The Athenian Standards Decree and Arisophanes, Birds

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Created on: 01-05-17 14:40

[anyone] 'fails to act in accordance with the decree, either a citizen or a foreigner, he is to lose his civic rights, and his property is to be confiscated and [a tenth] given to the goddess'

Athenian Standards Decree, show the seriousness of Athens in get the correct amount of money for the tribute as it is the middle of the war

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'if anyone strikes sliver coinage in the cities and does not use Athenian coins or weights or measures, [but foreign coins] and measures and weights, [I will administer punishments and penalties]'

Athenian Standards Decree, show Athens imposing their ideology for a means of control

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'What, another horrible little scroll?'

Arisophanes Birds, jokes about Athens' control methods with decrees

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'The people of cloudcuckooland are to use these measures and weights and decrees'

Arisophanes Birds, joking about the Athenian Standards Decree

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Arisophanes Birds

Satirical play, well respected playwright, 414 BC, but can be over exaduerated due to it being a play

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Athenian Standards Decree, show Athens imposing their ideology for a means of control

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'if anyone strikes sliver coinage in the cities and does not use Athenian coins or weights or measures, [but foreign coins] and measures and weights, [I will administer punishments and penalties]'

Card 3

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Arisophanes Birds, jokes about Athens' control methods with decrees

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Card 4

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Arisophanes Birds, joking about the Athenian Standards Decree

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Card 5

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Satirical play, well respected playwright, 414 BC, but can be over exaduerated due to it being a play

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The Athenian Standards Decree and Arisophanes, Birds