Wednesday, March 25, 2015

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

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