The Birth of Democracy
Was Athens truly democratic? How has ancient Greece influenced Western Civilization and America?
MONDAY
LANGUAGE INFLUENCE |
Geography and Cultures of Greece 7 min Discovery Streaming |
8 minutes Ancient Greece for Kids. 3 basic time periods, contrasts Athens and Sparta, democracy, Alexander the Great spread Greek (Hellenic) culture as far as India. Hellenic culture mixed with other cultures is HellenISTIC. Think “ish.” So it ended up being GreekISH CULTURE. THIS IS HOW THE GREEK LANGUAGE (Which is an element of culture) spread to Israel and ended up being used for the New Testament.
Flocabulary Party at the Parthenon- students work the Flocabulary on their own in the computer while they draw.
ART AND ARCHITECTURE INFLUENCE
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From a famous Renaissance era painting “The School at Athens” by Raphael in the Vatican. Plato is dressed in colors of fire while he points up. Plato thought the true world was one of ideas and idEALS as well as the FORM of what could be.
His student Aristotle is dressed as earth and water showing that he believed the real world is here and now on the earth. |
CULTURE INFLUENCE
Me or We what is Western Civilization?
Ancient Greece Democracy
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Fall of Troy
The Fall of Troy
The story of the Trojan War’s tragic heroes has been retold for centuries
Chris King
OCTOBER 31, 2016
By Sean McCollum
CHARACTERS
PATROCLUS (puh-TROH-klus), cousin and best friend of Achilles
ACHILLES (uh-KIL-eez), the strongest and most-feared Greek warrior
HECTOR, prince of Troy; the greatest of Troy’s warriors
PRIAM (PRY-um), king of Troy; father of Hector
ODYSSEUS (oh-DIS-ee-us), the most cunning of the Greek kings
HELEN, Paris’s wife, famed for her beauty
LAOCOÖN (lay-AHK-oh-ahn), a Trojan priest
SINON (SY-nun), a Greek prisoner
CHORUS A-E, storytellers
PROLOGUE
CHORUS A: The main story of the Trojan War is told in an epic poem called the Iliad (IH-lee-ud). Scholars believe that the poem was probably based on a real war that was fought around 1250 B.C. Specific characters and events in the poem, however, are more likely to be legend than history.
CHORUS B: The Iliad is thought to have been composed between 800 B.C. and 700 B.C. by a blind Greek poet named Homer. The Iliad’s tales of gods and superheroes have made it one of the great works of world literature. In the Iliad, the Trojan War is fought between the Greeks and Troy, a walled city near the Aegean Sea in present-day Turkey. This play is based on that poem and other legends.
CHORUS C: The cause of the war was not land or money, but love. Aphrodite (af-ruh-DYE-tee), the goddess of love, had promised Helen, the world’s most beautiful woman, to a Trojan prince named Paris. But she was already married to a Greek king named Menelaus (men-uh-LAY-us). When Helen ran off with Paris, Menelaus declared war on Troy to get her back.
SCENE 1
CHORUS D: When we begin our tale, the war between the Greeks and the Trojans has been raging for nine years. Yet the Greeks have never been able to conquer Troy.
CHORUS E: The Greeks have another big problem on their hands. Achilles, one of their best soldiers, has withdrawn from battle after a dispute with one of the Greek kings. Because of this, the Trojans, led by their greatest warrior, Hector, a brother of Paris, almost drive the Greeks from the outskirts of Troy back to their ships.
CHORUS A: Achilles’ cousin and best friend, Patroclus, begs the Greek warrior to return to battle to help the desperate Greeks.
PATROCLUS: Our side will be defeated unless you rejoin the battle.
ACHILLES: Whose side are you talking about, my friend? I no longer have a side. I already quit.
PATROCLUS: Then let me wear your armor and lead our troops. If the Trojans think that you’ve returned to the fight, we may still avoid defeat.
ACHILLES: Very well. I hope you can drive them back from our ships.
CHORUS B: Patroclus, dressed in Achilles’ armor, succeeds in rallying the Greeks. They fight ferociously, and the Trojans retreat in fear. But even after the Trojans have backed away from the Greek ships, Patroclus continues to attack. Then Hector, the bravest Trojan, rides closer to the Greeks.
PATROCLUS: Get back, Trojan dogs! (He hurls a large stone at Hector, but misses him.)
HECTOR: Ha! Come on, Greek scum!
CHORUS C: Patroclus fights fiercely. But then the god Apollo, who is on Troy’s side, strikes Patroclus in the back, weakening him. Then Hector deals the blow that kills Patroclus.
CHORUS D: After the battle, the Greeks carry the body of Patroclus to Achilles.
ACHILLES: No! My dear friend! You are going to the underworld of Hades (HAY-deez) because I refused to fight. I will get back to the battle and take my revenge on Hector and the Trojans.
SCENE 2
CHORUS E: The next day, Achilles storms into battle in search of Hector. Meanwhile, Priam, the king of Troy, watches from the city walls as his son Hector fights.
PRIAM: Achilles is unstoppable! He will kill us all. Open the gates and bring our men inside, where it’s safe. Hector! Get inside!
HECTOR: No, Father. How can I seek safety when so many of my men have fallen before Achilles?
ACHILLES: Hector! You will pay for my friend’s death with your own.
CHORUS A: In fear, Hector runs away. He circles the city three times, with Achilles close behind. Suddenly, the goddess Athena, who sides with the Greeks, appears next to Hector, disguised as one of his brothers.
HECTOR: Brother! What are you doing here? I’m glad to see you. With you by my side, I’ll stand and fight!
CHORUS B: Hector hurls his spear, but it bounces off Achilles’ shield. Hector turns to his brother to get another spear—but his “brother” has disappeared. In his place . . .
HECTOR: Athena! You’ve tricked me! The gods have lured me to my death. (Achilles hurls his spear and kills Hector.)
"Don't believe a word he's saying, King Priam! Beware of Greeks bearing gifts."
SCENE 3
CHORUS C: But even with Hector dead, the Greeks are unable to capture Troy. Then Achilles, their greatest warrior, is killed.
CHORUS D: When Achilles was a baby, his mother, the sea goddess Thetis, dunked him in the magical River Styx. This protected his body from injury. But she held him by the heel to dunk him. The waters never touched that part of his body, so it wasn’t protected. When Paris—the Trojan prince Helen ran off with—shoots an arrow that hits Achilles’ heel, it kills him. Paris himself is killed soon after.
CHORUS E: In the end, the craftiness of Odysseus, one of the Greek kings, is what turns the tide for the Greeks.
ODYSSEUS: Listen, men! Inside the walls of Troy, there’s a statue of the goddess Athena. Legend has it that Troy will not fall as long as that statue is safe inside. So I’m sneaking into the city in disguise to get it.
CHORUS A: That night, Odysseus encounters Helen inside Troy’s walls.
HELEN: Stranger, may I help you?
ODYSSEUS: No thank you, ma’am. All is well.
HELEN: You speak strangely. Where are you from?
ODYSSEUS: Oh, here and there.
HELEN: Wait. I know that voice. Odysseus, it’s you!
ODYSSEUS: Shh! Don’t raise an alarm.
HELEN: Don’t worry. Now that Paris is dead, there’s no reason for me to stay here. I’ll help you, if you’ll help me escape from Troy.
ODYSSEUS: I will. I’m here to snatch the sacred statue of Athena.
HELEN: Follow me.
CHORUS B: Odysseus smuggles Helen—along with the statue—out of Troy. But his boldest plan to defeat Troy is yet to come.
SCENE 4
CHORUS C: The war has now lasted 10 years. One morning, as King Priam of Troy stands on the city walls with the Trojan priest Laocoön, he is amazed at what he sees.
PRIAM: Look! The Greeks and all their ships are gone!
LAOCOÖN: They must have sailed away in the night. But what’s that?
PRIAM: It’s a giant horse made of wood! Perhaps it’s a sign from the gods that we’ve won at last!
CHORUS D: The Trojan people pour through the city gates to celebrate. As they dance, soldiers bring Sinon, a Greek prisoner who had been left behind, to Priam.
PRIAM: What is this giant horse?
SINON: It’s our offering to get back on the good side of the gods.
LAOCOÖN: Don’t believe a word he’s saying, King Priam! Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
CHORUS E: Just then, two giant serpents sent by the god Poseidon, who supports the Greeks, appear from the sea. The serpents grab Laocoön and strangle him.
PRIAM: This is a sign that Laocoön had no idea what he was talking about. Bring the horse into the city!
CHORUS A: His order is obeyed. That night, the citizens of Troy celebrate their victory—then fall asleep. When all is quiet, Greek soldiers emerge from inside the horse, where they had been hiding.
ODYSSEUS (climbing out of the horse): The trick worked! Quick, men! Open the gates for the troops from our returning ships! Let’s burn Troy to the ground.
EPILOGUE
CHORUS B: And so, after 10 years of war, Troy falls. After the death and destruction, the victorious Greeks set sail for home.
The tale of the Trojan War has made its mark on modern English. Here are a few phrases that originated from the story:
The Aegean Sea, which the Greeks would have crossed to wage their war on Troy thousands of years ago, is today a scene of life-and-death drama. Now, however, the flow of people is to Greece, not from it.
In the past two years, hundreds of thousands of migrants seeking refuge from war, poverty, and political instability in Africa and the Middle East have made their way to Europe by crossing the Aegean and Mediterranean in crowded, unsafe boats. Greece has been the main arrival point. Between January 1 and August 18 this year alone, more than 162,000 refugees landed in Greece. Another 3,000 died or were lost during the dangerous sea journey.
Unlike the Greeks who stormed Troy, the refugees are seeking safety, not war. Though no towering wall blocks their entry, they still face many obstacles—including the reluctance of many European countries to take them in.
CORE QUESTION: What roles do the gods play in this tale of war and tragic heroes? Why do you think this story has been told for thousands of years?
HISTORY
World History, Ancient Civilizations, Plays
The story of the Trojan War’s tragic heroes has been retold for centuries
Chris King
OCTOBER 31, 2016
By Sean McCollum
CHARACTERS
PATROCLUS (puh-TROH-klus), cousin and best friend of Achilles
ACHILLES (uh-KIL-eez), the strongest and most-feared Greek warrior
HECTOR, prince of Troy; the greatest of Troy’s warriors
PRIAM (PRY-um), king of Troy; father of Hector
ODYSSEUS (oh-DIS-ee-us), the most cunning of the Greek kings
HELEN, Paris’s wife, famed for her beauty
LAOCOÖN (lay-AHK-oh-ahn), a Trojan priest
SINON (SY-nun), a Greek prisoner
CHORUS A-E, storytellers
PROLOGUE
CHORUS A: The main story of the Trojan War is told in an epic poem called the Iliad (IH-lee-ud). Scholars believe that the poem was probably based on a real war that was fought around 1250 B.C. Specific characters and events in the poem, however, are more likely to be legend than history.
CHORUS B: The Iliad is thought to have been composed between 800 B.C. and 700 B.C. by a blind Greek poet named Homer. The Iliad’s tales of gods and superheroes have made it one of the great works of world literature. In the Iliad, the Trojan War is fought between the Greeks and Troy, a walled city near the Aegean Sea in present-day Turkey. This play is based on that poem and other legends.
CHORUS C: The cause of the war was not land or money, but love. Aphrodite (af-ruh-DYE-tee), the goddess of love, had promised Helen, the world’s most beautiful woman, to a Trojan prince named Paris. But she was already married to a Greek king named Menelaus (men-uh-LAY-us). When Helen ran off with Paris, Menelaus declared war on Troy to get her back.
SCENE 1
CHORUS D: When we begin our tale, the war between the Greeks and the Trojans has been raging for nine years. Yet the Greeks have never been able to conquer Troy.
CHORUS E: The Greeks have another big problem on their hands. Achilles, one of their best soldiers, has withdrawn from battle after a dispute with one of the Greek kings. Because of this, the Trojans, led by their greatest warrior, Hector, a brother of Paris, almost drive the Greeks from the outskirts of Troy back to their ships.
CHORUS A: Achilles’ cousin and best friend, Patroclus, begs the Greek warrior to return to battle to help the desperate Greeks.
PATROCLUS: Our side will be defeated unless you rejoin the battle.
ACHILLES: Whose side are you talking about, my friend? I no longer have a side. I already quit.
PATROCLUS: Then let me wear your armor and lead our troops. If the Trojans think that you’ve returned to the fight, we may still avoid defeat.
ACHILLES: Very well. I hope you can drive them back from our ships.
CHORUS B: Patroclus, dressed in Achilles’ armor, succeeds in rallying the Greeks. They fight ferociously, and the Trojans retreat in fear. But even after the Trojans have backed away from the Greek ships, Patroclus continues to attack. Then Hector, the bravest Trojan, rides closer to the Greeks.
PATROCLUS: Get back, Trojan dogs! (He hurls a large stone at Hector, but misses him.)
HECTOR: Ha! Come on, Greek scum!
CHORUS C: Patroclus fights fiercely. But then the god Apollo, who is on Troy’s side, strikes Patroclus in the back, weakening him. Then Hector deals the blow that kills Patroclus.
CHORUS D: After the battle, the Greeks carry the body of Patroclus to Achilles.
ACHILLES: No! My dear friend! You are going to the underworld of Hades (HAY-deez) because I refused to fight. I will get back to the battle and take my revenge on Hector and the Trojans.
SCENE 2
CHORUS E: The next day, Achilles storms into battle in search of Hector. Meanwhile, Priam, the king of Troy, watches from the city walls as his son Hector fights.
PRIAM: Achilles is unstoppable! He will kill us all. Open the gates and bring our men inside, where it’s safe. Hector! Get inside!
HECTOR: No, Father. How can I seek safety when so many of my men have fallen before Achilles?
ACHILLES: Hector! You will pay for my friend’s death with your own.
CHORUS A: In fear, Hector runs away. He circles the city three times, with Achilles close behind. Suddenly, the goddess Athena, who sides with the Greeks, appears next to Hector, disguised as one of his brothers.
HECTOR: Brother! What are you doing here? I’m glad to see you. With you by my side, I’ll stand and fight!
CHORUS B: Hector hurls his spear, but it bounces off Achilles’ shield. Hector turns to his brother to get another spear—but his “brother” has disappeared. In his place . . .
HECTOR: Athena! You’ve tricked me! The gods have lured me to my death. (Achilles hurls his spear and kills Hector.)
"Don't believe a word he's saying, King Priam! Beware of Greeks bearing gifts."
SCENE 3
CHORUS C: But even with Hector dead, the Greeks are unable to capture Troy. Then Achilles, their greatest warrior, is killed.
CHORUS D: When Achilles was a baby, his mother, the sea goddess Thetis, dunked him in the magical River Styx. This protected his body from injury. But she held him by the heel to dunk him. The waters never touched that part of his body, so it wasn’t protected. When Paris—the Trojan prince Helen ran off with—shoots an arrow that hits Achilles’ heel, it kills him. Paris himself is killed soon after.
CHORUS E: In the end, the craftiness of Odysseus, one of the Greek kings, is what turns the tide for the Greeks.
ODYSSEUS: Listen, men! Inside the walls of Troy, there’s a statue of the goddess Athena. Legend has it that Troy will not fall as long as that statue is safe inside. So I’m sneaking into the city in disguise to get it.
CHORUS A: That night, Odysseus encounters Helen inside Troy’s walls.
HELEN: Stranger, may I help you?
ODYSSEUS: No thank you, ma’am. All is well.
HELEN: You speak strangely. Where are you from?
ODYSSEUS: Oh, here and there.
HELEN: Wait. I know that voice. Odysseus, it’s you!
ODYSSEUS: Shh! Don’t raise an alarm.
HELEN: Don’t worry. Now that Paris is dead, there’s no reason for me to stay here. I’ll help you, if you’ll help me escape from Troy.
ODYSSEUS: I will. I’m here to snatch the sacred statue of Athena.
HELEN: Follow me.
CHORUS B: Odysseus smuggles Helen—along with the statue—out of Troy. But his boldest plan to defeat Troy is yet to come.
SCENE 4
CHORUS C: The war has now lasted 10 years. One morning, as King Priam of Troy stands on the city walls with the Trojan priest Laocoön, he is amazed at what he sees.
PRIAM: Look! The Greeks and all their ships are gone!
LAOCOÖN: They must have sailed away in the night. But what’s that?
PRIAM: It’s a giant horse made of wood! Perhaps it’s a sign from the gods that we’ve won at last!
CHORUS D: The Trojan people pour through the city gates to celebrate. As they dance, soldiers bring Sinon, a Greek prisoner who had been left behind, to Priam.
PRIAM: What is this giant horse?
SINON: It’s our offering to get back on the good side of the gods.
LAOCOÖN: Don’t believe a word he’s saying, King Priam! Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
CHORUS E: Just then, two giant serpents sent by the god Poseidon, who supports the Greeks, appear from the sea. The serpents grab Laocoön and strangle him.
PRIAM: This is a sign that Laocoön had no idea what he was talking about. Bring the horse into the city!
CHORUS A: His order is obeyed. That night, the citizens of Troy celebrate their victory—then fall asleep. When all is quiet, Greek soldiers emerge from inside the horse, where they had been hiding.
ODYSSEUS (climbing out of the horse): The trick worked! Quick, men! Open the gates for the troops from our returning ships! Let’s burn Troy to the ground.
EPILOGUE
CHORUS B: And so, after 10 years of war, Troy falls. After the death and destruction, the victorious Greeks set sail for home.
The tale of the Trojan War has made its mark on modern English. Here are a few phrases that originated from the story:
- Achilles’ heel: A person’s weakness, as in “Zoey wants to make the basketball team, but missing free throws is her Achilles’ heel.” Also shorthand for a tendon located in the lower leg.
- Trojan horse: Something that looks good, but brings trouble. For example, a computer program that seems to do something helpful but is designed to cause damage while it runs.
- Beware of Greeks bearing gifts: An expression that means “Don’t trust a present from an enemy—it might just be a trick.” In other words, “it may be too good to be true.”
The Aegean Sea, which the Greeks would have crossed to wage their war on Troy thousands of years ago, is today a scene of life-and-death drama. Now, however, the flow of people is to Greece, not from it.
In the past two years, hundreds of thousands of migrants seeking refuge from war, poverty, and political instability in Africa and the Middle East have made their way to Europe by crossing the Aegean and Mediterranean in crowded, unsafe boats. Greece has been the main arrival point. Between January 1 and August 18 this year alone, more than 162,000 refugees landed in Greece. Another 3,000 died or were lost during the dangerous sea journey.
Unlike the Greeks who stormed Troy, the refugees are seeking safety, not war. Though no towering wall blocks their entry, they still face many obstacles—including the reluctance of many European countries to take them in.
CORE QUESTION: What roles do the gods play in this tale of war and tragic heroes? Why do you think this story has been told for thousands of years?
HISTORY
World History, Ancient Civilizations, Plays
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Structured Academic Controversy- (Debate) Was Athens truly democratic?
First Round:
(2 min )Team WAS NOT will present. Each person will speak for 60 seconds.
(1 min) Team was will state the argument made by team was NOT. (We heard you say)
(1 min) Team Was NOT will confirm their argument was understood, or will clarify.
Second Round:
(2 min) Team WAS will present. Each person will speak for 60 seconds.
(1 min) Team was NOT will restate the argument made by team WAS. (We heard you say.)
(1 min) Team Was will confirm their argument was understood, or will clarify.
Final Round:
Coming to Consensus (agreement)
(4 min) 1 min each person: You can abandon your original side and argue for either side.
(1 min) vote to see if you have agreement (majority rules)
(5 min) Your group will develop an outline explaining the evidence and reasoning used to reach your group's conclusion.
Present:
(5 min) 1 minute for each group (1 person) to present their group's decision and reasoning
Vote:
class will vote on which group made the most convincing argument based on evidence and reasoning
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Ancient Greece and Modern Culture
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