Athenian coup of 411 BC state of Athens remained an anomaly, however, as the rest of the Greek city states were run either as tyrannies or, most often, by oligarchies. Both Thucydides and Aristotle wrote that "the revolution was provoked by defeat in Sicily." Despite the democracy in Athens, Greek tradition remained aristocratic, and the works of Homer celebrated an aristocratic world view, where the nobles made decisions and the commoners obeyed. The poems of Theognis of Megara (from the sixth century BC) and the Theban poet Pindar (of the fifth century BC) were popular among the Athenian nobles at this time, casting democracy as
Poems for the Hazara winners as well as presidents of PEN clubs, and writers associations from 97 countries is included at the end. This letter is addressed to world leaders in support of the Hazara people. The executive editor is Hazara poet, journalist and human rights activist, Kamran Mir Hazar. Photograph of Buddha in Bamiyan, courtesy of Najibullah Mosafer. Flag of Hazaristan, yellow, white and blue, designed by Kamran Mir Hazar. Poems for the Hazara was recently discussed on episode 035 of the podcast The Wikicast. Poems for the Hazara Poems for the Hazara ()() is a multilingual poetry anthology and a collaborative poem