Athens
by Cole Thompson
government
- democracy - All males had equal rights and could serve in the institutions that governed them.
- males who finished military training had the right to vote.
- women had limited rights, they had restricted movement in public.
important places
Athens map
Used in finding Athens,Greece.
the parthenon
Holds the Athena parthenos.
the acropolis
Athens is called the high city since it is on a Acropolis.
culture
- Schooling - boys, until age 14 were home schooled, girls, taught by mother.
- Food - fond for great taste in food and wine
- Religion - worship every Greek god\desses
- Daily life - when people have a child born they pin the front door with an item or if the family didn't want their child they were thrown on the street
battles
- The battle of Salamis - the Greeks had won the battle all cause they got a good night's sleep. And the Persians lost cause they didn't sleep.
- The battle started when Athenians fled to Salamis after the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
- Battled in the Strait of Salamis.
- the Greek ships were faster,thinner,easier to steer.
interesting facts
- The Athena parthenos was built by Phidias
- It was made to symbol Athena as the goddess of the Athens
- Athens motto, A sound mind in a sound body
the goddess Athena
- goddess of wisdom and knowledge
- born from Zeus head
- parton goddess of Athens
Athena's scared bird
Athena's shield
A bronze shield with the gorgon's Medusa head