When we think of Athens, of course the first things that comes to our minds would be the rich culture, the beautiful tourist attractions the city has to offer, and let's not forget the amazing food. But life in Greece today differs greatly from life in Greece over two thousand years ago. Things like education, government and social structures in ancient Athens to modern day Athens have changed drastically. When it came to schooling, young boys were much more educated than young girls. They would
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Athens, Ga-May 16, 2017-It is with great sadness that I must announce that one of Athens African American leaders and elders have crossed over. This news was delivered early yesterday morning, and during these difficult times, Attorney Ken Dious, and Wife Deborah Turner would like to bring awareness to the role he played in elevating Athens African American Community. "His legacy can not be forgotten!" Edward L. Turner born - July 26, 1943 in North Carolina became a resident of Athens, Ga. shortly
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Aristotle was just about the age of ten, his farther died and Aristotle was taken under the care of a man who was named Proxenus. At the age of 17, Proxenus sent Aristotle to Athens, which at the time was the intellectual center of the world. Aristotle went there to complete his education. He enrolled at the most famous academy in Athens, which was directed by Plato. Aristotle soon became a prominent figure at this academy. While at this academy, Aristotle threw himself totally into the works of Plato’s
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Athens and Sparta are both city states of Ancient Greece, but have you ever wondered which is better? .Athenian boys are homeschooled from when they are born to when they are the age 6. Then they graduate at age 20 but if there family is rich, they graduate at age 25. They have also have had way more cultural achievements then Sparta has ever had. Athens is the smarter and more educated city state. Athens was the superior city state because they were more educated. One reason they were a first-rate
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Ancient Greece was made up of seven strong states that all thrived for hundreds of years. Two of these states, Athens and Sparta, though were known for more than just being apart of the Greek empire, but for how they ran there states and what they contributed to history. The people of Athens were more for the peace and wisdom side of living. Being interested in mainly arts, music, and the education life brought them. While Sparta was more for the military, and a man of Sparta would die for his state
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Athens and Sparta existed from 2000 B.C. to 404 B.C. Sparta came around when the helots were conquered in a village that was named Sparta which became their capital. Athens were sea traders and were big on trade, which might have been a reason why their city-state came about. Sparta was located in a village down in a valley. They were a rigid and highly militarized society. Their location may have helped explain why Sparta developed different from Athens. Athens was an attic peninsula that was built
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Macedon. Aristotle was trained and educated as a aristocracy. When Aristotle was at the young age of 18, he traveled to Athens to study under his future teacher, Plato at Plato’s academy. There is much information about Aristotle while he was working with Plato even though Aristotle stayed and studied with Plato for a full 20 years. But shortly after Plato’s death Aristotle left Athens to conduct philosophical and biological research with Xenocrates and to court of his friend Mermias of Atarneus. While
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Athenians are all about having an intelligent society. In Athens this is the way they do it. The Athenians eat wine dipped bread and figs for breakfast, bread with goat cheese or olives and figs for lunch, barley porridge or bread or fish with vegetables for dinner, and pomegranates, figs apples, and pears for snack. Rich people ate more meat and fish then poor people, and the rich could afford bread made from wheat not barley. Days in beautiful Athens are hot and dry, so Athenians, both rich and poor,
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The School of Athens Artist: Raphael Year 1509–1510 Type: Fresco Dimensions: 500 cm × 770 cm (200 in × 300 in) Location: Apostolic Palace, Vatican City The Holy Trinity Artist: Masaccio Year 1425 Type: Fresco Dimensions: 667 cm × 317 cm (263 in × 125 in) Location: Santa Maria Novella, Florence I started this project by searching the paintings that I will be analyzing. In the internet, I found a great painting from Raphael named The School of Athens (1509-1510) and from the text
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Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for at least 7000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of western civilization. During the early Middle Ages, the city experienced a decline, then recovered under the later Byzantine Empire and was relatively prosperous during the period of the Crusades (12th
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