[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Athenian Aristocracy

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The Athenian Aristocracy Before democracy, from the 8th to the 6th century B.C., Athens was prosperous economically but no more significant than many other city-states in Greece. Silver deposits south ... Athens, Agora Museum P 24673. This fragmentary day jug shows a symposion with banqueters reclining on a couch, a typically aristocratic activity. ... Athens, Agora Museum J 148. The jewelry was found in the Athenian Agora in a cremation burial of the mid-9th century B.C. ... Athens, Agora Museum G 587-S91, J 149.