tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post1988889213236312280..comments2023-04-18T00:44:59.351+10:00Comments on A dead man fell from the sky...: Metics, slaves and citizens...the populationGary Corbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-12512356281863876212013-03-22T12:44:43.483+11:002013-03-22T12:44:43.483+11:00gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood\<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15023021021472858194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-1233037543085857912013-03-22T12:44:30.571+11:002013-03-22T12:44:30.571+11:00good good Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15023021021472858194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-32907100134334634712010-04-18T15:36:25.390+10:002010-04-18T15:36:25.390+10:00Stephanie, the lack of slaves in Egypt I've al...Stephanie, the <i>lack</i> of slaves in Egypt I've always thought was fascinating, because everywhere else there were zillions of them. Something else to make Egypt special!<br /><br />Do you really have students ask why ancient figures are imprecise? There were actually citizenship rolls! Ordered by deme. But of course they're utterly lost. And wouldn't you just <i>kill</i> to get them back?Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-63840515927397542832010-04-18T15:31:00.104+10:002010-04-18T15:31:00.104+10:00I have a theory about why Socrates did what he did...I have a theory about why Socrates did what he did, and a story to go with it. I hope the series lasts long enough to get there. Only 60 years to go...Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-30825243441487517462010-04-18T15:29:32.312+10:002010-04-18T15:29:32.312+10:00My guess is everyone who was anyone was somehow re...My guess is everyone who was anyone was somehow related to each other.<br /><br />I don't think the actual two-parent citizenship law lasted more than a few decades, but the social pressure to marry within Athenian families was around from at least 600BC through to at least 300BC. And I'm sure the powerful families were sticking together long before that.Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-16674656433467432162010-04-18T14:35:04.280+10:002010-04-18T14:35:04.280+10:00Loretta- I've always viewed Socrates' acc...Loretta- I've always viewed Socrates' acceptance of the hemlock sentence as his way of demonstrating how corrupt and ridiculous Athen's ruling was in his case. Plato and his other disciples gave him a way out, but he figured by obeying the sentence he'd have the last laugh at Athen's eternal expense. But that's just my take on it.Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-64224046907951192012010-04-18T14:33:12.832+10:002010-04-18T14:33:12.832+10:00Totally interesting info! It always makes me laug...Totally interesting info! It always makes me laugh when students want to know why there's such a disparity in so many ancient statistics. Their record keeping doesn't hold a candle to ours today. <br /><br />And it sounds like the ancient Greeks and ancient Egyptians had the same idea for hard labor. The worst criminals in Egypt were send to the granite quarries. Of course, there's no evidence in Egypt of slavery (not counting the Bible, of course). It was just expected that if the Pharaoh had a job for you while your fields were underwater... well, you just did it. And got bread and beer out of the deal!Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-18921779858331540362010-04-18T13:43:37.076+10:002010-04-18T13:43:37.076+10:00That's very interesting information! The firs...That's very interesting information! The first thing that comes to my mind (and if this says anything about my mind, we're not going to mention it! *G*) is, for how many generations do you suppose Athenians only married Athenians? And how many generations would it take before everyone was more or less related?<br /><br />As for Socrates, I never was able to decide rather to respect his passionate devotion to the laws of Athens, or to think someone really should have thwacked him upside the head.Loretta Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02253542701930736398noreply@blogger.com