Athens- notes

1. 1 quarter of population of Greece lives in Athens.
2. Ancient city of Athens was based on the acropolis
3. At the base of acropolis is the grove of Dionysus
• Leads into theatre of Dionysus, in back of grove
4. Play wrights were forced to write an a trilogy and a comedy
5. Trigordeous (tragedies) and comedios (comedies)= subjects of plays, human interest
6. At the top of the acropolis, sat the Temple of Athena Nike
• Built after Persian war, built because Athena was goddess of Athens and they beat the Persians
7. Most important temple on the acropolis was the Parthenon
• Began being built in 480
• Was built with funds that Athenians got as a result of Persian War
• Dedicated to virgin Athena
• Women of city wrapped statue of Athena in linens, and then played games (Panathenian games)
8. Pericles, prominent and influential general
• Wanted to get all city-states in Greece as one
• What to do with war funds that came in from the Persians; wanted to build a Navy
• Opens up the arts; sets up new building on acropolis
9. Age of drama and art
10. Period of first experiment with Democracy
11. If you were a citizen you must…
• Fight for your city with no choice
12. Athens defeat Sparta in 480 B.C.
13. Battle on plains of Attica
• Warfare
14. Neither side is defeating the others
15. Urban plan of the city of Athens
• 10 miles from port to city
• Built long walls all the way from harbor to city
• Used for defense because enemy can't get to you
• Athenians are trapped in their own walls, the plague breaks out, and Pericles dies
16. Athenians put money into Navy, therefore Athenians attacked Sicily and Sparta could never catch up to them
17. Night before ships were about to take out for attack
• Someone created vandalism across the city of Athens
• Alcibiades' enemies convinced everyone that he did it
18. Alcibiades goes on boat
19. Had a trial against him while he wasn’t here
20. Gets on a boat and goes to Sparta