Religion
What are two things that would happen at the The Panathenaic Festival (Athena)?
Held in June/July every year, large religious procession where they would drape Athena's new robe over the statue, sacrifices & feasting, competitions in athletics, poetry, music and recitation, special jars given out as prizes.
How are lives of girls and boys different in Ancient Athens?
boys - educated by their father or a pedagogue, trained in the fathers trade, expected to serve in the military before becoming a citizen.
Girls - educated y their mother, sometimes taught to read and write but mostly taught domestic/household duties. expected to marry at young age and then obey their husbands and run their own household.
What was the ONLY responsibility of a slave?
Obey their masters.
What does the word democracy mean?
Power of the people
Besides Athens, name 2 other cities in Ancient Greece.
Sparta, Knossos, Troy, Olympia, Delphi
What are two things that would happen during the The City Dionysia (Dionysus festival)?
Held every year in March, both men and women could attend, different activities like religious processions, sacrifices at his temple and a drama competition at this theatre where prizes were given.
What are three responsibilities of the Kyrios?
Family worship of the gods, organising and participating in the festivals of his clan, taking an interest in local affairs such as helping those in times of need, arranging the marriages and providing the dowries for his daughters, managing and disciplining his wife, children, and slaves, educating his son, supporting the family financially and overseeing business, new born baby is accepted or exposed, collecting the shopping.
What were the requirements in order to be a citizen?
Male; registered with a tribe at 18; both parents are Athenian, freeborn and legally married; father had to recognize you; 2 years in the army.
What is an oligarchy? and give an example of a city who had this type of government.
The power of making decisions is in the hands of few wealthy citizens and they make decisions without consulting the rest of the people. Sparta
In what century are we MOSTLY referring to when we discuss Ancient Athens?
5th Century BC
Name 6 of the Gods/Goddesses in the Greek Pantheon (14) and what they were the God/Goddess of...
Zeus - King of the Gods, thunder
Hera - Queen of the Gods, motherhood/childbirth
Hestia - Hearth
Demeter - Harvest
Hades - Underworld/death
Poseidon - water/sea
Apollo - sun, music, medicine, disease
Artemis - the hunt/moon
Ares - war/fighting
Athena - war/strategy/wisdom
Aphrodite - love/beauty
Hephaestus - the forge
Hermes - messenger of the Gods
Dionysus - wine/theatre
Describe two similarities and two differences between an Ancient Athenian home and a Modern Scotland home.
Similarities: Large door for protection, open outdoor spaces – courtyard or garden, kitchens
Differences: Plastered mud Brick - Scotland = concrete, Spaces for men and women only - Scotland = shared spaces regardless of gender, no toilets/outdoor toilets - Scotland = indoor plumbing
How could a metic gain citizenship?
Only if he performed outstanding service to the city.
Give 2 similarities and 2 difference between democracy in Ancient Athens and in modern Scotland.
Similarities: voting on key issues, same basic principal of power to the people.
Differences: Direct vs indirect, electing officials to represent you, slaves
Give 1 similarity and 1 difference between the Geography of Ancient Greece and Modern Scotland.
Similarities: Both are very mountainous, have many miles of coastline and many islands.
Differences: Scotland has cool summers whereas Greece has hot summers. Greece is protected by an enclosed sea (the Med) meaning less severe storms, whereas Scotland is exposed by the North Sea = more severe storms.
What are 3 ways, people in Ancient Greece worshipped the Gods?
Temples, Sacrifices, Festivals, Sports
Describe the role of women in Ancient Athens.
expected to stay inside the home, run the house, weaving, could participate in religion as a priestess. expected to have children and obey their husbands.
Name two responsibilities of Metics.
fight for Athens if attacked, pay taxes, fund theatre performances, pay for ships in times of war.
What is ostracism and how does it work?
used the practice of ostracism to remove any potential threat to the system of equal sharing of power. Citizens would vote (needed min 6000 votes), name scratched on ostracons, exile for 10 years (not a citizen), can keep property
Of the following 4 places around Attica, choose 2 and tell how they helped to provide for Athens' wealth.
Laurium, Piraeus, Mount Pentelicon, Mount Hymettus.
•Laurium – Athens’ silver mines.
•Piraeus – the harbour and port of Athens. (fishing)
•Mount Pentelicon – beautiful marble; used to build temples.
•Mount Hymettus – honey (the only sweetener available was honey).
Choose either the Dionysus and Pentheus Myth OR the Athena and Arachne Myth to describe (should have 5 points about the story).
(teacher's judgement)
Describe the different jobs men (citizens), women, metics and slaves performed in Ancient Athens.
(teacher judgement)
Who was the man who is known as the founder of democracy in Athens? He helped to set up the rights of citizens by giving up his own power.
Pericles
Explain the process of an Athenian Law Court.
(teacher's judgment)
Phylae & Demes