Letha Schmidt
March 14, 2007
Professor Wolk
Midterm
1. Pericles was a very influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens during n the city's Golden Age. He had such a profound influence on Athenian society that he was acclaimed as "the first citizen of Athens". He led his countrymen during the first two years of the Peloponnesian War. He also promoted the arts and literature, which became the reason why Athens holds the reputation of being the educational and cultural center of the Greek world. He began a project that built most of today’s surviving structures. This project beautified the city and gave work to the people.
2. Solon was a famous Athenian lawmaker and poet. He began a series of political reforms that greatly increased citizen participation in Athenian government. He canceled all land debt, outlawed new loans that were based on humans being collateral and freed people who had been enslaved due to debt. But because he refused to redistribute the......
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