Today was the last day for the presentations on Ancient Greece. Veronica and Adam gave their presentation on Gods&Goddesses and their role in Mythology. The notes for that presentation are:
-Polythestic- belief in many gods
-Greek Gods resembled human
-Major Greek Gods are:
Zeus- god of the sky
Poseidon-God of the sea
Athena- goddess of wisdom/reason
Aphrodite- goddess of love & beauty
Hera- goddess of marriage & queen of olympus
Demeter- goddess of agriculture
Apollo- god of sun & prophecy
Artemis- goddess of hunt & forest
Ares- god of war
Hermes- god of messages
Hephaestus- god of fire and metal working
Hestia- goddess of hearth
Dionysus- god of wine(patron of arts)
Hades- god of wealth & underworld.
After they presented Dylan, Jeremiah, and Parker presented on the governments in Ancient Greece. These are my notes:
- Aristocracy form of government which power is a small ruling class
-Children inherit it
-Tyranny- one ruler (did as he pleased)
-People demanded a change
-Many tyrants ruled for short periods of time
-Not necessarily bad rulers, they just cared about themselves
-Democracy- first branch- ekklesia- similar to executive branch ekklesia was the first democratic constitution
-Boule-people were chosen by lots not by elections
-End of democracy 460 A.D.
After we finished the presentations were started taking notes on Mr. Schick's powerpoint
Philsopherlapalooza- Socrates
-Looked to science and logic for explanation of how the world worked
-The socratic method fostered critical thinking
-Socrates was charged with crimes-disrespecting the gods & corrupting the youth the athens
-He described himself as a stinging gadfly, and Athens as a lazy old horse
-sentences to death by poison hemlock
Plato
-student and follower of socrates
- republic one of the most influential books ever written
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