Ancient Greek Democracy
These are the only people who are given the right to vote and participate in Athenian democracy.
Who are male citizens?
Who tells Oedipus that he´s a murderer and had incest?
Who is Tiresias?
The half-human half-lion creature who killed anybody who could not answer her riddles
Sphinx
What was the narrator (Marjane) forced to wear during the revolution
A veil
This virginal goddess was the patron of the hunt and the twin sister of Apollo.
Who is ARTEMIS?
In Athens, this type of democracy is unique because the majority ruled, and all citizens had the right to vote on laws.
What is Direct Democracy?
Oedipus accuses Tiresias and this person of trying to set him up.
Who is Creon?
Three-headed dog, guardian of the underworld
Cerberus
Why did Marjane feel ashamed to be in her dad’s Cadillac
She felt a difference between the social classes, which she felt was wrong
The Goddess of wisdom, poetry, art, and war strategy, who is also the daughter of Zeus, was born from his forehead fully grown, wearing battle Armour.
Who is ATHENA?
A general assembly meeting that was held frequently for anyone to join. Whoever went had the right to address their fellow citizens, propose a law, or bring a public lawsuit.
What was the Ecclesia?
A messenger from Corinth comes to tell Oedipus that this has happened.
What is his father has died?
The part bull part human protector of the Cretan Labyrinth
The Minotaur
Who is the fundamentalist group who approached Marjane, for wearing more westernized, and materialistic clothing?
The guardians of the Revolution
Goddess of goddesses, women, and marriage. Married to Zeus and known as Queen of the Gods.
who is HERA
He was killed for speaking out against direct democracy in Athens.
Who was Scoraties?
The names of three of the seven plays Sophocles wrote that still exist.
What is Oedipus the King, Antigone, and Ajax ?
Guardian of the Delphic oracle, slain by Apollo
Python
What is the difference between the modern-day woman and the fundamentalist woman?
The modern-day woman showed strands of her hair and wore less traditional clothing, whereas, the fundamentalist woman wore veils that covered their entire bodies.
The Spirit goddess of insanity, madness, crazed frenzy and the dead
Who is MANIA
Approximately 30,000 people could join this meeting held frequently.
How many people were eligible for the ecclesia?
Head of a woman, body of a lion. Gave the riddle that Oedipus solved.
Who is the sphinx?
Swallowed large quantities of water and expelled it to create ship-sinking whirlpools
Charybdis
Why was it shocking for Marjane and her family that the Iranian National Anthem was playing on the T.V
They hadn’t heard the national anthem in a while.
Goddess of the Moon sometimes referred to as Luna and the ‘mother’ of vampires.
who is SELENE?