Athens

Daily Life

• Boys went to school and passed through the Agora of Athens 
• There were many things in the Agora 
• There were lots of people, merchants, and many more
• Temples and lots of buildings lined the Agora
• There were any foods in the Agora that you wanted

Daily Life

• Farmers and artisans sold their wares from stands under shady trees
• Goods like sheeps wool, pottery, hardware, cloth and books were sold 

Acropolis

• Athens was sacked by the Persians and the temples were destroyed
• A few years later Pericles initiated the rebuilding of the city
• Temples that still stand today were built on the Acropolis
• Athens is dominated by a hill called Acropolis
• People settled there because it was easy to defend and had a spring of wate

Acropolis

• The Acropolis became a sacred place
• It was used for temples, shrines, and other public buildings

Democracy

• They had a direct democracy
• direct democracy-citizens making policy and law decisions in person
• They also had representative democracy
• representative democracy-a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people 

Democracy

• They had the right to vote and speak at the assembly 
• The assembly met every 10 days
• The council wrote new laws and policies which were debated about in the ass
• The council had 500 people
• A man can only be a councilor twice in his lifetime

Democracy

• The function of democracy and the administration of athens made so no one 
• had a lot of power

Partheneon

• The  Parthenon was made for athena 
• It was burnt down when the persians took over greece
• It cost a lot of money for the greeks to construct it 
• Viewers never entered the temple 
• It was meant to be seen from the outside