Women of Trachis: Trachiniae | Historical Context
Ancient Athens and the Golden Age
The ancient civilizations that existed in what is approximately present-day Greece flourished during Sophocles’s lifetime to become the most culturally and economically advanced societies in the world. In the sixth century b.c.e., power and influence were concentrated in the urban centers of Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, and Athens, whose powerful landowning aristocrats controlled the surrounding areas. As these cities grew wealthier, however, a mercantile class became increasingly influential and eventually contributed to the...
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