Transcript Athens Walk - Draft

Agora
Parthenon
Nikky Nemzer
Nikky Nemzer
Walking tour of Athens Scrap Book
Drama
Academy
THE PARTHENON
Parthenon was built between 447 BC
and 438 BC in honor of Athena, the
patron goddess of Athens. It was
built by orders of Pericles, a powerful
Greek politician to celebrate the end
of Athens war with Persia. It is111
feet wide and 228 feet long.
The Parthenon
in Athens is
considered to
be the finest
example of
Doric-style
construction.
Athena is the goddess of wisdom,
courage, inspiration, civilization, law
and justice, just warfare,
mathematics, strength, strategy, the
arts, crafts, and skill
This is me posing by the statue of the Goddess
Athena, designed by Phidias, a famous sculptor.
In the Pantheon, a statue in her honor stands 35
feet tall, made out of gold and ivory.
THE AGORA
Farmers in Athens could only grow olives., so there was
a lot of trading going on. There was linen from Egypt,
ivory from North Africa, spices from Syria, and dates
from Phoenicia.
Me shopping for Egyptian linen for my new
chiton or tunic.
The central shopping area of a city was called the
agora. Athens had a large open area where local
merchants could set up displays and sell their
products.
In Athens women shopped with a male relative
or slave. Only very poor women would shop in
the markets alone.
Souvenir shopping at Agora to bring some keepsakes
home.
A coin that I brought back, that shows Pegasus,
on one side and Athena wearing a helmet.
Athens used a currency known as the drachma.
The rich carried their money in purses, while the
poor kept coins in their mouths.
Wealthy Household
Wealthy house is a building inclosing a
rectangular court, aka Andronitis (the
Court of the Men), . The rooms get their
light from this court, while they are quite
shut off from the world outside.
A wife of the house master ran the household and
took care of children with the help of many slaves.
Here I am welcoming you into a household that I run.
Wealthy households are surprisingly simple in
their furnishings. The accumulation of heavy
furniture or wall decorations was considered
offensive to an Athenian—contradicting the
ideas of harmony and "moderation."
It was believed that one should "marry only your
equal in fortune.“Marriages were arranged and
often bride and groom never saw each other
before the wedding.
Women married at age of 14-16, men at
age of 20-30.
I was invited to a wealthy
Greek Wedding and saved a
wedding invitation with a
small painting of bride and
groom.
Drama
The play that I watched was by a famous
play write Sophocles.
It was a very popular comedy and all
15,000 seats were filled.
Even prisoners were released from jail
temporarily, so they could also attend.
I visited theater of Dionysus ( god of
harvest and wine). Here I am
standing before the play started.
I was glad I got to see a comedy with
good humor and happy ending. I do
not enjoy tragedies were the main hero
is suffering.
Education
I noticed Athenian boys started school at 7 years old, and
stayed until they were about 14, but Athens girls never
went to school. They were educated in housekeeping and
how to look after the family. So I was the only girl at the
Academy.
At the age of 14, children of rich
Athenians went to the Assembly, the
market place and the gymnasium to
watch, listen to and learn from the
older men. Aside from being a girl, I
was too young to attend.
I brought the wax-covered
board that I used to learn to
write Greek
At school in the mornings we learned to read
Here I am taking a writing lesson. I am using waxcovered board with a stylus to carve out letters in
the wax.
write and do simple math. We also Homer’s
poetry by heart. In the afternoon we
practiced sports at wrestling schools.