Ancient+Greece

Power point 1. They contributed Democracy 2. They built Terrances to save the water in the soil in the mountains. 3.Other civilizations copied the Acient Greece 4. When they had more than they needed they built things that they did not need 5. Supreme power held by a single person 6. A small government that only a few people get to make all of the decisions.

** activity 2 ** - Olympia: * in the sancutary of Zeus they worsip Zeus, the king of the Gods *The Olyimpic games mean alot to them * Married women arnt allowed to take part in the games *Cynisa was the first women to win in the olympics *Women arent even allowe in the city during the games Sparta *They have 2 kings

-Sparta *the ﻿ spartan who was scared to fight was called "trembler" ﻿  .They also called trembler of the one side moustache he had to grow *Spartan girls didnt go to fight or go to school but they keep had to keep active so they could have healthy babies. *Spartans used iron for money so no one would steal it *partan soldiers trained everyday for the glory of Sparta

-Athens *They had 3 leaders call Archons <span style="color: #700080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 24px; overflow: hidden;">*Ahena was the protector of Athens <span style="color: #700080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 24px; overflow: hidden;">*Their military had to pay for their own weapons <span style="color: #700080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 24px; overflow: hidden;">*Democracy was started in Athens. <span style="color: #06caef; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: #008cff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Sappho

<span style="color: #008cff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;"><span style="color: #008cff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">* was an [|Ancient Greek] poet, born on the island of [|Lesbos]. one of the larger islands in the Aegean, near Lydia (now Turkey).

<span style="color: #008cff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">*her birth was sometime between 630BC and 612BC

<span style="color: #008cff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">*she died around 570 BC

*<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> poetry centers on passion and love for various personages and both genders.

<span style="color: #008cff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">* The word //[|lesbian]// derives from the name of the island of her birth, Lesbos

<span style="color: #008cff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">* her name is also the origin of the word //[|sapphic] (a four lined poetic form)//

<span style="color: #008cff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">//*// During the [|Victorian era], it became the fashion to describe Sappho as the headmistress of a girls' finishing school

<span style="color: #008cff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">*There are no references to teaching, students, academies, or tutors in any of Sappho's scant collection of surviving works.

<span style="color: #008cff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; overflow: hidden;">*The narrators of many of her poems speak of infatuations and love for various females, but descriptions of physical acts between women are few and subject to debate.

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