THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN SPARTAN SOCIETY The women of ancient Sparta‚ those who were born to Spartan parents‚ had many roles. They were very important and essential for the stability and running of the ancient warrior society. The woman’s role in Spartan society was highly regarded by the state as equal in importance to that of a man’s‚ but they could not rule or hold public office. They were given the freedom‚ power‚ respect and status that was unheard of in the other polis‚ along with the rest
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up Macedonian claim over Amphipolis by withdrawing Perdiccas’ garrison from the city‚ to which Diodorus had claimed Philip ensured peace with Athens by doing this‚ Philip captures Amphipolis in 357BC‚ much to Athenian distaste; the Athenians furthered this unstable relationship upon seizing a Macedonian Herald‚ and publishing his dispatches; in 340 BC Athens had openly declared war on Philip‚ both accusing one another of breaking the Peace of Philocrates when Philip had captured Athenian merchant
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Timothy 20140221 Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae In the novel “Gates of Fire”‚ by Steven Pressfield‚ the author describes a battle between 300 Spartans and the Persian Army who threatens to invade and take Sparta. A Greek‚ who goes by the name Xeones‚ gives his story to a scribe who works for the Persian King Xerxes. One main theme that presents itself very well is the act of Patriotism. Something that one would learn from this novel is very similar to the basics of what
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S1 Topic 4 Life in Ancient Greece Explanatory Notes for Teachers Level: Topic: S1 Life in Ancient Greece Supporting Teaching Materials: worksheets Students’ Prior Knowledge Before this ELA unit‚ students should have learnt about features of ancient Greek civilization and gained some understanding of how ancient civilizations influence the development of modern civilization‚ through the medium of Chinese. In these lessons‚ they should also have learnt some English terms related
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The polis is like a modern day city or town‚ but unlike today only men were granted citizenship. I think the polis was so significant because of how harshness of the environment. Since they couldn’t sustain large population like Middle Eastern Civilizations‚ all the citizens of Greece had to work together; the polis gave them a reason to be proud‚ and they tried their best to make sure it succeeded. The hoplite or solider was a major part in the development of the polis. The different Greek city-states
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The Battle of Marathon happened in 490 BC and lead to the rise of the city of Athens and the fall of the Persian Empire. The cause of the battle was the The Ionian Revolt which happened in 499-493 BC‚ the story is that Histiaeus didn’t like his long exile beyond the Tigris and wanted to go back to Ionia. He sent a message to Aristagoras on the head of a slave to tell him to start a rebellion. The Ionians got help from the Athenians but they saw the revolt was going to fail so left after they had
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events and important advancements‚ which provided the basis for how we live today. Greece was not always one united country‚ Instead it was made up of Hundreds of city-states including as Athens‚ Corinth and Sparta. Each city-state was ruled by a single leader called a tyrant. During the fifth century BC‚ Athens became the first city-state to introduce democracy. Religion played a big part in everyday life in Ancient Greece. The Greeks worshipped many gods and goddesses. They believed that the
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ATHENS In Athens the popular viewpoint of the time was that the state and its government were set up to benefit the individual citizen. The training of boys‚ both physical and mental‚ should be for citizenship and for living‚ not just for warfare. Such education involved the cultivation of the mind even more than the body‚ and had as its goals the attainment of character‚ taste‚ and‚ above all‚ sophrosyne‚ or patience‚ moderation‚ and good behavior in word‚ thought‚ and daily actions. In Athens
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Acropolis in Athens. The Parthenon was built in the 5th century BC‚ and despite the enormous damage it has sustained over the centuries‚ it still communicates the ideals of order and harmony for which Greek architecture is known. In the Ionic order Erechtheum the temple from the middle classical period of Greek art and architecture‚ built on the Acropolis of Athens between 421 and 405BC. . Acropolis in Greek means "The Sacred Rock‚ the high city". All around the world the Acropolis of Athens is known
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QUESTIONS FOR HERODOTUS’ THE HISTORIES I. Who is Herodotus’s intended audience? Why was it written? A. His intended audience was the Greeks. B. It was written to tell the story of the Pelopensisan War C. Written to cover the conquests of Cyrus as he takes over much of the known world by ruling the Persian Empire. D. Herodotus was half Greek and half Persian E. He intended his work to undermine Hellenic ethnocentricity -- to open the Greek mind to to the rich diversity of the surrounding
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