Ancient Athens by Frankie https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016 a virtual museum about Ancient Athens en-us 2016-10-14 01:18:20 UTC 2025-11-19 01:41:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecookie.png In ancient Athens there were three main social classes, the highest was the citizens, then Metics and slaves. The citizens had the most rights, they could vote. Although they had an unequal amount of money they were the highest class of people in Athens. The women sometimes were not class as citizens because they had to be male. When women married a citizen, the women still had no rights but the men made all their decisions for them and they had to learn from a very young age how to do domestic jobs (source F). Metics were freed slaves, or from another city state. But they could not vote or have a say but they still had a good life. They could take part in religious festivals, they could fight in the war and become soldiers and they could own ships, businesses and can have access to court (source A). Slaves are at the bottom of the social classes. The slaves were forced to work for the citizens. Slaves did cleaning or tutoring and worked in the field in the hot sun. They worked for the state and were not treated well they did not get that much food or water (source A). fwarden https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131984804 2016-10-20 06:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131984804 Most of Athens wore a rectangular piece of cloth called a tunic. A tunic is a piece of cloth with holes for the arms and head. it was pinned using a broche, it was sewed up the side so it wouldn’t show the torso. In cold weather men wore himation and woman wore peplos. This was another rectangular piece of cloth worn on top of a chiton. Women could wear veils called a kredemno to protect their faces from tanning or to for modesty (Source d)   fwarden https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131985266 2016-10-20 06:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131985266 Women were forced to marry at a very young age (14) but men got the right to marry at an older age (30-35). Even when she is already married still she had no rights. Her father had passed her rights from him to her new husband. She had to always stay at home and clean, check on the slaves. When she has children she has to look after them and care for them.  If the child is a girl she has to teach her from a very young age how to do domestic jobs. (source f) fwarden https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131985445 2016-10-20 06:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131985445 Athena was the Goddess of War, the female counterpart of Ares. She is one of three virgin goddesses; the other two were Hestia and Artemis. Athena served as a guardian of Athens, where the Parthenon served as her temple.  Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom and War. Athens is named after Athena the goddess. Ancient Athens also believed in gods that control their life. They believed in ancient myths such as; that souls of the deceased were not reincarnated into another body and placed back on earth, but lived on in either hell or heaven as a spirit. (source f).  Their afterlife destination was presumably based on how well they lived their life prior to their death and believed it was a necessity to live in such a way as to appease the gods and thus diligently sought to offer frequent sacrifices, prayers and hymns, living in constant awareness of the imminent anger of the gods. fwarden https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131985699 2016-10-20 06:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131985699 fwarden https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131985836 The Ekklesia was the principal assembly of the democracy of ancient Athens during its "Golden Age". It was the popular assembly, open to all male citizens with 2 years of military service. In 594 BC, Solon allowed all Athenian citizens to participate, regardless of class, even the thetes. The assembly was responsible for declaring war, military strategy and electing the strategoi and other officials. It was responsible for nominating and electing magistrates, thus indirectly electing the members of the Areopagus. It had the final say on legislation and the right to call magistrates to account after their year of office. In the 5th century BC its members numbered about 43,000 people. It would have been difficult, however, for non-wealthy people outside of the urban centre of Athens to attend until payments for attendance were introduced in the late 5th century. It originally met once every month, but later it met three or four times per month. The agenda for the Ekklesia was established by the Boule, the popular council. Votes were taken by a show of hands, counting of stones and voting using broken pottery.


]]> 2016-10-20 06:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131985836 Pericles was a leader of Ancient Athens who was responsible for rebuilding Ancient Athens following the Persian Wars. He was also leader of ancient Athens during the Peloponnesian War, but he died of the plague that ravaged the city. He was so important that the era in which he lived (during the 5th Century B.C.) is known as the Age of Pericles (source H). fwarden https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131986044 2016-10-20 06:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131986044 fwarden https://padlet.com/fwarden/History2016/wish/131986094 In ancient Athens it was easy for citizens especially men they had the freedom and could vote and have a say in everything. Woman had to stay home but that was their culture. The woman could still go to festival but they had to be with their husband. In Ancient Athens it was a good life for the Metics even though they weren’t citizens they could vote, own land and have rights to the law. In ancient Athens there were slaves they had a hard life they didn’t get that much food or water and they had no rights. In conclusion I think ancient Athens was a little bit difficult.


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