1) What city-state is the speaker from? How do you know?

2) What kind of democracy is he describing?3) How accurate do you think “power is in the

hands…of the whole people” is? Why?

EQ: How has Greece’s Golden Age affected us today?

Athens Both U.S.• Citizens: male,

18, born of citizen parents

• Laws voted on and proposed directly by assembly of all citizens

• Leader chosen by lot

• Executive branch composed of a council of 500 men

• Juries varied in size

• No attorneys; no appeals; one-day trials

• Political power exercised by citizens

• Three branches of government

• Legislative branch passes laws

• Executive branch carries out laws

• Judicial branch conducts trials with paid jurors

*Strengthen Athenian democracy

* Increased # of paid officials (meaning ____)

*Direct democracy

*Hold and strengthen the empire

*200-ship navy

*Controlled waterways

*Glorify Athens

*Beautified Athens

*Paid artisans

*Sculpture: classical art- order, balance, proportion; perfectly formed figures

*Drama

*Tragedy: serious drama about common themes (like ____)

*Comedy: filled with slapstick situations and crude humor

*Sophists: group of philosophers who questioned people’s unexamined beliefs and ideas about justice and other traditional values

*Socrates: believed absolute standards did exist for truth and justice; encouraged people to go further and question themselves and their moral character

*Plato: his ideal society had 3 groups- farmers and artisans, warriors, and the ruling class; person with greatest insight and intellect from ruling class would be philosopher-king

*Aristotle: questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought, and knowledge; rules of logic

*Make a list of items and/or ideas you would feature among the most important contributions in this museum.

*Explain each choice.

*Describe the nature and history of each item.

*Ex. The Iliad and The Odyssey- These epics created a framework for the hero’s journey, a framework still heavily relied on today. The epics were created by Homer and were originally passed down through story-telling. They describe the Trojan War and subsequent adventures.