A day in the life of an ancient Athenian
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Robert Garland |
TED-Ed
• March 2018
It’s 427 BCE and the worst internal conflict ever to occur in the ancient Greek world is in its fourth year. Athens is facing a big decision: what to do with the people of Mytilene, a city on the island of Lesbos where a revolt against Athenian rule has just been put down. How did these kinds of decisions get made? Robert Garland outlines a day in the life of Athenian democracy. [Directed by Michael Kalopaidis, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Andreas Trachonitis].