A day in the life of an ancient Athenian - Robert Garland
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It’s 427 BCE and the worst internal conflict ever to occur in the ancient Greek world is in its fourth year. Athens is facing a big decision: what to do with the people of Mytilene, a city on the island of Lesbos where a revolt against Athenian rule has just been put down. How did these kinds of decisions get made? Robert Garland outlines a day in the life of Athenian democracy.
What arguments for and against executing the entire male population of Mytilene might you have heard in the Ekklêsia in 427 BCE?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Robert Garland
- Director Michael Kalopaidis
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Producer Zedem Media
- Designer Jeanne Bornet
- Storyboard Artist Michael Papanicolaou
- Animator Andria Pourouti
- Sound Designer Andreas Trachonitis
- Associate Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Fact-Checker Francisco Diez
