Festival of Athens!
Commemorating 100 Years Since Its Founding
Pericles, The Man Who Started It All
His innovation didn't stop there. Pericles's intense love and admiration for the city of Athens prompted him to give even more back to his community through his architectural works. He borrowed more money from the Delian League's Treasury to hire Phidias the Architect to construct the Parthenon, Athens's most iconic work of architecture. Without Pericles, Athens wouldn't have become the center of Greek culture that it is now. His dedication to his people and his work have permanently cemented his spot in history as the man who built Athens.
Phidias the Sculptor and Greek Architecture
Phidias's wonderful work inspired the essence of Greek sculpture: the fluidity of human motion, balance, order and proportion. In addition to his work with sculpting, Phidias used Doric columns, one of three kinds of Greek columns that soon became staples of Greek regional architecture. Phidias's work helped establish Athens's place at the top of Greek culture and architecture, and he will be forever remembered for his work.
Aristotle The Great Mind
One of his ideas is the syllogism. These are two true statements with a logical deduction derived from the first pair. This simple method of thinking developed a rigid thought process that dictated the direction of scientific thinking until the 1800's. Aristotle is perhaps the most influential product of the Athenian golden age next to democracy.
Greek Dramas: How We Tell our Stories
The most famous playwrights: Sophocles and Aeschylus are the most prolific authors of our time. Sophocles's tragedies like Oedipus represent cautionary tales that serve as constant reminders to all of us that we cannot run from our fates. Aeschylus chronicled the legendary triumphs of the epic heroes of the Trojan War. Greek dramas and tragedies are a staple of our society, the cornerstones of leisurely spent free time among our peers and the permanent literary stamp that Athens has left on the world.
Why Athens is, and will always be, BETTER than Sparta
Sparta represents the wrong counterpart to freedom of will and logic. Where there is no reason, there is no life. The gods created this wonderful world we live in to have order and peace, not waste the potential of our youth in the anticipation of a fight. This is ultimately why the Athenian people have been able to make the mark on the world that we have today. We encapsulate the good and the just. We abhor the violent and the close minded. Because of this, we have grow as a people and advanced our people.
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