fellow citizens, 00:02:16
native-born adult males who have completed military training. 00:02:19
Attached to the central monument 00:02:23
is a notice board with the meeting's agenda. 00:02:25
Today there's only one item of discussion, 00:02:28
what to do with the people of Mytilene, 00:02:30
a city on the island of Lesbos 00:02:33
where a revolt against Athenian rule has just been put down. 00:02:34
The meeting takes place on a hill west of the Acropolis, 00:02:39
known as the Pnyx. 00:02:42
The word means tightly packed, 00:02:44
and the crowd of 5,000 citizens makes it clear why. 00:02:46
The heralds purify the hill 00:02:49
by sprinkling its boundary with pig's blood 00:02:52
and call for order 00:02:55
As everyone sits on benches facing the platform 00:02:56
the presiding officer opens the meeting with the words 00:03:00
Tis agoreven bulete 00:03:03
who wishes to address the assembly 00:03:05
One by one, citizens speak 00:03:07
some advising mercy 00:03:10
others bent on vengeance 00:03:11
A motion is proposed to execute all the Mytileneans 00:03:13
and enslave their women and children 00:03:18
because they betrayed their Athenian allies 00:03:20
during a time of war. 00:03:22
A majority raises their right hands in favor. 00:03:24
Once the meeting's over, 00:03:29
Arceas heads back to the Agora to buy food and wine. 00:03:30
Hundreds have gathered there to discuss the results, 00:03:34
many unhappy with the decision. 00:03:36
When Arceas returns home, 00:03:39
he tells Dexilea about the debate. 00:03:41
She thinks that killing the innocent as well as the guilty 00:03:43
is harsh and counterproductive, 00:03:46
and tells him as much. 00:03:47
Around dusk, Arceus goes to a friend's house for a symposium. 00:03:50
The nine men drink wine and discuss the meeting well into the night. 00:03:54
Arceus shares his wife's opinion, urging mercy, 00:03:58
and his friends eventually agree. 00:04:01
Before dawn, something unprecedented happens. 00:04:04
Heralds circulate throughout Athens, 00:04:08
announcing the council has called another meeting. 00:04:10
The second debate is equally heated, 00:04:14
but a new resolution, to execute only the leaders of the revolt, narrowly passes. 00:04:15
Yet there's a problem. 00:04:21
A ship with orders to carry out the first resolution was dispatched the previous day. 00:04:23
And so another ship quickly set sail to countermand the order, 00:04:28
a race of democracy against time. 00:04:33
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Subido por:
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