March25th blog... uh, yeah

Mythology

• Polytheistic
• Had a god for each thing
• fully developed relgion around 700 BCE
• Gods resembled humans due to their human characteristics 
• The twelve olympians are the most important gods

1. Zeus- God of sky and thunder; king of the gods
2. Poseidon- God of the Sea
3. Athena- Guardian of Athens, prayed to for wisdom, daughter of zeus
4. Aphrodite- Goddess of love and beauty
5. Hero- Goddess of marriage, protector of women
6. Demeter- Goddess of agriculture, fertility, law and the harvest
7. Apollo- God of sun, light, music, and the prophecy
8. Artemis- Goddess of the hunt, forest, hills, moon and archery
9. Ares- God of war; represented as the unpleasant side of death
10. Hermes- God of trade, eloquence, messenger of the  Gods
11. Hephaestus- God of fire and metal working
12. Hestia- basically what mr shick did on this slide (no offense mr schick 
13. Dionysus- God of fertility and wine
14. Hades- God of wealth and ruler of the underworld

Athenian government

Aristocracy

• A form of government where the upper class are the select rulers
• Economic and political power were a premium
• Children inherited power in artistocracy
• Aristocrats often made harsh laws towards the classes below them
• Solon broke this law, but he was soon receeded when he became older

Tyranny

• Rose to popularity around 600 BC
• Middle class people wanted to make a change often during a tyranny
• Military leaders aided these middle class people
• Citizens gave new tyrants gifts
• Tyrants ruled for short periods of time
• Tyrants weren't necesarilly brutes or mean, they just made laws that bettered themselves.

Philosphy

Socrates

• Looked to logic and science instead of Gods
• Socratical method challeneged Greek thinking
• Charged with impiety and corruption of youth
• Socrates was a smart guy, at his trial he confessed to his crimes and demanded praise instead of condemnment  (basicallt socrates below, or at least what i imagined)

Plato

• Plato was one of Socrates' students
• Socrates' ideas are known today mainly because of Plato's writing
• His most important book is the Republic

Artistotle

• Helped foster the idea of intellectual destination
• Focused on research (Lyceum)
• He wanted all knowledge accessible to man in one place

That was one long blog

The king of Swaziland from 1977 wishes you luck on your trip

Tyrants (the greek version)

• Isagoras and Cleisthenes were trying to take over at the same time
• Isagoras had support from aristocrats and Sparta
• Cleisthenes had support from Athens

• Isagoras took power
• Cleisthenes is ostracized from Athens
• Athens revolted against Isagoras and drove him out in 508 BCE

• Cleisthenes -  an artistocrat
• Very rich
• Recognized that good things can come from the people

Aristocrat & arist o cracee

Greek government

Transformation of government
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• In seventh and sixth BCE, artistocrats ruled Greece's government
• This is common, people with more riches traditionally held more power in government

Aristocracy

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• ruled by aristocrats (mind=blown)
• Aristocrats attended symposiums which were essentially parties where the aristocrats discussed politics
• no women, middle class people, slaves allowed. and occasionally an aristocrats

Tyrants seize control

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• Sometimes aristocrats would form alliances with hoplites and take power
• tyrant- someone who rules outside the framework of the polis
• modern meaning of tyrant- an abusive or oppressive leader
• Greek meaning of tyranr- someone who simply seizes power usually with upper class soldiers  called hoplites
• Hippias was a tyrant who ruled for 17 years and became harsh when his brother was murdered
• He became ostracized from Athens

March 17th blog

Today was the last day we get in class to work on  our presentation

Steven, David and I are almost done, there are just some simple things to tweak and change

For the most part we are finally done

Pop quiz day!

Today we had a pop quiz on the things we have learned about Greece so far. I got a proud 100%.

We also discussed the upcoming group projects, and the policies included with grading and participation.

I get to write about Homer with Steven and David









And as always... who could go for some pinto beans?
( i searched "rori happy" and some banner that said "rori bean" showed up and i was laughing at how convenient that was )

Aristotle Blog

A statue of philosipher Aristotle (Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Aristotle_Altemps_Inv8575.jpg)

Aristotle was born around 384 BCE and died in 322 BCE in Stagira, Greece.
Other than philosophizing, Aristotle was a teacher. He taught the likes of a young Alexander the Great. Aristotle also started his own school in 335 B.C.E called the Lyceum. After this, Aristotle spent his life as a writer, a researcher and a teacher in Athens. Aristotle's main mission was philosophy. His main goal to create a process in which man can learn, "every conceivable thing about reality" Aristotle also wrote about how man can learn from deduction and inference. A deduction, according to Aristotle, is an argument which, "when certain things are laid down, something else follows out of necessity in virtue of their being so". Aristotles early theory of deduction is now known as syllogism. His philosophy also touched on ethnics. In one of his writings he describes a "code of conduct" for one to live. He called this code "good living".
Aristotle is believed to have written around 200 books, most being written at his time in the Lyceum. However, only 31 of those 200 writings are still around today. Aristotles major writings include the following

Logic

• On Interpretation
• Prior Analytic
• Posterior analytic

Matter

• Metaphysics

The "good living" conduct books

• Nicomachean Ethnics
• Eudemian Ethnics

Arts

• Rhetoric
• On the Heavens
• On the Soul

Aristotle's life is still very important today. His philosophy paved the way for more than seven centuries of philosophers. Aristotle's works influenced writers through the Renaissance. 

Source: http://www.biography.com/people/aristotle-9188415

Cyber day March 5th assignment. Architecture

The 3 subjects of Greek architecture i chose to write about today are

• The theater of Delphi
• The stadium
• The Parthenon

PICTURES

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http://www.ancient.eu/Greek_Architecture/ . The stadium

http://www.ancient.eu/Greek_Architecture/ . The theater of Delphi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon . The Parthenon

INFORMATION

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The Theater of Delphi- The Theater of Delphi was made in Delphi, Greece around the 6th century BCE. The Greeks most likely built this type of structure in order to see plays. It is suspected that it would have been used in festivals and holidays. The Theater of Delphi is open-air, and had seating built in a semi-circle of rows. This specific arrangement would have been very useful for the acoustics of the theater. The stage was also built in a semi-circle. Monumental arches, or paradoi marked the entrances. The Theater of Delphi was built with Parnassus limestone, and has been remodeled several times since it's original construction.

The Stadium at Nemea- The Stadium at Nemea was built in Nemea around 330 B.C. Built in a Hellenistic style, the southern part of the stadium was made by carving into hills. The stadium was used for watching races of 180 meters, and was abandoned in 271 B.C. The stadium was mostly constructed naturally, with stone or marble seating and steps later in its use. 

The Parthenon- The Parthenon was built in a span of nine years (447-438 B.C). It was built on the summit of Athens. Icitinos was the architect selected to build this structure, and he used elements from Doric and Ionic tradition to create the building. The structure of the building is the baseness of Doric architecture, but he used Ionic tradition for the columns. The Parthenon was built of ivory and gold. It was built as a dedication to the Greek Gods Athena and Parthenos. 

Sources: http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=cix 

http://ancientgreece.com/s/Parthenon/

http://ancient-greece.org/architecture/delphi-theater.html

http://nemeacenter.berkeley.edu/projects/stadium

http://www.ancient.eu/Greek_Architecture/

March 4th blog

Today in class we discussed snow,
 cyber days,
dead people,
more snow,
 shoveling,
more snow,
Obama,
nuclear deals,
 Kanye west,
god,
Jayla being late,
Adam's snow blower running out of gas,
pinto beans
 and basically anything BUT western civ

In my opinion, Rori should have a separate assignment tomorrow



on pinto beans

Beginning of Greece Unit- Cool story in this one

Notes

• All great civilizations were centered around great rivers

1. Mesopotamia- Tigris and Euphrates rivers
2. Egypt- Nile River
3. India- Indus river
4. China- Huang He river

• Mediterranean translates to "Middle of the Earth". It is named this because the surrounding civilizations knew it was in the middle of everything, so they named it for it's location according to them
• Adriatic sea is to the West of Greece
• Aegean Sea is to the East of Greece
• The island of Crete is South of Greece
• Athens was the most important city state
• Greece is very mountainous
• Greece is a peninsula, adding to the trend back then of being awesome and being near water
• Greek culture was copied by the Romans in many ways
• City states often battles

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,

WHAT I IMAGINED WHEN YOU WERE EXPLAINING HOMER

Homer when he won the war- 

On his way home- 

Cyclops, a bunch of these guys locking Homer up - 

Homer's son watching his mom- 

of your journey into my mind