Friday, February 21, 2020

Western civ day 16

direct democracy- a form of government were citizens rule directly
classical art- art from long time ago
tragedy- a genre of plays in Ancient Greece
comedy- opposite of a tragedy
Peloponnesian war- a war between Sparta and Athens
philosophers- lovers of wisdom
socrates- a critic of sophists
plato- a student of socrates
Aristotle- a philosopher that questioned the world


  • Pericles was a wise statesmen 
    • he wanted to strengthen the athenian democracy
    • to hold and strengthen the empire
    • to glorify Athens
  • he increased the salary of politicians 
  • after Persian war Athens started Delian league
    • Athens took leadership and dominated all city-states in the league 
  • Pericles used money from league to strengthen navy 
  • he burrowed money to glorify Athens 
  • the parthenon was constructed
    • it was built to glorify Athena 
  • Greece invented drama as an art form
    • tragedy and comedy
    • Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides were famous play writers 
  • spart declared war in 431 B.C.E
  • sparta won in 404 B.C.E

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