Notes on the greek movie 3/17/11

• Hippias
• 514 BC, his brother was murdered
• He brutally murdered his brother's murders and creuly tourtured one of their wives
• became paranoid, taking away people's rights, and ordered executions
• thought his greatest enemy were the aristocrats
• Cleisthenese took his first big step and overthrow Hippias
• 510 BC and Cleisthenese was one of the most powerful beings in Athens
• Olympia
• Men across the Greeks world would come here every 4 years to test their strengths and abilities
• the games roots go back to the heores of mythology
• as amny as 40 thousand greeks would gather for the games
• Isagaros
• an athenian aristocrat
• he enlisted the help of his Spartan friends, since he knew he could not gain power alone
• rumored was he shared his wife with a Spartan king
• Revolution of the people
• the common Athenians rebelled against the new leader, Isagaros
• He held out for 2 days and then surrendered
• Athens first step to an empire
• Cleisthenese
• had a meeting place carved out of a rock
• place where the Athenian people discussed their government
• Agora
• simple, white pebble for yes and black pebble for no
• system of governemnt called democracy
• a system of goverment that would change this small city state
• 490 BC, 4 years after foudning democracy
• Pheideppedes
• ran the first marathon
• not for glory but for survival
• his homeland was about to be taken over by the Persian empire
• early 5th century BC the Persian empire was the biggest
• the tiny state of demcoratic Athens was gaining power and the Persian empire felt the need to destroy them
• learder was Darrius (Persian empire)
• Greeks emphasise freedom, and the Persians emphazied obedience
• every male citizens was to protect their state
• Hoplite - closest thing to military
• Pheideppedes ran 140 miles in 40 days
• other version 26 miles
• slaughtered over 6 thousand Persians in one day in the war
• Greeks won the war
• Themistoclese
• fought on the battlefield at marathon
• risen through power of demcracy