Today In Class We...

Today In class today we watched the rest of the presentations. Here are the notes that I took while watching them:

Places of Ancient Greece
- Acropolis- means upper city
○ 200ft above the rest of the city
○ Known for its statues
- Agora
○ One of the more important parts of ancient city of Athens
○ Like a marketplace
○ Like a mall
- Propylene
○ Is a gateway that serves as a entrance to the Acropolis
- The Temple of Athena Nike
○ Means victory
- Delphi
○ Considered a place where heaven and earth met
○ Center of warship of Apollo
○ Oracle of Delphi- a spiritual experience when Apollo is asked for advice
○ Tholas- the most recognized building on the site because of the color of the marble and the fact that it is a round temple.
○ Famous for many athletic statues
- Sparta
○ Sanctuary of Atremis Orthia
○ One of the most religious parts of Sparta
○ Had a theatre
- Olympia
○ The Temple of Zeus
○ Built by Libon
○ Olympics were held there on the first Olympics
○ Inside the temples is one of the seven wonders of the world.
○ The Philippeion
○ It contains statues of Philips family
○ Only statue dedicated to a human
○ Temple of Hera
○ The wife of Zeus


Greek Mythology
- Hera
○ Queen of the Olympians
○ She hated Hercules
○ The oldest temples were consecrated to her
- Zeus
○ He was the god of the slide
○ He was the fathers of Hercules and Perseus
○ His father was Cronus
○ He was the youngest sons of the titans
○ He had had affairs with eight goddesses other than his wife
○ Also with many mortals and nymphs
○ Weapon was a thunderbolt
- Greek Heroes
○ Consisted of myths and legends
- Hercules
○ Was known as a hero as an infant
○ He had 12 labors before his death all challenging
- Theseus
○ Second most known hero
○ Mainly because of his ancestors
○ Known to be hero at sixteen
○ He defeated many beasts and humans
- The Griffin
○ Body on a lion and head of an eagle
○ Lion was considered the king of the beasts
○ Eagle was the king of the birds