Athens%20Golden%20Age!

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Athens Golden Age!
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Overview

• Between 480 BCE and 430 BCE.
• A result of rebuilding after the _______Wars.
• Inspired by the leader ________

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City Life-The Good, Bad, and Ugly

• Most people lived in small and compact living
  areas.
• ______Families- short houses made of mud bricks
• ______families- large houses with a center
  courtyard
• Streets were dirty from trash
• Houses had few windows and not properly
  ventilated for smoke from oil lamps
• Gathering places were large and regal.
• Large government buildings were the pride of the
  Athens
• Built on the _________-the hill above the city
• The _________, built to honor the goddess Athena,
  is the most well-known

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Religion

• 12 Olympian Gods/Goddesses
• Zeus-ruler of gods
• Hera-goddess of marriage
• Poseidon-god of the sea
• Hestia-goddess of the hearth (family fire)
• Demeter-god of agriculture
• Ares-god of war

• Athena-goddess of wisdom and war
• Apollo-god of the sun, poetry, and music
• Artemis-goddess of the moon and the hunt
• Hephaestus-god of fire and metalworkers
• Aphrodite-goddess of love and beauty
• Hermes-messenger of the gods and god of travel

• Bigger the building for a god/goddess greater
  importance!
• Believed in many gods/goddesses
• Apart of everyday life
• Olympian Gods were the most important (12 of
  them)
• Created ________ to convey their importance
• Taught _______ from these myths to have people
  follow specific ways of life

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Architecture

• Temple built as dwellings for gods/goddesses
• Used 3 types of columns-_____, _____, and
  __________
• _____- slim, simple, tapered off at the top
• _____-slim with spiral fixture at the top
• __________- like the Ionic but with a fancier top
  (with carved leaves)

• Inside the temples contained sculptures and a
  main room for the god/goddess
• Most temples were based on the same design

• Why is the Athenian architecture so special?

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Sculpture

• Sculptors set up shop near the site were the
  sculpture would be at-Why?
• Sculptor ________ started- ________ sculptors
  finished
• Collaborated with __________-attached metal to
  sculptures
• Known for creating life-like sculpture
• First started with Egyptian based sculptures
• How would they have known this?
• Then evolved into more sophisticated figures
• Why change things up?
• Famous sculptors were known for being true
  __________ with gods when creating their liking

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Fine Arts

• Going to the theater was a regular part of
  Athenian life
• No ______ acted, only _____-why?
• Famous for masks gt
• Plays were done competitively
• Winning actors would receive an olive leaf crown,
  figs, and wine

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Philosophy

• Men gathered at the ______ to discuss the world
  around them
• Discussions over nature, ideas, and how things
  worked
• Socrates asked his followers
• What is the good life for a man?
• What is truth?
• How do you know?

• Socrates ________ eventually caught up to him and
  landed him in jail for not honoring the gods
  properly and leading young men into error and
  disloyalty-why would this be a big deal back in
  Ancient Athens?
• After committing suicide by hemlock in jail,
  Socrates disciple, _____, and his disciple,
  _______ continued such questioning and thinking.
• Is it ok to question the world around us today?

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Sports

• Athenians and other Greeks loved sports!
• The _________ Games included horse and chariot
  races, footraces, boxing, and wrestling, among
  other things
• One event called the _________ led to one person
  either surrendering, losing consciousness, or
  even dying by combat
• In the _______ Games, every 4 years, Greeks
  called truces from all wars to safely play the
  games

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Cuisine

• The majority ofAthenians had a simple
  diet-Why?-Think about where they live
• Bread, barley, wheat, olives, figs, raisins,
  apples, grapes, honey, various types of veggies
  like leeks
• For proteins, fish, various other types of
  seafood (like eel!), lamb, beef, various cheeses.

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For tomorrow
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