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Athens Sparta

Central Greece

4 miles from Aegean Sea

Travelers! Enjoy

spreading ideas, art, knowledge

Naval power & strong influence

to other City States

Isolated

Harbor 25 miles away - surrounded by mountains!

Not friendly to outsiders

Better soil for agriculture

Being a soldier is VERY

important

Sparta

Patron Goddess: Artemis

Goddess of Wilderness, Hunt, Fertility

Worshipped same Gods as Athenians

Patron Goddess: AthenaGoddess of Wisdom,

Justice, Courage

Worshipped same Gods as Spartans

Athens

Zeus King of Gods

Poseidon God of the Sea

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Greek Architecture

Acropolis: a highly elevated plateau in Athens A complex center

for politics, commerce, culture

Parthenon: the most famous temple on the Acropolis, built in honor of Athena

Project initiated by Pericles

The Acropolis is not one building or temple, but rather a collection of Athens community structures atop a high plateau.

ACRO = Extreme, Edge, Height, SummitPOLIS = City-State, City, Citadel

What happened to the Acropolis over the years?

(Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T7_oi985dg

The Acropolissits atop

the city of Athens

DORIC IONIC CORINTHIAN

The Agora today

Video Clip: Secrets of the

Parthenon

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/secrets-parthenon.html

Warm Up 10-24

Once your group has arrived, begin to share the 5 main ideas from your reading

dissections.

Miss Mangold will be passing out popsicle sticks. Make sure

you grab one.

Athens Sparta Democracy since 500 BCE

Free men over age 18 can be citizens

No women, no slaves can be citizens

What rights could the Citizens enjoy?

Agora Vote Hold office Own property Defend themselves

in court

Council of 500: Five hundred citizens of Athens selected to run the citys daily functions

Proposed new laws

Assembly: ideas for new laws went to a much larger group, who met every 10 days.

Athens Oligarchy decisions

made by the few and the powerful

Council of Elders- all important decisions made within

Must be 60 years old

2 kings, 28 men Assembly: met outside

of city because it was so large but had little power

Only could vote yes or no to Councils laws

Sparta

Pericles: a great leader who developed Athens culture, democracy and power during the Golden Age. Loved creativity, music,

the arts, drama Rebuilt the city Supported democracy

and reforms to allow its growth

Athens Oligarchy decisions

made by the few and the powerful

Council of Elders- all important decisions made within

Must be 60 years old

2 kings, 28 men Assembly: met outside

of city because it was so large but had little power

Only could vote yes or no to Councils laws

Sparta

Economy: the way a community or region organizes the manufacture and exchange of money, food, products, and services to meet peoples needs.

Athens Sparta

Trade with foreign lands and other city-states buying and selling in the agora

Coins easier for trade

A center for politics, commerce, socialization

Got necessary goods from:

Farming Conquering Others Slaves/Noncitizens Little trade

Generally discouraged trade and the transfer of new ideas

Athens Sparta Education:

Boys go to school to learn reading, writing, math

Girls stay at home to learn to run the house

Society Society Structure:

+ Women could not inherit or own property; could not attend Assembly

+Slaves Most Athenians owed a slave Captives of war, or born into

it

Education: Boys begin military

training at age 7 Girls may also learn

military techniques

Society Structure:+ Women generally freer than Athenian women because men were almost always at war

+ Non-Citizens free, but not Spartan

- No government, but military is OK

+ Helots slaves which provided for the city-state

Athens

Contributions to Society:

- Democracy Direct vs.

Representative- Citizenship

the right to vote running for office

- Philosophy thinking about

thinking Socrates, Plato

- Tragedies and Comedies Theater

Find the Fib

1. Any Athenian can participate in government, as long as they are a member of the Council of 500.

2. Democracy and Oligarchy were the two main governments we discussed for Athens and Sparta.

3. Sparta and Athens differed in many ways, including their social structures.

4. The geography of Greece is mountainous and rocky, but Athens was situated by the sea and Sparta was more inland.