Today
in Western Civilization we watched a video to help us review for tomorrow’s
test. This video covered most of the points that we covered, but from a
different view and with more information and depth. The video started out
explaining the different places in Greece and some of its topography. This
video also focused on Cleisthenes repeatedly. It discussed how the legend (or
real happening) of the marathon led to a real marathon, twenty-two point six
miles, and how Greek heroes played an important role in society. This video
went into deeper detail about the Olympics, where anyone could compete (but
only if you were a Grecian male). This video also showed some Greek art,
focusing on the ‘vas’. This really is a vase, but slightly sturdier and bigger
than most of our vases, so I’m not sure why people give them a special name
like ‘vas’. The video talked about the rule of the man who claimed power by
saying he was being supported by Athena on Earth, and then Hippias’s rule.
After this the video talked about the power struggle between Cleisthenes and
Isagoras, in which the people overthrew their government (508 BCE, I remembered
Mr. Schick).
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