The City of Athens

The City of AthensGRK 1011 , 2

. I am here / am there / am present ( + ) I am drunk I carouse3Forming Active ParticiplesMASC3rd-decl, stem in FEM1st-decl., stem in NEUT3rd-decl, stem in sing. nominative-sing. genitiveetc.4Oral Drill: Present Active PTC BeingDicaeopolis, being a farmer, loves his farm , being , being what case-number-gender?nom-sing-masc , , , being , , , , being , , , 5Oral Drill contd , being [i.e., the child being a farmer] , being [i.e., Myrrhine being a farmer]6Oral Drill contd ; ; (= the child, neuter sing.) ; , , , _____ , , _____ , 7From the Periclean Funeral Oration , - , , , , , , , , , . (Thucydides 2.43.1)And so it is that these men have proved themselves worthy of their city. As for you, the living, pray that your resolve will be no less unshakable, yet resolve to be no less bold against the enemy. And dont just calculate the benefits of beating him back benefits that it would take too long for someone to recount, nor do any of you need reminding. No, you must actually gaze daily upon the citys power and become lovers of it. And when all this magnificence has impressed itself upon you, reflect on the kind of men who made it possible, men whose deeds told of bravery, duty, and honor. For if some mishap were to trip them up, rather than deny the city the benefit of their courage, they would contribute to the common enterprise in the most glorious fashion imaginable.8Issues: The City of AthensAthens Impressive as toCrowdingMagnificenceDemocracyIts strengthLoyalty that it commandedSpending excessive (?) as toMoney for defense of Athens/of Greece wasted?With Pericles too concerned for citys prestigeBut democratic make-work policy defensibleIt would be impossible to revile such a cityFlagrant expenditureWas it?...Is this where my tribute money is going?

Plut. Pericles. [2] and that seemliest of all excuses which it had to urge against its accusers, to wit, that out of fear of the Barbarians it took the public funds from that sacred isle and was now guarding them in a stronghold, of this Pericles has robbed it. And surely Hellas is insulted with a dire insult and manifestly subjected to tyranny when she sees that, with her own enforced contributions for the war, we are gilding and bedizening our city, which, for all the world like a wanton woman, adds to her wardrobe precious stones and costly statues and temples worth their millions.For his part, Pericles would instruct the people that it owed no account of their moneys to the allies provided it carried on the war for them and kept off the Barbarians; not a horse do they furnish, said he, not a ship, not a hoplite, but money simply; and this belongs, not to those who give it, but to those who take it, if only they furnish that for which they take it in pay. 9

harbor(foreigncontacts)harbor districtastu (town)wallswallswallswallsACROPOLIS (high city): religious center, citadelAGORA: public center,marketplaceKHRA (countryside)burial ground(outside walls)KHRA (countryside)City with Port (compare Athens)10

Athens & Piraeus11

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Parthenon, West Front (Reconstruction)slide show14

Greek House (oikia), Olynthus, 4th cent. BCE (reconstruction)andron(mens rumpus room)2014-11-19CLA77, Andrew Scholtz15