Greece Primary Sources

Description of Greece: Book 1: Attica - Pausanias wrote an in-depth travel guide. The travel guide started in Attica and passed through every single city of Greece. This certain Book, Attica, does exactly what the title implies: explains Attica as fully as possible. Every single thing about Attica is discussed from legends to daily life and everything in between.
"Ancient History Sourcebook: Pausanias: Description of Greece, Book I: Attica." FORDHAM.EDU. Web. 31 May 2010. <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pausanias-bk1.html>.

Selected Fragments - Written almost like a poem, this collection of works outlines Solon's attempts in Athenian politics. The word demos, the people, is used often, giving the impression that Solon was working towards some type of democratic rule. People have to forget all of their evils and work towards and only take what they need. Solon discusses with the gods and ponders on life.
"Solon, U. of Saskatchewan." Homepage. Web. 31 May 2010. <http://homepage.usask.ca/~jrp638/DeptTransls/Solon.html>.

Life of Solon - A bit of a biography of the man who wrote the poem previously discussed. Solon was a political poet and not much was known about him but that. Solon created laws and radical ideas for the city which he occupied. Remembered as a "legendary" he died 539 BCE.
"The Internet Classics Archive | Solon by Plutarch." The Internet Classics Archive: 441 Searchable Works of Classical Literature. Web. 31 May 2010. <http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/solon.html>.

The Persians Reject Democracy - Many people are speaking their views on which legal government shall be instilled. People speak and are refuted for their thoughts, rebuttal against and take sides. The Persians decide that there should be a monarchy but then there is the dilemma of who is to be the ruler, and it was Darius.
"Ancient History Sourcebook: Herodotus: The Persians Reject Democracy/Darius' State."FORDHAM.EDU. Web. 31 May 2010. <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodotus-persdemo.html>.

The Melian Dialogue - From Thucydides, Book 5, Chapters 84-116. The Athenians have landed their ships to the isle of Melos of Lacedaemon. There, two parties speak and the Athenians threaten about starting a war, conquering Lacedaemon. The Athenians give the Melians one last chance to go under Athenian rule, or else be conquered. The Melians suggested that they not succumb to Athenian rule, nor do they go to war. The Melians wish to be a neutral party. The Athenians ignore and conquer. The Melians broke most of their promises to not fight, some of the people refusing still. But they did prove to be a force and showed Athens that they need to guard better, not only focus on conquering.
"Pericles' Funeral Oration." Amy Thompson McCandless. Web. 31 May 2010. <http://mccandlessa.people.cofc.edu/Thucydides.htm>.