Created By: Kerry GiordanoCreated By: Kerry Giordano

Adapted from :Adapted from :Susan M. PojerSusan M. Pojer

ATHENS: Yesterday & Today

ATHENS: Yesterday & Today

Early Athenian Lawgivers

Early Athenian Lawgivers$ Draco

“draconian” - harsh

$ Cleisthenes created the first

democracy 500 BCE

Council of 500 – rotate yearly = daily business

Athenian EconomyAthenian Economy$ Necessary for food

olive oil, honey, silver, pottery traded to Italy for wood

$ Agora Market – find everything!

$ Coins – gold, silver, bronze

Piraeus: Athens’ Port City

Piraeus: Athens’ Port City

Cloth MarketCloth Market

Athenian EducationAthenian 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

Athenian EducationAthenian Education

Athenian Women and Slaves

Athenian Women and Slaves

$ No- inheritance, vote, property or choose husband

$ Jobs: market seller, priestess, home

$ Slaves – born into/captured in war

Athenian Women & Slaves

Athenian Women & Slaves

Golden “Age of Pericles”:

460 BCE – 429 BCE

Golden “Age of Pericles”:

460 BCE – 429 BCE

Phidias’ AcropolisPhidias’ Acropolis

The Acropolis TodayThe Acropolis Today

The ParthenonThe Parthenon

The AgoraThe Agora

SPARTASPARTA

Spartan Government

Spartan Government$ Oligarchy

Rule by a few - inherited

$ Council of Elders 2 kings/28 men elected by

Assembly (shouts)

Assembly – 60 yrs old of noble family

SPARTASPARTA

Helots Messenians enslaved by the Spartans.

Spartan EconomySpartan Economy$ Farm what you can,

conquer what you can’t

$ Slaves (helots) – farm or (perioikoi) produce goods

$ No coins – iron bars to discourage thieves

Spartan EconomySpartan Economy

Conquer whatever you don’t have!

Spartan EducationSpartan

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

Spartan EducationSpartan Education

Spartan Women and Slaves

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

Spartan Women & Slaves

Spartan Women & Slaves