Today in class we took more notes on Ancient Greece, and Steve and Mr. Schick has a catfight with water and got it all over the place! It was so funny! Anyway here are some notes we took today in class:
Aristocrats:
-During 6th and 7th BCE aristocrats ran the "show" in Greece
-Rich people have more power over middle class and poor
-Aristocracy- ruled by aristocrats
-Symposiums were their meetings
-At the meetings the elite men would basically get drunk on wine., listen to poetry, dance and acrobat performances, and hetaeras (courtesans) while talking about politics
-This club was exclusive
-No women were allowed inside except for the "entertainers"
-No middle class people and no slaves
-Certain aristocrats (didn't have right connections or fell out of favor)
Tyrants: Seize Control
-Sometimes aristocrats would form alliances with hoplites (well-armed soldiers) and set up alternative form of gov't called a tyranny
-Tyrant: someone who rules outside the framework of the polis
*-Modern meaning of tyrant an abusive or oppressive ruler
-Greek meaning- someone who simply seized power (with hoplite help)
Clash of Tyrants:
-Hippias was a tyrant who ruled from 527 BC-510 BCE
-His brother was murdered and his rule became harsh, and his expelled from Athens (He went on a killing spree killing anyone who was involved, the murders, and their families, and anyone who benefited from it. He did it because he was scared that they would come after him next)
-In revenge, he began working with the Persian king Darius I, helping them invade Marathon
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