#athenian — Public Fediverse posts

#Quote “It suits the #tyrant to keep the #revolutionary #starving, too #busy fending for #daily #survival, to #revolt.”

- #Aristotle #QuoteS
...great ancient #Athenian #philosopher...
... pupil of #Plato
... #teacher of #AlexanderTheGreat (384-322 BC)

@GottaLaff

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In fact, I have come to see FOSS increasingly as a means to save the Western democracies.

#Algorithms and #Techno feudalists, such as #Musk, #Nero's, and #Zuckerberg threaten #Democracies as much as dictators and other #Autocrats.

Just imagine, one of the ancient #Athenian aristocrats would have had an #Oligopolistic grip on public opinion such as #X, being de facto able to #Ostracise any oponent...

Only if people of influence "all" move to non-algorithmic #FOSS...

Time for #Anacharsis with his #Athenian #anarchist #aphorisms

https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/24/anacharsis-skythian-greek-philosophy-criticize-society/ #philosophy

Time for #Anacharsis with his #Athenian #anarchist #aphorisms

https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/24/anacharsis-skythian-greek-philosophy-criticize-society/ #philosophy

Move over Journey to the Center of the Earth here comes underground #Athenian #lake with #Nazi #gold https://greekreporter.com/2025/01/03/underground-lake-athens-greece/ #archaeology #JulesVerne

#2025 #Hellenic #Attic #Calendars are live! Presented by the #TempleofDionysus and #NaósofDionysusEleuthereus!

We have four editions:
The #Athenian - Traditional Hellenic Attic Calendar!
The #Dionysus - Dionysian festivals both old and new!
The #Hecate - Dionysian version that includes the #Wiccan Sabbats!
The #Hermes - Minimalist PDF version you can take on the go!

https://templeofdionysus.org/calendars

We also have a free #google calendar found here:
www.templeofdionysus.org/google-calendar

#pagan #art

nice to see,
media dominance doesn't always win elections

good to see votes showing their disapproval in election

#democracy is the only reasonable form of government - such as dear #socrates described

might to time to adopt #Greek tax system too

did you know money had no value in #Athens among #Athenian , look what they achieved

@XRatedPoetry Thanks for the feedback. Cloudflare is an exclusive walled garden. They harm elections by excluding people from accessing voter registration websites in these states: AZ, FL, GA, HI, ID, NY, OH, RI, WA. I do not vote for this reason. So I’m afraid project #Athenian does the opposit of what they claim and what people expect.

So, I had to talk about #Sparta! A warrior society focused on war, women had more rights than their #Athenian counterparts -- and were encouraged to be physically fit and prepared to fight to defend their homeland.

Sparta

Unlike their Greek counterparts, the women of Sparta had a lot more freedom and status. They were educated, since they would be in charge of keeping the homeland running smoothly while the men were at war – but they were also strong and able to defend themselves and their homeland.

Spartan men and women lived in separate quarters – even while married. Married couples would leave their respective quarters to procreate, and Spartan wives were required to have short hair and sometimes wore men’s clothing.

Amongst married couples, the Spartans were relatively #polyamorous, and women were not punished for infidelity.

#AncientWomen #AncientHistory #Histodons #WomensRights #SpartanWomen

Women's rights in Greece and Rome were more of my specialty -- especially ancient Greece. And yes, all this was how it was -- women had few rights under #Athenian #patriarchy.

#LegalStatus of Women in #Ancient Greece

Women were dependent on fathers, husbands, or #kyroi (appointed guardians). They could not own property, and were considered wards of their fathers or kyroi.

In #500BCE, fathers could sell their unmarried daughters “who had lost their #virginity” (Blundell, 69) into slavery.

“#Inheritance was #patrilineal” (Blundell, 66) – even if a daughter was the only child, she could not inherit her father’s property – it would be passed down to “her sons” (Blundell, 66), or “more distant [male] relatives” (Blundell, 66).

#Autonomy #Histodon #AncientHistory #AncientGreece #PropertyRights #WomensRights

So, no surprise that under #Athenian #patriarchy, #colonialism, and #xenophobia, #WomensRights took a step backward. But even under these extreme conditions, women still had access to #BirthControl and #Contraception...

#WomensRights #Autonomy #Histodon #AncientHistory #AncientGreece