http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog Anything teachers of Latin, Greek, Classicsal Civilisation or Ancient History might find useful or interesting. en-us Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:46:18 +0000 Athenian political life Blogware arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126731.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126731.html Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:46:35 +0100 Kimon son of Miltiades is very clear, and is that Aristides on the right? I find it interesting to see painted pottery used for this purpose. Athenian political life arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126735.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126735.html Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:49:52 +0100 A very different piece of pottery from the red-figure fragments in another picture. The writing is very rough compared with the examples of the name Aristides also on view in the Agora Museum, all scratched in the same 'handwriting'. Athenian political life arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126716.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126716.html Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:24:58 +0100 I'm afraid you can't read any Greek from this photo, but this is a slab recoding one of the laws passed by the Athenian Assembly. It stands in the portico of the Agora Museum. Athenian political life arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126728.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126728.html Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:43:11 +0100 Some of these names are still very clear to read. I suppose students could study the photo and decide whether the names could have been scratched on the spot, or whether it was all prepared beforehand. Athenian political life arltblogger http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126781.html http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/_archives/2004/8/19/126781.html Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:52:12 +0100 Now it's the place you go to experience the Sound and Light show about the Acropolis. In the 5th century BC, once the Assembly meetings had moved out of the Agora, the Pnyx was where the Assembly met. Athenian political life