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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.13,0:00:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s 427 BCE, and the worst internal \Nconflict ever to occur
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.77,0:00:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the ancient Greek world \Nis in its fourth year.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.53,0:00:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Peloponnesian War is being fought
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.62,0:00:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the city-states of Athens and\NSparta, as well as their allies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.23,0:00:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Athenians can’t match the formidable \NSpartan army on land.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.72,0:00:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they’ve abandoned the countryside
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.70,0:00:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and moved inside the walls surrounding \Ntheir city and port,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.61,0:00:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now provisioned by a superior fleet \Nand extensive maritime empire.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.27,0:00:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cramped conditions have taken a toll
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.40,0:00:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a recent plague wiped out \Na third of the population.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.10,0:00:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But city life goes on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.44,0:00:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Archias and Dexileia live \Nin the center of Athens.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.03,0:00:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a painter of high-class pottery,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.96,0:01:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Archias is relatively well off and takes \Ngreat interest in the city’s affairs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.65,0:01:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dexileia, on the other hand, can't\Nparticipate in politics or own property.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.22,0:01:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The couple are grateful to the gods that \Nthree of their four children,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.87,0:01:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a son and two daughters,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.65,0:01:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have survived past infancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.54,0:01:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many parents see daughters as a liability
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.76,0:01:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since they require dowries \Nto find husbands.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.74,0:01:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Archias is confident that his wealth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.06,0:01:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will allow him to make good matches\Nfor them without going bankrupt.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.69,0:01:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like many Athenians, \Nthe family owns slaves.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.99,0:01:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Originally from Thrace,\Nthey were captured in war.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.59,0:01:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thratta does most of the housework \Nand helps raise the children.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.75,0:01:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Philon is a paidagôgos,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.67,0:01:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who supervises the son’s education, \Nteaching him reading and writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.89,0:01:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Archias is up early because there’s \Na meeting of the Ekklêsia,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.72,0:01:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the assembly of citizens,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.35,0:01:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking place at dawn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.64,0:01:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before setting out, he burns incense
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.82,0:01:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pours a libation at the small shrine \Nin the courtyard
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.58,0:02:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on behalf of his entire household.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.14,0:02:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dexileia will remain at home all day, \Nteaching her daughters domestic skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.98,0:02:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later, she’ll retire to the inner \Ncourtyard for some fresh air.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.46,0:02:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Archias arrives at the Agora,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.79,0:02:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the civic and commercial heart \Nof the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.17,0:02:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he finds the square swarming \Nwith his fellow-citizens,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.56,0:02:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,native-born adult males who \Nhave completed military training.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.32,0:02:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Attached to the central monument is \Na noticeboard with the meeting’s agenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.100,0:02:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, there’s only one item \Nof discussion:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.73,0:02:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what to do with the people of Mytilene,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.22,0:02:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a city on the island of Lesbos
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.06,0:02:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a revolt against Athenian-rule \Nhas just been put down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.50,0:02:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The meeting takes place on a hill west \Nof the Acropolis known as the Pnyx.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.36,0:02:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word means “tightly packed,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.22,0:02:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the crowd of 5,000 citizens \Nmakes it clear why.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.66,0:02:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heralds purify the hill by sprinkling \Nits boundary with pig’s blood,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.42,0:02:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and call for order.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.70,0:03:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As everyone sits on benches \Nfacing the platform,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.51,0:03:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the presiding officer opens the meeting \Nwith the words,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.39,0:03:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“tis agoreuein bouleutai?”–
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.56,0:03:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Who wishes to address the assembly?”
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.53,0:03:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One by one, citizens speak, some advising \Nmercy, others bent on vengeance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.42,0:03:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A motion is proposed to execute \Nall the Mytileneans
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.74,0:03:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enslave their women and children
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.46,0:03:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they betrayed their Athenian \Nallies during a time of war.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.70,0:03:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A majority raises their right hands \Nin favor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.25,0:03:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the meeting’s over, Archias heads \Nback to the Agora to buy food and wine.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.33,0:03:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hundreds have gathered there \Nto discuss the results,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.03,0:03:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many unhappy with the decision.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.74,0:03:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Archias returns home, \Nhe tells Dexileia about the debate.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.46,0:03:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She thinks that killing the innocent \Nas well as the guilty
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.39,0:03:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is harsh and counterproductive,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.40,0:03:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tells him as much.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.35,0:03:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around dusk Archias goes to \Na friend’s house for a symposium.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.63,0:03:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nine men drink wine and\Ndiscuss the meeting well into the night.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.69,0:04:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Archias shares his wife’s opinion urging \Nmercy, and his friends eventually agree.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.07,0:04:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before dawn something \Nunprecedented happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.13,0:04:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heralds circulate throughout Athens
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.53,0:04:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,announcing the Council \Nhas called another meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.02,0:04:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second debate is equally heated,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.19,0:04:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a new resolution, \Nto execute only the leaders of the revolt,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.92,0:04:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,narrowly passes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.01,0:04:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet there’s a problem –
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.35,0:04:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a ship with orders to carry out \Nthe first resolution
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.11,0:04:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was dispatched the previous day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.28,0:04:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so another ship quickly sets sail \Nto countermand the order –
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.15,0:04:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a race of democracy against time.