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The Acropolis: Cradle of democracy

The Forum

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Drama, Democracy and Decline

Origins of theatre on the Acropolis slope, drama as civic reflection on power and hubris, the Peloponnesian War's devastation, wartime construction, and 4th-century cultural achievements (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle).

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