April 3, 2019 Class

Today, we had to read pages 134 through 139 (section 3) and take notes. But I could not finish taking notes. Moreover, we had to answer questions 1, 3, 4, and 5. And I have not even read those. Honestly, I am just having a bad day. I just want it all to be over so I could go back to sleep. I am very lazy today and will NOT be posting my notes as I normally do and will instead go right into answering the questions.

Edit: Welp… I am too tired to do this right now. I am still sore from practice because I was basically forced to go today even though I am currently limping around. I will have the questions answered sometime this week.

Textbook pages:

My notes:
Democracy and Greece's Golden Age

• Pericles (495-429 BC; r. 461-429 BC) was an Athenian leader during the Golden Age who held onto popular support for 32 years.
• Came from a rich, noble family.
• His father led the Athenian assembly and fought the battle of Salamis (which was during the Persian Wars) 
• And his mother was Cleisthenes' niece.
• Skillful politician, inspiring speaker, and respected general.
• He was well-known for his political achievements as the leader of Athens.
• Age of Pericles.
• 1. Strengthened Athenian democracy.
• 2. Held and strengthened the empire.
• 3. Glorified Athens.
• Increased the number of public officials who were paid salaries.
• Before, most of the positions were unpaid, so only the wealthier Athenian citizens could afford to hold office.
• After, even the poorest of citizens could hold office.
• Consequently, Athens had more citizens engaged in self-government than any other city-state in Greece.
• Direct democracy: form of government in which citizens vote directly on issues that affect them instead of electing a representative to do so.
• An important legacy of Periclean Athens.
• Male citizens in the assembly established all important government politics.

• After the defeat of the Persians, Athens helped organize and took leadership over the League of Delian and the city-states in it.
• Pericles used the money to strengthen Athens' navy and beautify Athens.
• To beautify Athens, he ordered to build the Parthenon, that was built to honor Athena, the goddess of wisdom and the protector of Athens.
• It contained examples of Greek art that set standards for the future generations of artists around the world.
• Much of the work was done by the sculptor Phidias.
• In the Parthenon, there was a thirty foot tall statue of Athena made with gold and ivory.
• Greek sculptures during the Golden Age:
• Aimed to create graceful, strong and perfectly formed figures.
• Classical art--portray values of harmony, order, balance, and proportion.
• Showed neither joy nor anger, but serenity.
• Tried to capture the grace of the human body while in motion.
• Portrayed ideal beauty instead of realism.

• Drama and History
• The Greeks invented drama as an art form and built the first theaters in the West.
• The actors used colorful costumes, masks, and sets to dramatize the stories.

Class notes:

In tragedy, the hero has a fatal flaw, hubris (excessive pride).
Sophocles wrote Oedipus Rex--rex being king; so Tyrannosaurus Rex is basically the king of the dinosaurs--(basically translated as king Oedipus).