1. Created By: Kerry Giordano Adapted from :Susan M. Pojer
GREECE:
Athens & Sparta
Created By: Kerry Giordano
Adapted from :Susan M. Pojer

2. "Hellenic"
(Classical)
Greece:
700 BCE BCE

3. ATHENS: Yesterday & Today

4. Early Athenian Lawgivers
Draco
“draconian” - harsh
Cleisthenes
created the first democracy 500 BCE
Council of 500 – rotate yearly = daily business

5. Athenian Economy Necessary for food Agora Market – find everything!
olive oil, honey, silver, pottery traded to Italy for wood
Agora Market – find everything!
Coins – gold, silver, bronze

6. Piraeus: Athens’ Port City

7. Cloth Market

8. Athenian Education Education = Good Citizen
Boys 6-12
Reading, math, writing,literature, PE, singing, lyre
18 – military training for boys
Girls – no reading/writing – home skills

9. Athenian Education

10. Athenian Women and Slaves
No- inheritance, vote, property or choose husband
Jobs: market seller, priestess, home
Slaves – born into/captured in war

11. Athenian Women & Slaves

12. Golden “Age of Pericles”: 460 BCE – 429 BCE

13. Phidias’ Acropolis

14. The Acropolis Today

15. The Parthenon

16. The Agora

17. SPARTA

18. Spartan Government Oligarchy Council of Elders
Rule by a few - inherited
Council of Elders
2 kings/28 men elected by Assembly (shouts)
Assembly – 60 yrs old of noble family

19. SPARTA
Helots  Messenians enslaved by the Spartans.

20. Spartan Economy Farm what you can, conquer what you can’t
Slaves (helots) – farm or (perioikoi) produce goods
No coins – iron bars to discourage thieves

21. Spartan Economy
Conquer whatever you don’t have!

22. Spartan Education Education = protection (infanticide)
Boys 7 – move to barracks for tng
Reading, math (less), military tng, wrestling, boxing, PE, footrace, gymnastic
Physical strength – march w/no shoes
20- tested on fitness, military ability, leadership = full citizen and soldier
30 – live w/wife and family but still in army

23. Spartan Education

24. Spartan Women and Slaves
Protect home – simple clothes, no jewelry, perfume, make-up
Rights: speak to men, own property, remarry if husband is gone too long
Helots – treated harshly b/c Spartans fear revolt – declare war often to control
Rights: choose spouse, sell extra, pass on name, buy freedom

25. Spartan Women & Slaves