Notes on Athens:

• The city was based entirely around the acropolis
• Acropolis - acrop= high polis=city
• Xerxes - son of king or persia
• A quarter of population of Greece lives in Athens.
• At the base of acropolis is the grove of Dionysus
• Leads into theatre of Dionysus, in back of grove
• Play wrights were forced to write an a trilogy and a comedy
• Trigordeous (tragedies) and comedios (comedies)= subjects of plays, human interest
• At the top of the acropolis, sat the Temple of Athena Nike
• Built after Persian war, built because Athena was goddess of Athens and they beat the Persians
• Most important temple on the acropolis was the Parthenon
• Began being built in 480
• Was built with funds that Athenians got as a result of Persian War
• Dedicated to virgin Athena
• Pericles, prominent and influential general
• Wanted to get all city-states in Greece as one
• What to do with war funds that came in from the Persians; wanted to build a Navy
• Opens up the arts; sets up new building on acropolis
• You had to fight for your city. There was no other option.
• Athens defeat Sparta in 480 B.C. 10 miles from port to city
• Built long walls all the way from harbor to city
• Athenians are trapped in their own walls, the plague breaks out, and Pericles dies
• vandalism was seen across the city of Athens
• Alcibiades' enemies convinced everyone that it was his fault
• He gets on a boat and goes to Sparta

MAJOR GREEK HISTORIANS:

• Herodotus - wrote the 1st half of Greek History. He wrote about the Persian Wars.
• Thucydides - wrote the 2nd half of Greek History. Peloponnese Wars.
• Xenophon - wrote about the times of Socrates.
• Aristotle - known for this work of philosophy and history. Wrote one of the first encyclopedia.
• Plutarch - known for his biographies
• Pausanias - wrote the first travel guide!

• Bosphorus - the Istanbul Straight. located in Northern Turkey.
• Thessalonkia - ANCIENT MACEDONIA. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Greece)
• Greeks rebuilt the Acropolis. They wanted to be in charge, they built a treasury to gain money to rebuild the acropolis. One wall was rebuilt from broken pieces from the sack of athens. IT WAS A HISTORICAL REMEMBRANCE.
• GROVE OF DIONYSUS. (see prezi on dionysus) ART AND WINE. Theater.
• theater and religion and history have very strong links.
• sack of Corinth - 146 BC Roman Theater was put into the acropolis when Roman occupied Athens. NIKE MEANS VICTORY.
• PARTHENOS means virgin. Athena Temple was the most scared temple in greece. Funds that built this Parthenon were from the Athenian League.