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Athens
One of the Ancient Greek city states, Athens has become the Capitol of Greece. It was home to Plato and Aristotle as well as a center of cultural activity up to the modern day.
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What were city states of Athens called?
This is a very complex matter, but I'll try to give you a brief answer. Ancient Greek Cities-States where a very small town or city with its around territory part of them. Greeks would speak the same language (in many dialects), have same religion, customs and bloodline but were very topicists and individual. Do not think big, like a modern Athens or Paris or London. Think that all Greece is almost the same as the whole state of New York. Now think that Athens is 1/3 of NYC. You get the picture. Imagine that Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond were separate and individual complete independent countries as the Greek cities states of same NY culture, but all waging war to each other and all together against Pennsylvania or Massachusetts. In order to achieve this they would form a Koinon (pron. kéénon -> "commonwealth") a confederation or alliance for military reasons. e.g the Koinon of NY so all would attack the city state of Boston or sometimes go bigger as the Koinon of North-East (like tenths of cities from NY, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts) and go to war against the Koinon of South East (like cities from Florida, Alabama, Georgia). Then the strongest or most influential culturally city would prevail and be in charge e.g the Delian League with Athensor Peloponnesian League with Sparta or the Hellenic League with the Macedonians).
The Greeks, would 95% go to war against each other and not so often against other culture nations. The only notable time in antiquity that they had a Greek Koinon as a whole, was with Alexander, when they conquered almost all known world.
Straight Answer:
Delian League.
What is in the center of Parthenon?
The Parthenon was built for Athena the daughter of Zeus when Hephaestus god of fire and blacksmith cracked open Zeus's head and Athena came out fully born and ready to fight
Inside was a great big cult statue of the goddess. Today there is nothing inside execpt the remains of the old Parthenon and ruble.
What is the difference between Athens and Rome?
The Greeks were the model for the Western world but Rome was able to create the greatest empire because mainly because of geography and climate. Rome is naturally defensible. It's located in the middle of the peninsula (that becomes Italy) on top of 7 hills. To the northwest, at some distance, are the Apennines Mountains and located about 12 miles from the sea on the Tiber River. The climate is warm and so crops such as wheat, olive trees and grapes are able to be grown. (Wheat, olives and grapes are part of the Mediterranean diet, which is one of the healthiest diets).
Most civilizations start near river valleys. So, as you can see, geography and climate play a really important role in the growth of a civilization.
What brought Sparta and Athens together as allies before they became enemies?
The Persians tried to control the incessant wars between the Greek city-states which spilt over into the Persian Empire, disrupting its peace and prosperity. Many of the Greek cities resisted this, and an alliance led by Sparta which included Athens repelled a Persian invasion. Athens also provided initial support to Sparta when it faced internal revolt, however this ended when Athens began establishing an empire of its own out of the Greek cities liberated from the Persian control.
A myth is a story about how things came to be. calling a story "a myth" doesn't mean it's not true, just that it's some nation's interpretation of how everything around us showed up. So myths are primarily an explanation of the origins of the world.
And then the characters in the story took on a life of their own: the gods has good and bad qualities, just like humans, and they desired things, and hated others. Something as ugly and yet as interesting as a spider had to have a good explanation -- a beautiful maiden, who had the gift to weave, and made Athena jealous. Or twin births -- perhaps one of the children was human, while the other was that of the notorious womaniser Zeus.
And maybe later on (but this is pure seculation on my part, I haven't studied this area), authorities would use these myths to gain more power and make people obey because of fear (like the Roman emperors, starting with Augustus, who claimed to be gods themselves).
How did the Sparta and the Athens unite to defeat the Persians?
daa Sparta brought the soldiers ndd the Athens brought theirr navy (:
Did women in Sparta or Athens have more rights?
Women is Sparta had more rights than women in athens. For example: women in Sparta could inherite property while women in Athens could not. Women in Athens were also opressed... they had children and were expected to be a good house wife, being a weaver or potter. Women in Sparta were not oppresed because their husbands were never at home (either at war or in the barracks) Spartan women were supposed to have healthy babies each year (if they babies were unhealthy the babies were put in a pot and left abonded)
What are facts about the golden age of Greece?
Thermopylae- the slow down of the Persian army to allow Athens time to prepare to fight.
Does Athens or Sparta have a better education?
The difference between their education is that Spartans were birthed for war and learned the brutality of war from a young age as Athenians were taught philosophy and astronomy as well as other subjects.
Both city-states had education but Athens had more of a formal education.
Athens:
- Went further into education
- Boys had to memorize everything due to the lack of books (teachers read out loud)
- Girls didn't learn as much as boys did; but if their mother had some sort of education they would learn it in their home
Sparta:
- Still had education
- Boys still had to memorize everything due to the lack of books (teachers read out loud)
- Had less education but more military stuff
What sports were played in Ancient Athens?
* Boxing * Equestrian events # -chariot racing # -riding * pankration * pentathlon # -discus # -javelin # -jump # -running # -wrestling * running * wrestling
Did Athens or Sparta win the war?
Athens is located on the central plain of Attica or Attica Basin. It is surrounded on three sides by mountains and the fourth side by a gulf. Sparta is located on the Peloponnesus Peninsula. Between Sparta and the sea is the Parnon Mountains on the east and the Targetus mountains on the west They are both in the country of Greece.
Athens and Sparta are also cities in Georgia, in the United States, named for their more famous Greek counterparts.
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It is athens because people believed in simple luxury for themselves and there homes
What did the people of Athens value?
Although there are likely many answers or opinions to this, Athens is best known for its concept of exercising democracy, as it is one of the earliest initiators of this form of government on record.
It would stand to reason, based on the early concept of a Democratic form of government, Athenians would have valued the law.
What role does the character play in his own suffering.
Did women have more rights in either of the city-states Sparta or Athens?
The women of Sparta had rights, participating in sports and open lifestyle, compared with Athenian women who were kept in purdah in the home rearing children and working in the house and garden.
Who had the superior army and navy between Athens and Sparta?
A navy is not on land, so neither had the best navy.
Why was Sparta able to beat Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
Persia got back at Athens by giving the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta the money to buy and pay for the running of a war fleet comparable to that of the Athenians. The money allowed the Spartans to offer double pay to the crewmen, and so attract the best seamen.
The Parthenon was not originally white. In the early 19th century art historians first proposed that the Parthenon, along with all ancient Greek structures were actually painted. The term for this is "polychromy." It has taken a long time for scholars to accept that this building was painted because of preconceived notions about the architectural purity of Greek buildings. However, close observation and modern scientific analysis have proven that the Parthenon was in fact originally painted several different hues including blue, gold, and red. The University of Iowa has done a computer generated model of what the temple may have looked like with its paint in tact.
Did Spartans or Athens win the war?
The Spartans won the Peloponnesian war, the only war between the Athenians and the Spartans.
What did percilies do to rebuild and bautify Athens?
Pericles used his money on gold,ect. to make statues and buildings
Generalization about the changes that occurred in Athenian government between 500 BC and 400 BC?
In 508 BCE a limited democracy was created under the leadership of Cleisthenes.
During the Persian invasion from 480 BCE, the aristocracy took control of the city-state to organise resistance.
After the invasion was repelled, the ongoing war against Persia kept the aristocracy in control until 460 BCE when Ephialtes reestablished democratic control.
He was murdered for this, and his deputy Pericles took over and kept it going.
Pericles organised the banishment of the aristocratic leader Thucydides son of Melesias in 444 BCE, and radicalised the democracy so that the council became the servant of the popular assembly.
During the Peloponnesian War 431-404 BCE the popular assembly made crucial errors, and was replaced several times by a broadly-based oligarchy to repair the damage.
After Athens was defeated in the war in 404 BCE, there were short-term oligarchies which were eventually by a democracy.
