Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Ancient Greece


Ancient Greek Plays 

  • two kinds of plays
    • comedy 
    • tragedy
  • One famous tragedy- Oedipus Rex
    • fate was killing his father and marrying his mother
    • tried to escape this but fate came true
    • finally, he took two daggers and plunged out his own eyes   
  • take place in theater
    • fits about 4,000-5,000 people 
  • rest of his life was about shame 
  • so many different elements of the stories
  • Greeks were so advanced
  • incredible art forms 
  • always wanted to do there best in everything
Pottery

  • mostly used transport olive oil 
  • had to be durable and able to transport 
  • paintings and inscriptions 
  • entire was life was about heros and worshipping them 
Ships

  • 172 people in unison- trireme 
  • covered with bronze to make a weapon
Aristotle basically started the Internet- all knowledge and wisdom together

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