Unit 6 - History -
Classical Greece - Athens
– The truth about democracy video
Athens is revered as the birthplace of Western
philosophy, art, science and perhaps the greatest political idea
of all time – democracy. But in this fascinating documentary
(first shown on Channel 4 in July 2007), historian
Bettany
Hughes looks behind some of the myths of Athens’ golden age. She
finds a very warlike and aggressive state, which was also
capable of terrible mistakes, misdeeds and atrocities.
