The Greeks

• it was the birth of science and politics
• we strive to equal the architecture now
• warships ruled the seas
• Clysones
• 508 BC in athens people had turned away from their rulers
• Clysones was brought up from birth to be a ruler
• he relieved the people should have freedom
• sets them on the path to empire
• 570 BC he was born
• he was an aristocratic (member of ruling class)
• the ancient stories inspired him
• the Iliad and the Odyssey were the stories that shaped him
• he wanted to become a real life hero 
• grew under Pisistratus rule
• the city changed into something very powerful
• he was going to try to overthrow Hipias 
• hipias was captured and banned from Athens
• 510 BC and he was one of the most powerful people in Greece
• people started to conspire against him
• he was called from exile after they overthrew Hisagaris and asked to build an empire
• he made a meeting place and ricH and poor people could discuss their future
• He made up democracy
• they met every 9 days to discuss everything
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• Hisagaris
• someone named Hisagaris was one of them
• he went to the Spartans for help
• he seized control of Athens
• 700 households were cast out of Athens including Clysones
• people started rioting in Athens
• the  ordinary people took their own destinies
• they rose up in revolution
• The spartans were on top of the Acropolis and defended
• it lasted 3 days and on the 3rd he surrendered
• 508BC they seized power and they were in control
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•   Pisistratus (Clysones brother in law)
• they seized control of the government (tyrant)
• he road into the city of Athens with Athena (not really) with him and asked for control 
• he turned to the Athenians and reduced taxes 
• he transformed the city
• his son took over when he died
• Hipias 
• after his brother died and he killed the murderers and torchered his wife
• life was dangerous
• the threat to his power was coming true
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• Athens 
• was built around the Acropolis 
• Life expectancy was less than 15 yrs
• lived under rule of aristocrat 
• produced great olives
• they found a business with that
• they found their wealth and prosperity by this
• their first artistic revelation was vases and the things that were inside were the most important
• Potters 
• were one of the lowest people of the land
• motivated by undoing each other
• Greece
• it doesnt seem like it would be a place to have a great civilization
• they were divided into city-states with their own city-states
• they were scattered
• Sparta 
• had a lot of military power and was thought to be the dominating city
• men were brought up to be in the military
• cloaks were died red to symbolze blood
• they were always a threat
• Olympia
• ancestor of Olympic game 
• 776 BC
• competition of wealthy 
• and Clysones made it so anyone could compete
• chariot
• running
• boxing
• 40,000 greeks would gather for the olympic games
• they would travel 100s of miles
• it would be the highlight of his life if you win
• civilized way to figure things out