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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on Oct 21, 2025, 04:04 AM

Title: The golden age of Athenian culture
Post by: Imperial Dave on Oct 21, 2025, 04:04 AM
https://x.com/archeohistories/status/1978857961721344225

A little snippet
Title: Re: The golden age of Athenian culture
Post by: stevenneate on Oct 21, 2025, 05:48 AM
I heard from a certain Xerxes that it was not a Greek Golden Age at all.
Title: Re: The golden age of Athenian culture
Post by: Erpingham on Oct 21, 2025, 09:31 AM
Strange isn't it. I remember doing Pericles and the Golden Age in my Ancient History A level. One of the great democratic heroes, after whose death Athens went into decline. Yet read it differently and we see a rich man who gets his political opponents exiled, is complicit with the mistreatment of allies, dipping into their defence budgets to produce nice architecture and statues etc.  Sounds positively modern.
Title: Re: The golden age of Athenian culture
Post by: Imperial Dave on Oct 21, 2025, 11:17 AM
When you put it like that...
Title: Re: The golden age of Athenian culture
Post by: Nick Harbud on Oct 21, 2025, 02:48 PM
Truly, we live in Golden Times - just ask Donald....  ;D
Title: Re: The golden age of Athenian culture
Post by: Imperial Dave on Oct 21, 2025, 03:02 PM
Quote from: Nick Harbud on Oct 21, 2025, 02:48 PMTruly, we live in Orange Times - just ask Donald....  ;D


There, corrected it for you  :)