was Athenian exceptionalism, just as American exceptionalism-- to just be a member of that society would do it for you.
the Athenian sto of the Stoic philosophers.
The Athenians would actually use Archon dates, as we'll see.
So the Athenians probably could have forced them to change their calendar if they wanted to.
Because the Athenians were obsessed with that as we are, how to achieve, how to get ahead, how to your name abroad, how to acquire what they called "kleos"
I've got to tell my Athenian mates that are waiting at Marathon that the Spartans are on the way.
to the Acropolis after the Athenians somehow defeated the Persians.
He wasn't either a Spartan or an Athenian .
or bazillionaires-- they will do what they did after the Athenian democracy of Pericles.
formed our form of democracy knowing Plato's criticisms of Athenian democracy.
everything that we learn about the debates about whether the Athenian Empire could you know do what it liked
Socrates was executed by the otherwise open and tolerant Athenian democracy.
The historical record says that when the Persians invaded the Athenians , they realized they were badly outnumbered.
And Pan says, you Athenians .
Socrates loved Athens and was put to death by the Athenians .
So on some years, the Athenians would throw in an extra month to try and correct the calendar.
And apparently, the Athenians flocked to this one public lecture.
pocket or are you just glad to see me was something that Athenians said to one another books were sexy books were books
ancient Athenian democracy, which is a whole other thing.
that their high achievements-- and for those who couldn't achieve, just being an Athenian , being a member of that exceptional society-- if there
Herodotus was traveling around and talking to Spartans, talking to Athenians .
And Plato, after Socrates' execution, after the Athenians voted that he
Everyone else has local citizenship, like you're Alexandrian or Athenian or, or whatever.
So they're saying exactly when this was done by the Amphiktyons of Athens, and it gives the dates for both the Athenian calendar
which did not end well for Socrates, that when he's saying that, he is antagonizing the Athenians so that his execution is almost
Now, Aristotle, in the 4th century BC, was very aware that his fellow Athenians did a weird thing every year.
More historically plausible are the massacres by the Athenians in Milos, the Romans in Carthage, the Mongol invasions,