March 31, 2015

today in western civ we finished our essay on Triremes and Hoplites. our essay is very good. the remainder of the class today I studied.

March 30, 2015

today in class we worked on our essays some more. my group is pretty much done. so tomorrow I will probably watch the video on ancient Greece that is posted. our test is Wednesday on ancient Greece right before we get out for spring break.

March 28, 2015

Friday in class we worked on our essay as a group. we all pitched in and assigned each other to a paragraph per person so that we all get the equal amount of work.

March, 25 2015

Fighting Spartans
- liked war and were very aggressive
- infantry: soldiers who fought on land
- Spartan boys started training at the age 7
Athens
- had a great infantry, too, but nothing compared with their navy
- their most effective weapon was the Trireme
Trireme
- technological marvel
- fastest ship and easy to maneuver
- used as a battering ram
- row up to 170 men
The Phalanx
- close-rank, dense grouping of warriors
- armed with long spears and shields
- soldiers would advance slowly toward the enemy, until they broke their ranks
Philispherlapalooza Socrates
- looked to science and logic (not mythological gods) for explanations of how the world worked
- the Socratic method fostered critical thinking
- charged with serious crimes
         disrespecting Gods
         corrupting youths of Athens
- he did not deny what he had done: had asked for free dinners in return
- found guilty by Athenian Jury and was sentenced to death
Plato
- student and follower of Socrates
- he wrote out Socrates' teachings, described in his trial the apology (one of the most influential books ever)
Aristotle
- student of Plato
- helped foster the idea of Athens as intellectual destination (school- lyceum focused on cooperative research)
- built knowledge all over the world
- wrote topics.... logic, biology, physics, poetry, and theatre
- tutored Alexander the Great

March, 24 2015

Isagoras and Cleisthenes were both aristocrats
- isagoras had support from some fellow aristocrats, plus from Sparta
- Cleisthenes had support of the majority of Athens
isagoras wins....
- he ostracizes Cleisthenes
igagoras was banished in 508 BCE
Cleisthenes and Democracy
- member of the elite
- very rich
- insulated from the "hoi polloi"
- a crafty politician
Gods and Goddesses
- Posedon (god of sea)
- Aphrodite (goddess of love)
Dionyness (god of wine)
Zeus was the ruler of heaven and earth; father of Athena
god of....
- sky weather thunder lighting law order and justice
- Zeus had a temper
Athena- goddess of wisdom, skill. warfare, intelligence, and battle strategy
- she was born from Zeus' head fully formed and armored
- city ATHENS was named after her

 

Great philosophers

Aristotle

• Born in 384 BC
• Died in 322 BC, 62 years old
• Taught Alexander the Great 
• Golden mean- meant balance of too much and too little in somebody's personality
• Anther- meant air, wind, fire and water

Socrates

• Born in 470 BC
• Died in 399 BC, 71 years old
• He was a Greek philosopher (western)
• He is known for his writings
• Cut stone for a living
• Socratic method was based on answering questions
• He served in the Peloponnesian War 
• He was sentenced to death by drinking Hemlock a liquid substance
• He owned up to his own crime and was found guilty by some people, others did not think so

Plato

• Born in 427 BC
• Died in 348 BC, 82 years old
• Founded the Academy of Athens
• Wrote the "apology"
• He was put to death

 

Athens
- capital of Greece
- hot and dry summers
- men were considered citizens, women were not
- men did the shopping, had education, and made rules
- women were housewife's
- they cooked, cleaned
- women would wear make-up cause they were so pale
- boys had private tutors
- childhood was short for girl they were married at the age 13
- the largest building in Athens was the Parathion
Sparta
- was located on the Southern en don the point of Equator River
- really relied on agriculture just like Sparta
- dependent on farming
- used irony money, because it was harder to steal
- boys leave home at age 7 to start training for the professional army
- women in Sparta did receive education, and physical things like gymnastics for fun
- they were decedents
Pelopensaina war
- April 431 BC. 404
- war against Sparta and Athens. lasted 27 years
- ships brought people and that started the plague,  killed 2/3 of the population including Paraclies
- the plague spread very quickly and was deadly

Transformation of the government

• During the centuries aristocrats ran the show most of Greeks influence in society, government than the middle class and poor people.

Aristocracy

• Ruled by aristocrats
• They attended symposiums, meetings where the elite men would enjoy wine, poetry performances by dancers and acrobats while discussing political parties  
• Escorted  from a company of hetaeras

Very exclusive clubs

• No women (except the "entertainment"
• No middle class or slaves
• Sometimes even certain aristocrats were excluded

Tyrants seize control

• Sometimes aristocrats would form alliances with hoplites (solders) and set up alternative form of government called tyrany

Tyrant- is someone who rules outside the framework of the Polis

Modern meaning- an abusive or oppressive ruler

Greek meaning- someone who simply seized power (usually with solder help)

Clash of Tyrants

Hippias- tyrant who held power for 17 years

• Brother was murdered, and his role became harsh
• Eventually he was expelled from Athens (ostracized)
• In revenge, he began working with the Persian kin Darius 1, helping them invade Marathon

notes

• Hippias was a tyrant who ruled from 527 to 510 BCE
• his brother was murdered, and his rule became harsh
• eventually he was expelled from Athens (this is called being ostracized)
• in revenge, he began working with the Persian king Darius I, helping them invade Marathon
• there are no middle lass or slaves
• a tyrant is someone who rules outside the framework

today in class we worked on our power points in class with our groups. our group is almost done. we have about 10 slides so far. and we present on Friday.

Today in western civ we took a pop quiz on Ancient Greece. it was only 10 questions and we had 10 seconds for each question we did. I did very well on the pop quiz. I think I only got one wrong and that was one of the rivers. overall I really enjoy learning about Greece. I think it is very interesting and am really excited to start this project with my classmates.

Ariana Conits
Kelsey Boyle
 Today in class we all picked groups for our project. we are doing warfare of the land, we will be doing that soon. we also went over Mr.shcicks review for human geo. most of all the results were positive.

ancient greece

olives are a huge part in Greek culture they eat them and they can be used for making oil, they use this as one of their demands. difficult to unite the ancient Greeks because of the terman they developed. shaped skilled sailors and ship builders we a part of shaping Greece' culture. there are over 1400 hundred islands some are Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean seas. 

cyber day 3/6

PLATO
428-347 B.C
Plato was one of the most important figures of the Ancient Greek world. he grew up from a wealthy Athenian family. he was very important because he laid out foundations of Western Cultures. he was educated as well. mainly in philosophy, poetry, and gymnastics. later on he taught students. Plato always would say to his students "there is no other road to happiness."

Cyber Day Talk

Today in Western Civ we did not talk about ancient Greece. we talked about cyber day in general today. we talked about how teachers are supposed to give us no more than 45 minutes of classwork/homework and how it has to be posted by 10Am. we also talked about students plagiarizing their cyber work and how its a bad thing to do.

more on ancient Greece

there are over 14 hundred islands surrounding Greece. the Mediterranean sea mean two things. one MEDI means middle and TERRA means of earth. when you put them together you get middle of the Earth. Athens and Sparta did not like each other even though they were very close to each other (location) Greece is mainly mountains that's why they sail boats to get places cause it is faster instead of climbing mountains to get places.

cyber day assignment: ancient Greece

located-on the Southern most point of the Balkan Peninsula and is near three large bodies of water
topography- land extends out into the Mediterranean sea. much of the  land in Greece is on mountain ranges, plains and valleys
the river that is south of Greece is called the Cyprus
Athens is located in the central plain of Attica or Attica Basin, Sparta is located on the Peloponnesian
the three bodies of water that are located around Greece are the...
 Aegean sea, lonian sea, Mediterranean sea
GREECE