Athens County

Hey students! Welcome to the Funky Museum of Ancient Greek Culture, we’re going to learn about ancient Greek Olympics, theatre, and architecture. You might be wonder where Greece is and why is it important? Greece is North of the Mediterranean sea, West of the Aegean Sea, East of the Ionian Sea, and South of Macedonia. Ancient Greece is so important to our modern world, because we replicated their culture, specifically their olympics,theatre,and architecture. Their culture is still honored and used

resemble the tradition of the Games. The Opening Ceremonies, new records, costs, and the legacy creates differences between the Atlanta Olympics and the Athens Olympics. The Olympic Games set in Atlanta, Georgia took place on July 19th to August 4th in 1996. The bid for the 1996 Olympic host city ended up being between Atlanta, Georgia and Athens, Greece. However, Atlanta would win the bid to host. Atlanta chose the slogan “Come Capture Our Dream” to represent the Games. 10,320 athletes from 197

We as humans tend to use large amounts of water on a day-to-day basis in order to satisfy our needs that require the use of the scarce resource. For instance, we use water to clean the dishes, do the laundry, take a bath or shower, water the lawn, and most importantly, to drink. However, it isn’t easy to acquire large amounts of water for a large city such as San Antonio, especially when you are located in an area where you are considered a “drought city”. It is essential that we, not only our city

Socrates, the magnificent philosopher of the old Athens, was known by his wisdom. He was led to court because of some accusations that became serious charges and led Socrates to death at the age of seventy. In this essay, the argument between Socrates and Meletus will be examined based on the accusations of corrupting the youths, believing in other gods instead of gods of Athens and making the weaker argument appear stronger and their refutations that show Socrates was actually accused of being

Athens and Sparta were two supper “Poleis” in ancient Greece. The two states operated in different ways in terms of their governance, political life, economy, education and social life. Athens operated a democratic system of government, while it neighbor the Sparta operated a military system of government. The right to participate in public life was therefore different in both states. The state of Athens became a democracy in about 500 BCE. The composition of Athens population include the following

that principle four connects mainly to the situation that has been presented between the arguing countries. Principle four states that the awareness of morality in political action does not out way the nations' own survival. This meaning that Athens would not hesitate to march into Melos if they did not comply with demands in order to secure more power and thus capabilities. The fifth principle is also relevant to the situation stated previously in this critique, but would not be titled

During the Polynesian War, Mytilene attempted an unsuccessful revolt against Athens. Initially, it is decided that the males of Mytilene were to be put to death while the women and children were to be enslaved. However, the following day another debate was held to determine whether death was too harsh of a punishment. In their attempt to persuade their audience of fellow Athenians to spare the rebels of Mytilene or follow through with the first course of action, Speaker 3, who argues in favor of

In 1896, the Olympic Games were officially reborn into the modern era thanks to a Frenchman named Baron Pierre de Coubertin (Lewis, 1992). In 1904, the Games of the III Olympiad arrived in the United States, marking itself as the first Olympics to be held in said country as well as the first hosted outside of Europe. Often forgotten, this specific Olympics also signifies the beginning of the horrible luck Chicago, Illinois, has had regarding the hosting rights. With four losses under its belt and

Geography has a huge role in Ancient Greece, it shaped on how the culture of the Ancient Greeks was and the government. The climate of Greece was filled with mild winters and hot summers so most of the year people wore lightwear clothing because it wasn’t necessary to have heavy clothing. Greece was filled with a lot of mountains and hills, around 80% to be exact. Mountains have made it easier to divide the Greek City-States. They were also really helpful because they served as boundaries and natural

In legendary history and in Christine De Pizan’s “Book of the City of Ladies” Athena is described as an inspiring, innovative, and powerful woman in ancient Greece. There are, however, many differences in the way she is portrayed and the stories that she is tied with. Along with differences there are many similarities of the versions of her, which include her intelligence, her ingenious thinking, and her skill in warfare. In Greek mythology Athena’s historical background or mythical past states