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A classicist, Arendt saw the public arena as a version of the Athenian agora--a world of political theater, where the harsh light of publicity shines upon fierce debate.
Commanded by Oberon (Rupert Everett) to squeeze the juice of an aphrodisiac flower into the eye of a man in "Athenian garments," the impish Puck (Stanley Tucci) falls on a naked Lysander.
However, Athenian involvement provoked the Persian king Darius to invade the Greek mainland.
Many houses on the island are second homes for wealthy Athenian families.
The Athenian love of leisure allowed the development of numerous pursuits such as theater — imagine a world without tragedy or comedy (without the ancient Athenians, the much-loved TV soap opera might never have been possible).