Notes on the movie 3/21/11

Pericles

• started out as an  aristocrat
• not a democrat
• born into one of Athen's most elite families
• had in mind to create a city fit to rule an empire
• Parthenon - a temple to Athena, and astonishing building; most beautiful building ever built then
• would require 20 thousand tons of marble to build
• building was completed in only 15 years
• was and still is the most glorious symbol of Athens
• Pericles treated this as his own personal project

• His partner: Aspasia
• hetira - Greek for a companion
• caused a scandal in Athens, because Perciles actually treated her with equality
• television, cinema, theatre started here.
• Home of the greatest ancient theatre:
• the Greeks invented dramas
• the Greek's invented theatre
• noisy
• sometimes performed in masks
• tragedy and comedy
• oedipus, agamemnon, and many others were plays held there

Sparta and Athens

• Sparta was the only other state tat compared to Athens
• victory over Sparta would declare Athens as ruler of the Mediterranean
• huberous - excessive pride, thinking you can do anything
• Pericles
• He knew this would not be an easy war to win