Thursday, April 7, 2011

Greek Philosophers

Who was Aristotle?- Greek philosopher, taught at the academy, learned from Plato
Who was Plato?- A wealthy, wrestler and poet, Greek philosopher
    Who was Socrates?- Arguably the most powerful of thinkers, Greek philosophers
    GRADE: 98

    Parthenon

    What style were they made using?-Doric Style
    Who designed it?- Phidias
    What were they used for?- to worship
    GRADE: 96

    Alexander's Youth

    What did his mother tell him he was?- she told him that he was the son of a god
    Why was he called GREAT?- He conquered more land than anyone before him that’s why he was called great 
    Who was he a student of?- Aristotle
    GRADE: 93

    Greek Science & Math

    Who invented geometry?- Euclid
    Who came up with physical displacement?- Archimedes 
    Who calculated how far away the sun is from Earth?- Eratosthenes  
    GRADE: 96

    Wednesday, April 6, 2011

    Olympics

    Who could compete in the Olympics?- wealthy men who spoke Greek
    Where did they originate?- Olympia
    How long did they last?- used to last one day then went to five
    GRADE: 98

    Greek Art

    What was the Corinthian Order?- not popular, outlined with leaves, expensive
    What colors are the Greek pots made of?- red, yellow, black, white
    Who normally made the pottery?- the lower class of people
    GRADE: 94

    Monday, April 4, 2011

    Summary of my Project

    Today in class I presented my project on the Peloponnesian War. I told people about why it happened and what I think is the most important happening during the war, the plague. The war was against Sparta and Athens. The idiot who thought it would e a good idea to fight Sparta was Pericles. He was the leading personality in Athens. Pericles acted boldly and successfully as commander of the Athenian forces. The letter of the treaty of peace with Sparta, was signed in 446 B.C., six years before the war started. This treaty was supposed last for 30 years though. In 431 B.C.. The war started right as Athens was at its peak politically and economically and people knew that a war with Sparta would take it all away. The Peloponnesian War lasted 27 years. Athens signs a treaty (Peace of Nicias), setting things back to how they were before the war. Under the advice of Alcibiades (an Athenian statesman), Sparta invades Attica. Athens, which had started the war with the advantage in naval battle, loses this advantage to the Corinthians and Syracusans. Sparta then used Persian gold from Cyrus to build her fleet and destroys the Athenian fleet at the Battle of Aegosotami. Athens surrendered in 404 B.C.. Athens loses its democratic government. The Plague of Athens was a devastating epidemic which hit the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece during the second year of the Peloponnesian War (430 B.C.), when an Athenian victory still seemed within reach. The epidemic broke out in the overcrowded city. The sight of the burning funeral fires of Athens caused the Spartan army to withdraw for fear of the disease. It killed many of Athens's infantry, some expert naval men and their leader Pericles, who died during one of the secondary outbreaks in 429 B.C.. Some people believe that the plague was a critical factor in the loss of the war for Athens.