Politics
Geography
Landscape forming borders
Maps of Ancient Greece
Concept of Earth
City-states (Polis)
Developed in Archaic Age
750-500 BC
Colonization of South Italy & Sicily by Greeks
Taxes
Minimal tax burden on Athenian natives
Main Government Revenue sales tax at the Agora (marketplace)
Taxing of foreign citizens
Voting Rights only males of pure Athenian decent
1% Wartime tax
Persian Wars
550-449 BC
Battle of Marathon
1st battle of 51 years of war
Athenians were far out-numbered but strategy won out
Persia soundly defeated
Delian League
Created after the war
Athens and Ionian states in Asian Minor
Growth of Greek culture and economy
Religion
12 Gods
Mt. Olympus
Aphrodite –love
Apollo –music, prophecy & medicine
Ares –war
Artemis –the hunt
Athena –wisdom & war
Demeter –earth
Dionysis – wine
Hades – underworld
Hera – wife and sister of Zeus – marriage
Hestia – hearth & home
Poseidon – the sea
Zeus – ruler of Olympian gods
Meddle in everyday politics and society
Festivals in honor of Gods
Athletic competitions
Drama competitions
Sacrifices
Oracle at Delphi
Delphi - center of the Greek world
The Oracle - priestess of Apollo (prophecy)
Social Identity
Philosophers
Socrates
development of moral character
Plato
student of Socrates
founded a school to teach Socratic philosophy
Writers
Sophacles
Specialized in plot
Aeschylus
525-456 BC
introduced the second actor
Euripides
Humanized the gods
Aristotle
Tragic form
Plot
Characters
Theme
Language
Music
Spectacle
Gender Roles
No women actors in theatre
Men only voted
Map of Ancient Greece
Delphi
Delphi Theatre
Olympus