Athens

A "Golden Age" for Athens?

The 5th century BCE was a period of great development in
Ancient Greece, and specifically in Athens. The development
of so many cultural achievements within Athens and the
Athenian Empire has led scholars to deem this period a
"Golden Age." It is true that his period had many
achievements, but in the light of the Athenians treatment of
women, metics (non-Athenians living in Athens), and slaves
it is given to question whether or not the period can truly
be called "Golden."


Works Cited

Demand, Nancy. A History of Ancient Greece. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
Spyridakis, Stylianos V. and Bradley P. Nystrom,
eds., trans. Ancient Greece: Documantary Perspectives.
Dubuque: Kendall-Hunt,
1985.