DEMOCRACY’S BIRTHPLACECATHERINE MCCULLOUGH
PERIOD 4
Athens
Geography
Fertile valleys Many farmsMany mountains Aigaleo west mountainParnes north mountain Pentelikon northeast mountainHymettus east mountain
Stable Food Source
Ate bread dipped in wine for breakfastAte bread dipped in wine and olives, figs,
cheese or dried fish for lunchDinner was main mealAte vegetables, fruit, fish, and possibly
honey cakes for dinnerFish=main proteinBeef was expensive Poor could only have beef during festivals
Government
Fully developed democracyImportant to be part of governmentOnly men could voteAssemblyCouncil of 50 “Branches” of
governmentPeoples court
Religion
Each city-state had god or goddess in chargeAthens goddess was AthenaPoseidon and Athena both gave gifts to the
Athenians, and Athena’s gift was better so the city-state is named after her
Parthenon located on Acropolis, dedicated to Athena
Architecture
ParthenonErechtheionTheater of DionysusAncient AgoraParthenon had Doric style columnsErechtheion had Ionic style columns
Social Structure
• Men had many more rights• Women, slaves and children
couldn’t vote• The father was the head of the
houseFather
Boys Girls Slaves
Mother
The Arts
Gathered at Theater of Dionysus Ten day festivalArt loversPotterySculpturesFine JewelryArchitecture
Photo Credit: commons.wikimedia.org
Writing
Wrote good literatureWrote poetryPlaywrightsPhilosophers-Aristotle and Plato
Speakers platform. Aristotle and Plato stood here.
Legacy/Technology
Made currency by digging silverHad trireme to steal moneyPottery made money but not huge amountsDemocracyBranches of governmentPhilosophyCreated natural laws(patterns and
explanations of the world)Mathematics-Archimedes
Works Cited
http://greece.mrdonn.org/athens.htmlhttp://www.arwhead.com/Greeks/index.html#Athenian art http://historylink101.com/2/greece3/food.htmhttp://
chars.lin.oakland.edu/lin109/Handouts/Greek/greekliterature.html
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/archimedes.htm http://
www.sunnyhills.net/ourpages/auto/2013/7/8/51659097/Book%20Prologue%20Section%201.pdf
http://www.athensguide.org/athens-greece-map-geography.html