Excerpt: June 05, 2020. "THE ANTHENIAN PLAGUE" (A.Glass 2020)

 "The ancient Greeks had a complex structure of Gods and myths, which were intertwined as a bases of metaphor and action to maintain a democracy.  Despite the philosopher Socrates, who believed that democracy may end up as more of a hindrance than not, the Hellenic governing system to which the people were given a voice through their representatives, was proven essential in Greek politics.

However, wars and plagues, more particularity the scourge of epidemics proved to be more of an undoing to the Greek political structure, a challenge that put into question not only democracy but the gods and the superstitious belief, that they hold, at times, an aggressive disregard towards humanity.  When the Athens plague of the 4th century struck the city state, it broke apart the core aspect of what appeared on the surface as a cohesive society.  While the prolonged war with the Spartans known as the “Peloponnesian war” began to erode confidence in Athens, prior to the conflict and disease that ravished the Greek state.  It was Pericles, the Athenian statesman and leader of Athens - who was seen as a strong leader, assisting in building the city state up into what was considered a golden age of prosperity..."

Full article: https://chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-anthenian-plague.html