Today in Western Civilization class, we covered a couple of
different things. Thank the lord for us having a double mod because we probably
would not have gotten to the movie if we did not, since classes are shorter on Wednesday’s.
At the start of class, Mr. Schick informed us that our test got pushed until
after break. Then, the last to groups presented their presentations on which we
took notes on. The first presentation was general information on Alexander, the
Great (his birth, death, etc.). The second group that went was titled India. If
you are wondering what India has to do with Alexander, the Great, well, it
actually is very relevant to him for this reason. The reason that India is so
important when studying Alexander is because he fought his most difficult
battle there against King Porus. After this battle, Alexander’s men convinced
him to head home. We also learned about why he died. Some possible causes for
Alexander’s death are poison, alcohol, or some kind of disease. Lastly, we
watched as much of the movie as possible before class ended.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
Alexander,the Great
In today’s Western Civilization’s class, came the return of
note taking. However, we did take notes while Mr. Schick lectured a PowerPoint
to us or while watching a video, but instead each group played teacher for
their Google presentation… or most groups did. I say most, because the first
group that went completely forgot to include information on King Philip II, of
Macedonia who is really important because he is Alexander’s real father, but
don’t say that to Alexander. This is not to be told to him because Alexander
was convinced that he was a Demigod, a son of Zeus. This gave him an extreme
sense of self-confidence and arrogance. On top of that, another source that
probably influenced Alexander, the Great’s arrogance, was Aristotle. Aristotle
was one of the most brilliant minds at the time of Greece and Macedon, as well
as Alexander’s mentor. He taught Alexander many things, including how to treat
his subjects and military tactics. Alexander was told to treat Greeks fairly
and rule them with wisdom, but when it came to the Barbarians, he was
instructed to rule them with an iron fist because basically they suck because
they are not Greek and Greece ROCKS!!!
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Project work
Today’s Western Civilizations class was almost completely identical
to yesterday’s class in the sense that it was filled with us working on our
projects and joke cracking. Today’s “joke of the day” made a great meme and is
posted on Mr. Schick’s BLOG. This meme is the Athenians saying “If I bring my
army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your
city!” Then the Spartans respond with “If.” Also, the groups that we were
assigned made great progress (I am just saying this, so if they did not, don’t
judge me). In fact, my group was actually able to finish our presentation in
today’s class period. Since I was finished with my portion of the presentation
on Bucephalus, I just helped out other people in finding information for their
part. For example, I found out that Aristotle actually encouraged Alexander,
the Great to carry out his plans to conquer other lands. I also attempted to
find stuff for Katie for the Circumstances of Alexander’s birth, however,
Google decided to troll me and give me information on his death and the
circumstances for some other person’s birth of which I cannot remember their
name.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Bucephalus
Today in Western Civilization class, I was completely taken
off guard with the agenda. Honestly, I thought that we would be taking notes on
LO-1 for chapter 5. I stood corrected when we started on a Google presentation
on the topic that was assigned to us according to group number. My group (which
consists of Harry, Katie, and myself) was assigned Alexander, the Great’s early
years. I came up with the brilliant title name for our presentation,
“Alexander, the Great Before he became Great.” Then each person in the group
had to choose a sub topic under that topic that Mr. Schick had in the Google
document with all the topic info. The information that I was put in charge of
gathering for my group was Bucephalus. Bucephalus is the name that Alexander,
the Great gave to his horse. Bucephalus means “Ox Head” in Greek and was used
as Alexander’s horse’s name because it had a big head.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Ch. 5 BLOG assignment
Hellenistic: the
term refers to basically anything Greek. Alexander, the Great conquered many lands, however he not only defeated them but, he incorporated their culture into his culture.
In 359 B.C. Greece was ruled by King Philip II of Macedonia. Alexander, the Great conquered a fairly large percentage of the known world. Greek culture was modified by foreign elements.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
complete study guide
Important Dates:
1600-1100 B.C. – Mycenaean civilization
1150-750 B.C. - This time period was known as the Dark Ages,
because Greek Culture died down and writing fell out of use.
776 B.C. – this is when the first “Olympic Games” were held.
c. 750-700 B.C. – Homer composed the Iliad and Odyssey
621 B.C. – Draco established the Draconian Code (not on
test)
508 B.C. – The first time in recorded history that a
civilization rebelled against their leader (Athenians overthrew Isagoris).
490 B.C. – Greeks fight the Persian war (Battle of Marathon)
480 B.C. – the Battle of the strait of Salamis
480-430 B.C. – The Golden Age
461-429 B.C. – The Periclean Age
447-432 B.C. – the construction of the Parthenon
431-404 B.C. – The Peloponnesian War.
339 B.C. – Socrates’ trial and execution
336 B.C. – Alexander the Great becomes King of Macedonia
Important People/Immortals:
Homer: He was a Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey and the
Allied.
Odysseus: A Greek hero who fought in the Trojan War and got
lost on his way home, according to the Odyssey, and fought/encountered various
monsters.
Zeus: the King of the gods, he is the son of Kronos, Titan
lord of time. He is the god of the sky and lightning.
Athena: She is said to have been born straight from Zeus’s
brain. She is goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, as well as the patron
goddess of Athens.
Draco: introduced the Council of 500 and made unforgiving
laws. He was also the first legislator in Athens.
Solon: He was an Athenian lawmaker, who successfully
abolished many of Draco’s laws. Solon is credited for laying Athens’s
foundation for democracy.
Pisistratus: He was a tyrant who ceased power by telling the
people that he was accompanied by the goddess Athena. He also got the support
of common folks by making them more important than they ever were. This
triggered democracy and made Athens a rich and powerful city-state.
Cleisthenes: Another
politician that ruled during the Aristocracy, hover instead of continuing the
tradition of the Aristocrats, he invented democracy and gave the common people
a voice in government and let the people rule themselves.
Darius (the Great): Ruled the Persian Empire at its peak,
and divided the empire into provinces. He also appointed governors, called
satraps, to govern each individual province.
Xerxes: A great Persian king who built an army of 2,000,000
troops (the largest the ancient world had ever seen) to conquer Greece
Pheidippides: A Greek courier, who ran from Marathon to
Athens, He died shortly after his arrival after speaking the message “Joy to
you, we’ve won! Joy to you!” His story inspired the marathon.
Themistocles: An Athenian war hero, he convinced the Greeks
to build a fleet of triremes in order to save Athens from the Persian Army. He
was able to defeat the Persians by tricking the Persians into fighting them in
the Straits of Salamis.
Pericles: elected
after the Persian wars. He planned to rebuild the Parthenon and conquer Sparta.
Also he treated his second wife as an equal, which was astonishing to many
Greek citizens.
Socrates: A Greek philosopher, accused of corrupting the
youth of Athens. He invented the Socratic Method, which was based around asking
why an individual thinks the way they do. He cared nothing for appearance. He
was sentenced to death by being forced to drink hemlock. His most famous quote
was “The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.” He was known
for trying to get people to examine their life and question authority.
Plato: Plato was taught by Socrates and took up the thoughts
of his teacher. He founded the most influential intellectual center in the
ancient world, the Academy.
Aristotle: A student of Plato, who taught that each
individual creature and organ was designed to carry out a specific function and
that virtue came through fulfilling this function. His interests were biology,
poetry, politics, and ethics.
Alexander the Great: A great general in the Greek army. He
conquered many territories and even conquered the great Persian Empire
Places: be able to map the following
Athens, Sparta, the Ionian and Aegean Seas, Peloponnesus,
Persian Empire, and Ionia
Government:
Monarchy- ruled by a single ruler, most often a king or
queen
Democracy- all adult citizens get to have a say in politics.
In Greece this applied only to males. It was introduced by Cleisthenes.
Oligarchy- Minority rules over the majority. One example of
this is Sparta.
Aristocracy- A society in which the rich landowners, called
aristocrats, dominate over the majority of common folk. The commoners were
forced to do all of the manual labor and nobody could do anything that would
have caused them to move up the social hierarchy.
Pericles’s three goals for Athens:
1.
Strengthen the Athenian democracy
2.
Build Athens an Empire
3.
Glorify Athens
Greek Art:
Sculpture: A piece of art made by carving rock in a
particular pattern to make it look like something.
Architecture: Parthenon- most famous, grandest temple to the
goddess Athena
Drama:
Comedy: A play that has a humorous aspect to it.
Tragedy: A play that is usually as shocking as a modern
horror movie. It often contains a character falling from great heights.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Ch. 4 continued
Important Dates:
1600-1100 B.C. – the Bronze Age, which was a time when
people started using Bronze and copper for weapons.
1200 B.C. – Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
1150-750 B.C. - This time period was known as the Dark Ages,
because Greek Culture died down and writing fell out of use.
776 B.C. – this is when the first “Olympic Games” were held.
750-700 B.C. – Greek colonies were formed as well as the
invention of the Greek alphabet
621 B.C. – Draco established the Draconian Code,
600-371 B.C. –
594 B.C. –
508 B.C. – The first time in recorded history that a
civilization rebelled against their leader.
490-371 B.C. –
490 B.C. –
480 B.C. –
480-430 B.C. –
461-429 B.C. –
447-432 B.C. –
431-404 B.C. –
339 B.C. –
336 B.C. –
Important People/Immortals:
Homer: He was a Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey and the
Allied.
Odysseus: A Greek hero who fought in the Trojan War and got
lost on his way home, according to the Odyssey, and fought/encountered various
monsters.
Zeus: the King of the gods, he is the son of Kronos, Titan
lord of time. He is the god of the sky and lightning.
Athena: She is said to have been born straight from Zeus’s
brain. She is goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, as well as the patron
goddess of Athens.
Draco: introduced the Council of 500 and made unforgiving
laws. He was also the first legislator in Athens.
Solon: He was an Athenian lawmaker, who successfully
abolished many of Draco’s laws. Solon is credited for laying Athens’s
foundation for democracy.
Pisistratus: He was a tyrant who ceased power by telling the
people that he was accompanied by the goddess Athena. He also got the support
of common folks by making them more important than they ever were. This
triggered democracy and made Athens a rich and powerful city-state.
Cleisthenes: Another
politician that ruled during the Aristocracy, hover instead of continuing the
tradition of the Aristocrats, he invented democracy and gave the common people
a voice in government and let the people rule themselves.
Darius (the Great): Ruled the Persian Empire at its peak,
and divided the empire into provinces. He also appointed governors, called
satraps, to govern each individual province.
Xerxes: A great Persian king who built an army of 2,000,000
troops (the largest the ancient world had ever seen) to conquer Greece
Pheidippides: A Greek courier, who ran from Marathon to
Athens, He died shortly after his arrival after speaking the message “Joy to
you, we’ve won! Joy to you!” His story inspired the marathon.
Themistocles: An Athenian war hero, he convinced the Greeks
to build a fleet of triremes in order to save Athens from the Persian Army. He
was able to defeat the Persians by tricking the Persians into fighting them in
the Straits of Salamis.
Pericles: elected
after the Persian wars. He planned to rebuild the Parthenon and conquer Sparta.
Also he treated his second wife as an equal, which was astonishing to many
Greek citizens.
Socrates: A Greek philosopher, accused of corrupting the
youth of Athens. He invented the Socratic Method, which was based around asking
why an individual thinks the way they do. He cared nothing for appearance. He
was sentenced to death by being forced to drink hemlock. His most famous quote
was “The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.” He was known
for trying to get people to examine their life and question authority.
Plato: Plato was taught by Socrates and took up the thoughts
of his teacher. He founded the most influential intellectual center in the
ancient world, the Academy.
Aristotle: A student of Plato, who taught that each
individual creature and organ was designed to carry out a specific function and
that virtue came through fulfilling this function. His interests were biology,
poetry, politics, and ethics.
Alexander the Great: A great general in the Greek army. He
conquered many territories and even conquered the great Persian Empire
Places: be able to map the following
Athens, Sparta, the Ionian and Aegean Seas, Peloponnesus,
Persian Empire, and Ionia
Government:
Monarchy- ruled by a single ruler, most often a king or
queen
Democracy- all adult citizens get to have a say in politics.
In Greece this applied only to males. It was introduced by Cleisthenes.
Oligarchy- Minority rules over the majority. One example of this
is Sparta.
Aristocracy- A society in which the rich landowners, called
aristocrats, dominate over the majority of common folk. The commoners were
forced to do all of the manual labor and nobody could do anything that would
have caused them to move up the social hierarchy.
Pericles’s three goals for Athens:
1.
Strengthen the Athenian democracy
2.
Build Athens an Empire
3.
Glorify Athens
Greek Art:
Sculpture: A piece of art made by carving rock in a
particular pattern to make it look like something.
Architecture: Parthenon- most famous, grandest temple to the
goddess Athena
Drama:
Comedy: A play that has a humorous aspect to it.
Tragedy: A play that is usually as shocking as a modern
horror movie. It often contains a character falling from great heights.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
more study guide work
Important Dates:
1600-1100 B.C. –
1200 B.C. -
1150-750 B.C. - This time period was known as the Dark Ages,
because Greek Culture died down and writing fell out of use.
776 B.C. –
750-700 B.C. –
621 B.C. –
600-371 B.C. –
594 B.C. –
508 B.C. – The first time in recorded history that a
civilization rebelled against their leader.
490-371 B.C. –
490 B.C. –
480 B.C. –
480-430 B.C. –
461-429 B.C. –
447-432 B.C. –
431-404 B.C. –
339 B.C. –
336 B.C. –
Important People/Immortals:
Homer: He was a Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey and the
Allied.
Odysseus: A Greek hero who fought in the Trojan War and got
lost on his way home, according to the Odyssey, and fought/encountered various
monsters.
Zeus: the King of the gods, he is the son of Kronos, Titan
lord of time. He is the god of the sky and lightning.
Athena: She is said to have been born straight from Zeus’s
brain. She is goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, as well as the patron
goddess of Athens.
Draco:
Solon:
Pisistratus: He was a tyrant who ceased power by telling the
people that he was accompanied by the goddess Athena. He also got the support
of common folks by making them more important than they ever were. This
triggered democracy and made Athens a rich and powerful city-state.
Cleisthenes: Another
politician that ruled during the Aristocracy, hover instead of continuing the
tradition of the Aristocrats, he invented democracy and gave the common people
a voice in government and let the people rule themselves.
Darius (the Great):
Xerxes: A great Persian king who built an army of 2,000,000
troops (the largest the ancient world had ever seen) to conquer Greece
Pheidippides:
Themistocles: An Athenian war hero, he convinced the Greeks
to build a fleet of triremes in order to save Athens from the Persian Army. He
was able to defeat the Persians by tricking the Persians into fighting them in
the Straits of Salamis.
Pericles: elected
after the Persian wars. He planned to rebuild the Parthenon and conquer Sparta.
Also he treated his second wife as an equal, which was astonishing to many
Greek citizens.
Socrates: A Greek philosopher, accused of corrupting the
youth of Athens. He invented the Socratic Method, which was based around asking
why an individual thinks the way they do. He cared nothing for appearance. He
was sentenced to death by being forced to drink hemlock. His most famous quote
was “The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.” He was known
for trying to get people to examine their life and question authority.
Plato:
Aristotle:
Alexander the Great: A great general in the Greek army. He
conquered many territories and even conquered the great Persian Empire
Places: be able to map the following
Athens, Sparta, the Ionian and Aegean Seas, Peloponnesus,
Persian Empire, and Ionia
Government:
Monarchy- ruled by a single ruler, most often a king or
queen
Democracy- all adult citizens get to have a say in politics.
In Greece this applied only to males. It was introduced by Cleisthenes.
Oligarchy- Minority rules over the majority. One example of
this is Sparta.
Aristocracy- A society in which the rich landowners, called
aristocrats, dominate over the majority of common folk. The commoners were
forced to do all of the manual labor and nobody could do anything that would
have caused them to move up the social hierarchy.
Pericles’s three goals for Athens:
1.
Build Athens an Empire
2.
Rebuild the Parthenon
3.
Make Athens a superpower
Greek Art:
Sculpture: A piece of art made by carving rock in a
particular pattern to make it look like something.
Architecture: Parthenon- most famous, grandest temple to the
goddess Athena
Drama:
Comedy: A play that has a humorous aspect to it.
Tragedy: A play that is usually as shocking as a modern
horror movie. It often contains a character falling from great heights.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Test Grades
Today in Western Civilization, class we took a break from note
taking and we got our test back. However, we definitely could have done better.
This is because when everybody got their test back, no one had gotten a ding,
which means no A’s. Though I did not do too badly with an 87. In fact, there
was only one question that nobody got wrong. On top of that, there were several
other questions that nobody should have gotten wrong. One example of these
questions is, “What is a form of government in which decisions were made by the
majority of adult male citizens?” To which everybody should have answered: A, democracy.
We were also informed that Mr. Schick would be using some of these questions on
our next test, since it is also on Greece. However, we will not be seeing the
question, “In historical writing, the letter ‘c’ might appear before a date as
in “’c 1500 B.C.’ What does this ‘c’ mean?” This is because a lot of people got
this question wrong.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Ch. 4 continued
Important Dates:
1600-1100 B.C. –
1200 B.C. -
1150-750 B.C. - This time period was known as the Dark Ages,
because Greek Culture died down and writing fell out of use.
776 B.C. –
750-700 B.C. –
621 B.C. –
600-371 B.C. –
594 B.C. –
508 B.C. – The first time in recorded history that a
civilization rebelled against their leader.
490-371 B.C. –
490 B.C. –
480 B.C. –
480-430 B.C. –
461-429 B.C. –
447-432 B.C. –
431-404 B.C. –
339 B.C. –
336 B.C. –
Important People/Immortals:
Homer: He was a Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey and the
Allied.
Odysseus: A Greek hero who fought in the Trojan War and got
lost on his way home, according to the Odyssey, and fought/encountered various
monsters.
Zeus: the King of the gods, he is the son of Kronos, Titan
lord of time. He is the god of the sky and lightning.
Athena: She is said to have been born straight from Zeus’s
brain. She is goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, as well as the patron
goddess of Athens.
Draco:
Solon:
Pisistratus: He was a tyrant who ceased power by telling the
people that he was accompanied by the goddess Athena. He also got the support
of common folks by making them more important than they ever were. This
triggered democracy and made Athens a rich and powerful city-state.
Cleisthenes: Another
politician that ruled during the Aristocracy, hover instead of continuing the
tradition of the Aristocrats, he invented democracy and gave the common people
a voice in government and let the people rule themselves.
Darius (the Great):
Xerxes: A great Persian king who built an army of 2,000,000
troops (the largest the ancient world had ever seen) to conquer Greece
Pheidippides:
Themistocles: An Athenian war hero, he convinced the Greeks
to build a fleet of triremes in order to save Athens from the Persian Army. He
was able to defeat the Persians by tricking the Persians into fighting them in
the Straits of Salamis. Died in 570 B.C.
Pericles: elected
after the Persian wars. He planned to rebuild the Parthenon and conquer Sparta.
Also he treated his second wife as an equal, which was astonishing to many
Greek citizens.
Socrates: A Greek philosopher, accused of corrupting the
youth of Athens. He invented the Socratic Method, which was based around asking
why an individual thinks the way they do. Socrates also cared nothing for
appearance, and reasoned that his “bug-eyes” were more beautiful because he
could see more. He was sentenced to death by being forced to drink holly.
Plato:
Aristotle:
Alexander the Great: A great general in the Greek army. He
conquered many territories and even conquered the great Persian Empire
Places: be able to map the following
Athens, Sparta, the Ionian and Aegean Seas, Peloponnesus,
Persian Empire, and Ionia
Government:
Monarchy- ruled by a single ruler, most often a king or
queen
Democracy- all adult citizens get to have a say in politics.
In Greece this applied only to males. It was introduced by Cleisthenes.
Oligarchy- Minority rules over the majority. One example of
this is Sparta.
Aristocracy- A society in which the rich landowners, called
aristocrats, dominate over the majority of common folk. The commoners were
forced to do all of the manual labor and nobody could do anything that would
have caused them to move up the social hierarchy.
Pericles’s three goals for Athens:
Greek Art:
Sculpture: A piece of art made by carving rock in a
particular pattern to make it look like something.
Architecture: Parthenon- most famous, grandest temple to the
goddess Athena
Drama:
Comedy: A play that has a humorous aspect to it.
Tragedy: A play that is usually as shocking as a modern
horror movie. It often contains a character falling from great heights.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
More info for Ch. 4
Important Dates:
1600-1100 B.C. –
1200 B.C. -
1150-750 B.C. - This time period was known as the Dark Ages,
because Greek Culture died down and writing fell out of use.
776 B.C. –
750-700 B.C. –
621 B.C. –
600-371 B.C. –
594 B.C. –
508 B.C. – The first time in recorded history that a
civilization rebelled against their leader.
490-371 B.C. –
490 B.C. –
480 B.C. –
480-430 B.C. –
461-429 B.C. –
447-432 B.C. –
431-404 B.C. –
339 B.C. –
336 B.C. –
Important People/Immortals:
Homer: He was a Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey and the
Allied.
Odysseus: A Greek hero who fought in the Trojan War and got
lost on his way home, according to the Odyssey, and fought/encountered various
monsters.
Zeus: the King of the gods, he is the son of Kronos, Titan
lord of time. He is the god of the sky and lightning.
Athena: She is said to have been born straight from Zeus’s
brain. She is goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, as well as the patron
goddess of Athens.
Draco:
Solon:
Pisistratus: He was a tyrant who ceased power by telling the
people that he was accompanied by the goddess Athena. He also got the support
of common folks by making them more important than they ever were. This
triggered democracy and made Athens a rich and powerful city-state.
Cleisthenes: Another
politician that ruled during the Aristocracy, hover instead of continuing the
tradition of the Aristocrats, he invented democracy and gave the common people
a voice in government and let the people rule themselves.
Darius (the Great):
Xerxes: A great Persian king who built an army of 2,000,000
troops (the largest the ancient world had ever seen) to conquer Greece
Pheidippides:
Themistocles: An Athenian war hero, he convinced the Greeks
to build a fleet of triremes in order to save Athens from the Persian Army. He was
able to defeat the Persians by tricking the Persians into fighting them in the
Straits of Salamis.
Pericles: A famous
Greek politician Aristophanes:
Socrates: A Greek philosopher, accused of corrupting the
youth of Athens. He invented the Socratic Method, and was sentenced to death by
being forced to drink holly.
Plato:
Aristotle:
Alexander the Great: A great general in the Greek army. He
conquered many territories and even conquered the great Persian Empire
Places: be able to map the following
Athens, Sparta, the Ionian and Aegean Seas, Peloponnesus,
Persian Empire, and Ionia
Government:
Monarchy- ruled by a single ruler, most often a king or
queen
Democracy- all adult citizens get to have a say in politics.
In Greece this applied only to males
Oligarchy- Minority rules over the majority. One example of
this is Sparta.
Aristocracy- A society in which the rich landowners, called
aristocrats, dominate over the majority of common folk. The commoners were
forced to do all of the manual labor and nobody could do anything that would
have caused them to move up the social hierarchy.
Pericles’s three goals for Athens:
Greek Art:
Sculpture: A piece of art made by carving rock in a
particular pattern to make it look like something.
Architecture: Parthenon- most famous, grandest temple to the
goddess Athena
Drama:
Comedy: A play that has a humorous aspect to it.
Tragedy: A play in which one of the characters dies.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Continuation of Ch. 4 Study Guide
Important Dates:
1600-1100 B.C. –
1200 B.C. -
1150-750 B.C. - This time period
was known as the Dark Ages, because Greek Culture died down and writing fell
out of use.
776 B.C. –
750-700 B.C. –
621 B.C. –
600-371 B.C. –
594 B.C. –
508 B.C. – The first time in
recorded history that a civilization rebelled against their leader.
490-371 B.C. –
490 B.C. –
480 B.C. –
480-430 B.C. –
461-429 B.C. –
447-432 B.C. –
431-404 B.C. –
339 B.C. –
336 B.C. –
Important People/Immortals:
Homer: He was a Greek poet who
wrote the Odyssey and the Allied.
Odysseus: A Greek hero who fought
in the Trojan War and got lost on his way home, according to the Odyssey, and
fought/encountered various monsters.
Zeus: the King of the gods, he is
the son of Kronos, Titan lord of time. He is the god of the sky and lightning.
Athena: She is said to have been
born straight from Zeus’s brain. She is goddess of wisdom and battle strategy,
as well as the patron goddess of Athens.
Draco:
Solon:
Pisistratus: He was a tyrant who
ceased power by telling the people that he was accompanied by the goddess
Athena. He also got the support of common folks by making them more important
than they ever were. This triggered democracy and made Athens a rich and
powerful city-state.
Cleisthenes: Another politician that ruled
during the Aristocracy, hover instead of continuing the tradition of the
Aristocrats, he invented democracy and gave the common people a voice in
government and let the people rule themselves.
Darius (the Great):
Xerxes:
Pheidippides:
Themistocles:
Pericles: A famous Greek politician
Aristophanes:
Socrates: A Greek philosopher,
accused of corrupting the youth of Athens. He invented the Socratic Method, and
was killed by being forced to drink holly.
Plato:
Aristotle:
Alexander the Great: A great
general in the Greek army. He conquered many territories and even conquered the
great Persian Empire
Places: be able to map the
following
Athens, Sparta, the Ionian and
Aegean Seas, Peloponnesus, Persian Empire, and Ionia
Government:
Monarchy- ruled by a single
ruler, most often a king or queen
Democracy- all adult citizens get
to have a say in politics. In Greece this applied only to males
Oligarchy- Minority rules over
the majority. One example of this is Sparta.
Aristocracy- A society in which
the rich landowners, called aristocrats, dominate over the majority of common
folk. The commoners were forced to do all of the manual labor and nobody could
do anything that would have caused them to move up the social hierarchy.
Pericles’s three goals for Athens:
Greek Art:
Sculpture: A piece of art made by
carving rock in a particular pattern to make it look like something.
Architecture: Parthenon- most
famous, grandest temple to the goddess Athena
Drama:
Comedy: A play that has a
humorous aspect to it.
Tragedy: A play in which one of
the characters dies.
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