Notes 2/22/10 west civ proj

• 480 B.C is the beginning of the Classical age.
• 1/4 of the total popultation of Greece live in Athens in moder times
• at the base of acripolise is the sacred grove of Dionicis which leads into the theater
• every year playwrites must submit 4 plays to be preformed in the theater of Dionicis
• theater and religion were conected for the start in Athens
• nike is the greek word for victory
• temple of athena nike is the fist monumnet in the acropolis
• parthonon is a doric temple built in 480 B.C.
• parthonon was built with funds from the persian war
• pericles was a famous general that descided greece should build a navy with the war funds, also build up athens as the protector city and created the athenian league, and he also set up new building plan on the acropolis
• inside the parthanon was a freeze of a festival (panathania festival - celebration for all of Athens)
• classical age gives us pholosiphy, the arts, music, painting, and sculpture
• democricy was expiremented with (all free male citizens must take part)
• males were required to fight for you city
• persians lead by Xerxes