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  1. "We are called a Democracy" (Noble Friends, this is a Greek City-State Game)

    The winner, with 38.9% of the votes, is E., the hard start. Your name is Gorgia, in honor of your father Gorgias. Your brother Dion has nicknamed you Gavra (anchovy) though, because your skin is fair and you are slim and wide-eyed. Like most Greeks, he loves fish, so the nickname is far...

  2. "We are called a Democracy" (Noble Friends, this is a Greek City-State Game)

    To create a new concept is hard work, requiring time, skill, intellect, and general education. To prove your concept sound is even harder, and to defend it in the public sphere will require a patron or strong rhetorical ability. None of these things are necessarily beyond any of the potential...

  3. "We are called a Democracy" (Noble Friends, this is a Greek City-State Game)

    Tanning was a dirty and smelly job, but one that was not disreputable. It was a job of normal status for a craftsman, though an opponent or uncouth person might make reference to it as a way of insulting a politically active tanner. As a young woman of a well born house, it would be most...

  4. "We are called a Democracy" (Noble Friends, this is a Greek City-State Game)

    Athens was a leading naval power, and it wasn't unusual for rich men to sponsor trade missions. It also was not unheard of for a trading ship to commit acts of piracy. Pirates of the period could prey on shipping, stealing merchant cargo and selling it or using it for their own ends. However...

  5. "We are called a Democracy" (Noble Friends, this is a Greek City-State Game)

    Your life is what you make of it. If you are talented, blessed by the gods, or distinguished in battle you may well be able to become a prominent leader. The idea of a confederacy of city states isn't a new one, nor is the idea of an empire of conquests. Convincing the people of Athens that it...

  6. "We are called a Democracy" (Noble Friends, this is a Greek City-State Game)

    It is common knowledge that the light of Democracy did not shine on mankind until the worthy man Solon was chosen to be archon of the city of Athens, in the district of Attica. With his legal powers in that office, he instituted the idea of rule by the many. His honor was so great that he...
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