What's the Parthenon?Majestic. Beautiful. Magnificent. Would you use these words to describe a building crumbling apart? Over the centuries, many people have used just these words to describe the Ancient Greek structure known as the Parthenon. The Parthenon was built in the city of Athens, Greece around 450 B.C. It's located high up on a rocky elevation and is surrounded by other ancient structures. This rocky outcrop of temples is known as the Acropolis of Athens and is of great historic significance.

Why Was the Parthenon Built?The Parthenon was built as a temple for Athena. Athena was the goddess of wisdom and strategy, and people believed that she had vowed to protect the city of Athens (which was later named in her honor). The people of Athens built the temple so that they could worship and thank the goddess for her protection. Inside the temple was a huge statue of Athena covered in gold. Unfortunately, the huge statue was removed by the Romans and either lost or destroyed.A little-known fact about the temple is that, before the Parthenon, there was a different temple for Athena built on the Acropolis. This temple was destroyed by the Persians, an old enemy of the Athenians. And so, the people of Athens erected the Parthenon to be even grander and more beautiful to reflect the strength and majesty of Athena

Aristotle QuotesWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

Plato quotes

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Your silence gives consent.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Socrates quotesAn unexamined life is not worth living.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

By all means marry: if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

ThucydidesThucydides was an Athenian general and historian, most notable for his work known as the History of the Peloponnesian War . Whilst Herodotus, a near-contemporary of his, is often hailed as the Father of History , Thucydides himself has been dubbed the Father of Scientific History . This is due to the methods that Thucydides employed whilst writing his History of the Peloponnesian War .

For instance, Thucydides had strict standards, which included the testimony of eyewitnesses and his own experiences as a general during the war, when it came to gathering evidence. Additionally, Thucydides wrote on events that were contemporary to his life, and he thought that an accurate inquiry into past events is impossible.In his introduction, Thucydides wrote this:“Accurate research into earlier or yet more ancient history was impossible given the great gap of time,”

Herodotus: He is often referred to as "The Father of History", a title first conferred by Cicero;[1] he was the first historian known to have

broken from Homeric tradition to treat historical subjects as a method of investigation—specifically, by collecting his materials systematically and critically, and then arranging them into a historiographic narrative.[2]

The Histories is the only work which he is known to have produced, a record of his "inquiry" (ἱστορία historía) on the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars; it primarily deals with the lives of Croesus, Cyrus, Cambyses, Smerdis, Darius, and Xerxes and the battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, Artemisium, Salamis, Plataea, and Mycale; however, its many cultural, ethnographical, geographical, historiographical, and other degressions form a defining and essential part of the Histories and contain a wealth of information. Some of his stories are fanciful and others inaccurate; yet he states that he is reporting only what he was told; a sizable portion of the information he provided was later confirmed by historians and archaeologists.It is on account of the many strange stories and the folk-tales he reported that his critics in early modern times branded him "The Father of Lies".[16][17] Even his own contemporaries found reason to scoff at his achievement. In fact, one modern scholar[18] has wondered if Herodotus left his home in Greek Anatolia, migrating westwards to Athens and beyond, because his own countrymen had ridiculed his work, a circumstance possibly hinted at in an epitaph said to have been dedicated to Herodotus at one of his three supposed resting places, Thuria:Herodotus the son of Sphynxlies; in Ionic history without peer;a Dorian born, who fled from slander's brandand made in Thuria his new native land.

Hippocratic OathAt the time of being admitted a member of the medical profession:I solemnly pledge myself to consecrate my life to the service of humanity.I will give my teachers the respect and gratitude which is their due.I will practice my profession with conscience and dignity.The health of my patient will be my first consideration.I will respect the secrets which are confided in me, even after the patient has died.I will maintain by all means in my power, the honor and the noble traditions of the medical profession.My colleagues will be my brothers.I will not permit considerations of religion, nationality, race, party

politics, or social standing to intervene between my duty and my patient.I will maintain the utmost respect for human life from the time of conception; even under threat I will not use my medical knowledge contrary to the laws of humanity.I make these promises solemnly, freely, and upon my honor.

The word democracy (dēmokratia) derives from dēmos, which refers to the entire citizen body, and kratos, meaning rule. Any male citizen could, then, participate in the main democratic body of Athens, the assembly (ekklēsia). In the 4th and 5th centuries BCE the male citizen population of Athens ranged from 30,000 to 60,000 depending on the period. The assembly met at least once a month, more likely two or three times, on the Pnyx hill in a dedicated space which could accommodate around 6000 citizens. Any citizen could speak to the assembly and vote on decisions by simply holding up their hands. The majority won the day and the decision was final. Nine presidents (proedroi), elected by lot and holding the office one time only, organised the proceedings and assessed the voting. Only male citizens who were 18 years or over could speak (at least in theory) and vote in the assembly, whilst the

positions such as magistrates and jurors were limited to those over 30 years of age. Therefore, women, slaves, and resident foreigners (metoikoi) were excluded from the political process.The mass involvement of all male citizens and the expectation that they should participate actively in the running of the polis is clear in this quote from Thucydides: "We alone consider a citizen who does not partake in politics not only one who minds his own business but useless".

The Ancient Greeks took their entertainment very seriously and used drama as a way of investigating the world they lived in, and what it meant to be human.The three genres of drama were comedy, satyr plays, and most important of all, tragedy.Comedy: The first comedies were mainly satirical and mocked men in power for their vanity and foolishness. The first master of comedy was the playwright Aristophanes. Much later Menander wrote comedies about ordinary people and made his plays more like sit-coms.Tragedy: Tragedy dealt with the big themes of love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods. Typically the main protagonist of a tragedy commits some terrible crime without realizing how foolish and arrogant he has been. Then, as he slowly realizes his error, the world crumbles around him. The three great playwrights of tragedy were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.Aristotle argued that tragedy cleansed the heart through pity and terror, purging us of our petty concerns and worries by making us aware that there can be nobility in suffering. He called this experience 'catharsis'.Satyr Plays: These short plays were performed between the acts of tragedies and made fun of the plight of the tragedy's characters. The satyrs were mythical half-human, half-goat figures and actors in these plays wore large phalluses for comic effect. Few examples of these plays survive. They are classified by some authors as tragicomic, or comedy dramas.