http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog Anything teachers of Latin, Greek, Classicsal Civilisation or Ancient History might find useful or interesting. en-us Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:13:53 +0000 Athenian civic life Blogware arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126767.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126767.html Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:25:00 +0100 You can just make out the hole at the foot of the water clock, which allowed the water to flow out slowly and measure the time allotted to speeches in a law court. What I have only just noticed is the little hole near the top. It might be good to ask students to suggest the purpose of this hole. Athenian civic life arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126792.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126792.html Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:26:00 +0100 Discs with hollow axles and some with solid axles, used by jurors (such as Procleon in Aristophanes' Wasps). They are embossed or inscribed with different official marks. Athenian civic life arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126720.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126720.html Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:33:00 +0100 If these official weights were kept in the Agora, customers could no doubt cause the shopkeeper's weight to be placed in one pan of a balance, and one of these in the other, to check that all was fair and just. Athenian civic life arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126737.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126737.html Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:54:00 +0100 A closer look at one of the official weights. I imagine the image on each differed according to the weight, as we have different symbols on coins of different values. Athenian civic life arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126717.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126717.html Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:28:00 +0100 These may not have been used for doses of hemlock, but we can imagine Socrates being given something just like this, filled with the fatal drink. He asked, according to Plato, if he might pour a libation before drinking, but was told by the jailor that the dose had been carefully measured, and was just enough. Athenian civic life arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126719.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126719.html Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:30:00 +0100 Although out of focus, this picture does show the city's official measures, for use no doubt by traders and customers in the Agora in case of dispute. Athenian civic life arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2005/8/14/1137025.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2005/8/14/1137025.html Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:58:00 +0100 ATHENS (AFP) - Scores of silver coins dating back well over two millennia have been unearthed in the heart of Athens, officials announced. Athenian civic life