Artsy Argos 1,200 BCE – 395 CE

Geography On a plain Eastern Peleponneses On two hills: Aspis and Larissa 80 m and 289 m high Climate was hot and dry in the summer, and cold

and wet in the winter

Location on the Pelopennesus peninsula

Stable food source Oranges Lemons Olives Wheat

Government Monarchy (under a king/queen/emperor’s rule) Strengths of a Monarchy: Efficiency, No

governmental breakouts within the monarchy Weaknesses of a Monarchy: no one to back up

decisions, only one call, no deliberation

Religion The goddess they worship is Hera They worshipped her in shrines and temples

Goddess Hera

Architecture Tombs Odeum (theatre) Sanctuary Walls/foundation of the Agora Thermae (roman baths) Fortresses Pottery Roman sculptures Mosaic floors Terra cotta figurines

Social Structure #1: Gods and Goddesses #2: the rich and wealthy #3: citizens #4: non-citizens #5: free slaves #6: slaves Women Upper class: stayed at home to manage the house or visited friends during the day. Lower class: if they weren’t slaves, they either watched the kids or cleaned the

house. Middle class: sometimes helped husbands work, but mostly stayed home to watch

the kids and clean the house. Men Lower class: were mostly slaves who obtained their freedom, and they did the jobs

that most people did not want to do. Upper class: were into government, war, literature, and philosophy. Middle class: most were foreign. They were merchants, contractors, manufacturers,

artists, craftsman, managers, and tradesman.

The Arts Panhellinic games (entertainment) Drama and musical performances held in the

Odeum Theatre Roman sculpture Polykleitos was sometimes considered the best

sculptor he was the pupil of the famous ageladas Geometrics poetry pottery

Writing • Spoke and wrote Greek • Tools used for writing: reed

pens/brushes, hammer and chisel

Reed brush

Technology/Legacy technology Terra Cotta figurines Armour Double grip shields Greek theatres Aqueducts and baths Pottery Mosaics invented coinage Legend Argos sent men to the Trojan war, which was in Argos. The place

was of celebration, and very dear to goddess Hera Inachus was the first king, and after the flood of Deukalion, he

supposedly led all of the people safely down from the mountains

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