Tuesday, February 25, 2020

western civ day 17

Today we took notes on a few leaders of ancient Greece

  • 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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