A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca

Colonial Institutions 109
V. Relation between the Colony and the
Mother-City
As a child to
T maintain that this colony of ours has a father and a
. . a parent,
mother, who are no other than the colonizmg state. Weli
I know that many colonies have been, and will be, at Plato, Laws,
enmity with their parents.
But in early days, the child,
as in a family, loves and is loved; even if there come a Greece, 39;
time later when the tie is broken, still while he is in want World, 106.
of education, he naturally loves his parents and is beloved
by them, and flies to his relatives for protection, and finds
in
them his only natural allies in time of need; and this
parental feeling already exists in the Cnossians, as is
shown by their care of the new city; and there is a similar
feeling on the part of the young city toward Cnossus.
VI.
Athenian Decree for the Colonization of Brea,
446-445
The leaders of the colonists shall provide flocks of goats.
as many as they shall deem sufficient, for the offering of
Religious
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auspicious sacrifices in behalf of the colony. Ten men shall ;j^„_"
be chosen as surveyors, one from each tribe, and these surveyors,
men shall assign the land. Democlides shall have full
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power to estabhsh the colony according to the best of his founder,
ability. The sacred domains that have been set apart
shall be left as they are, and no others shall be consecrated.
STUDIES
I. WTiat things must the farmer have to begin with? Do these
directions have reference to a large or a small farm? Describe the
making of a plow. What kinds of wood grew in the forests? Who
will make the best plowman? Is this man of forty slave or free?
Does this reference to the plowman and the slave boy indicate a very