3.25.15

Today in west civ we finished listening to other people's power points. We were sort of rushed today so we had to go through them quickly. The ones they presented today were Greek mythology and Governments in Ancient Greece. Here are the notes I took:

Greek Mythology

-monotheistic

-the twelve olympians

Zeus (god of sky and thunder)

-king of the gods

Poseidon (god of the sea)

Athena (goddess of reason, intelligent activity, arts)

Aphrodite (goddess of love and beauty)

Hera (goddess of marriage and queen)

Demeter (goddess of agriculture)

Apollo (god of sun, the light, music)

Artemis (goddess of the hunt, forest, hills)

Ares (god of war)

Hermes (god of trade, messenger) 

Hephaestus (god of fire and metalworking)

Dionysus (god of fertility and wine)

Hades (god of wealth)

Governments in Ancient Greece

Aristocracy

form of gov

children inherited power

Solon changed this form

Tyranny

-big business and government

-people angered

Aristotle put a school together: Lyceum

(focused on cooperative research)