■ COMPARATIVE AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ■

1. Question

   Compare and contrast the characteristics of a Greek hero, as seen in Homer (Document 3-1), with the characteristics of a good person as seen in Hesiod (Document 3-2). How do Greek heroes compare with Mesopotamian heroes (Document 1-1)?

2. Question

   What do these documents reveal about the Greek understandings of the relationship between the individual and the community?

3. Question

   How does the excerpt from Antigone (Document 3-3) complicate the picture of a Greek community painted by Pericles (Document 3-4)? What kinds of tensions and conflicts within Greek city-states threatened the unanimity and consensus Pericles celebrated?

4. Question

   Compare and contrast Pericles, Plato, and Aristotle (Documents 3-4, 3-5, and 3-6). How would each one define good government? Is Plato’s notion of ideal justice compatible with the beliefs of Pericles or Aristotle? Do Pericles and Aristotle have the same definition of democracy?