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