Greek Fire!

                Today in Western Civilization we continued our PowerPoint on Greece. First, we finished the list of Greek gods, which was just Demeter. Then we moved on to Sparta. Greeks were known for being warlike, however Spartans were known the most for it. The Spartans had the greatest infantry in the known world, and they began training their boys at age seven. I’ve also heard that the Spartans were extremely strict in their regime, and would even starve their children for long periods to teach them lessons and how to live off the land. Meanwhile, Athens also had a good infantry. However, Athens is even better known for their navy. Athens’s navy was the strongest in the world, similar to Britain. Their strongest ship was the trireme, which had three levels and one-hundred seventy oars. The crewmen were so well trained these ships could turn on a dime and were extremely fast. The ships were also designed with steel caps on their bows to smash or tip ships when they rammed them. The last slide we reviewed had a picture of a phalanx, which is a tactical formation which was used to tear through enemy lines at close range. For some reason, I think phalanx means porcupine or is related to it in some way, but that may be because that’s what it looks like. I also looked up 300 on Google images and it looks like a horrible movie. However, I still think the movie Explorers was worse as it had no storyline (Unless you watched the sequel, and even then I’m not sure).