western civilization

1. -Classical art was very valued in Ancient Greece and used by many people. -My favorite types of plays are  tragedy's  because I love the drama and suspense. -When I'm sad, I do what most ancient greeks would do when they were sad and watch a comedy since the humor can cheer you up. - The Peloponnesian war gave Athens a chance to show their strong navy an departs a chance to show their strong army. - The philosophers in ancient Greece thought wise then the ones today in my opinion - Socrates believed that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice, he was at teacher. - Plato wrote many famous works with his teacher being Socrates. - Aristotle was a philosopher who questioned the nature of the world 2. The goal in which Pericles made the greatest impact on the modern world was the goal of strengthening Athenian democracy. I chose this because the United States has democracy in it so by Pericles   going through challenged of strengthening it and m...

Today in Mr.Shicks class we took the ancient greece test! Considering I wasn't here for the review day to go over everything that would be on the test , I believe that I did pretty well. I struggled on a few questions but most of the test I understood. The next test we have I think that I'm going to make a quiz-let to help me. After the quiz Mr. Shick let us do whatever we wanted. I worked on my math homework and got it done so now I don't have any homework for the rest of the night. Once everyone had finished the test and turned it in we were aloud to go on our computers and write our blog. Most teachers don't let us turn on our computers until the tests are turn in because they never know if someone is cheating or not.Western Civilization was a very good class today and I cannot wait to find out what I got on my test.

Ella Steck was absent because she was sick

Draconian= very harsh Hippias was a tyrant who ruled from around 527-510 BCE. his brother was murderd and he was afraid  so his rules started to become very harsh. Eventually he was expelled from Athens (Ostracized) In revenge he works with the Persian king- Darius l, helping invade Marathon which is a city. Persians were in Asia Minor. When hippies left, igsngoras+ cleisthenes (both aristocrats)got into a power struggle. Isgnoras had support from fellow aristocrats, plus Sparta,he had the rich majority. Cleisthenes had support of a majority of Athens. Isagoras wins but not for long.- he becomes archon eponymous- tyrant. He ostracizes cleisthenes, who supports the ordianinry athenian people who revolt against isagorus tyranny. They had him trapped for 2 days on the polis and on the 3rd day hefted and was banished Cleistheneshas power and its the start of democracy -  508  BCE.  Cleisthenes- definitely a member of the elite, very rich, insulted the "hot polo" and he...

Democratic principles and classical culture flourished during Greeks golden age. Direct democracy-Form of government  where citizens rule directly and not through representatives  classical art- Their values of harmony, order, balance and proportion tragedy- a serious drama love hate and war comedy- contained slapstick situations and crude humor. Peloponnesian war-  war between Sparta and Athens philosopher-  they were thinkers "lovers of wisdom" socrates- a critic of sophists plato- student of socrates Aristotle-   philosopher who questioned the nature of the world For close to 50 years Athens experienced a growth in intellectual and artistic learning. The period known as the golden age contained drama, sculpture, poetry, philosophy   , architecture and science, which all reached new peaks.A wise statesman Pericles ledAthens most of the golden age. He was honest and fair and held popular support for 32 years. he dominated in the age of...

Some essential government terms: During the sevenths and sixth century BCE aristocrats ran the show in most of Greece. They attended symposiums where elite men would enjoy wine and poetry and performances. They also enjoyed the company of hetaeras while discussing politics. Politics were an "exclusive club" where no mens were allowed only for entertainment, no middle class, no slaves and sometimes even aristocrats were excluded. Sometimes Aristocrats would form alliances with hoplites which ere well armed soldiers and  they set up a form of government called a tyranny. a tyrant is someone who rules outside the framework of the polis. Draco 621 BCE- all athenians were under equal law, death was punishment for many crimes, debt slavery is OK. Solons reforms, outlaws debt slavery, all athenian citizens can speak at the assembly, any citizens can press charges against wrong doers. Cleisthenes: More reforms around 500 BCE, allowed citizens to submit laws for debate at the assembl...

The Trojan-war (fact or fiction) Greeks have fought in many wars overtime. the Trojan War was fought around 1200 BCE. What started the Trojan War is, Paris judged the goddess Aphrodite, "the fairest". Aphrodite made Helen (who was married) fall in love with Paris, who took her back to Troy. This was part of greek mythology. Around 1200 BCE the mysterious, "sea people" began to invade Mycenae and burn the place. So, the Dorians moved into the war-torn region. The Dorians were: Far lesser advanced, the trade based economy collapsed and writing disappeared for 400 Years. Greek oral tradition- stories passed on my word of mouth. Homer lived at the end of the " greek dark ages" he composed stories of the Trojan war (epics) 750-700 b.c. He wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad. A question that is very common is, did homer exist? Homer may have been a mythological creature himself or he may have been real.