Problem 1: In what ways does the statue of the discus thrower embody the characteristics of Athenian society celebrated in Pericles' speech? In what ways does the statue of Atalanta complicate and challenge them?
Problem 2: According to Pericles, what are the virtues of Athenian democracy? Based on the inscription recording a slave auction in the city, how did slavery function within this democracy?
Problem 3: How did both Socrates and Hippocrates challenge traditional forms of wisdom in Greek society? What was the basis of their reasoning?
Problem 4: Both Euphiletus's defense and Aristophanes' comedy suggest that attempts to regulate women's contact with men from outside the family did not always work. Compare the women mentioned in the defense with the ?ctional heroines of the play. What do they have in common? What does Aristophanes exaggerate or make up to raise laughs from his audience and to advance his antiwar position?