Pericles
* He was born a aristocrat
* He knew that everyone wanted a city fit to rule
an empire
* He turned his attention to the acropolis
- The Athenians left this untouched since
the war against Persia, but Pericles had
a different plan
Parthenon
* This is what Pericles planned on putting on
the acropolis
* The workers were free to design the way they
pleased instead of being forced to do it a
specific way
* Pericles was very involved in the building of this
(which took 15 years)
* It became the most glorious symbol of their empire
* There were regular people carved in friezes (500 feet
long)
Aspasia
* This was the women that Pericles had a relationship
with even though that wasn't his wife
* She was foreign, but was treated the same way
men were treated
* This was a scandal and surprised everyone
* She was beautiful and smart
Theater
* Down below the acropolis was the VERY FIRST theater
* When the audience didn't like the story, they
would boo and hiss, but when they liked it,
they would cry with the tragedies
- This was different then out theater because
they were much more loud and people
got more into it
* These stories preformed were called tragedies
(it was the first invention of drama) or comedies
(making fun of high powered people)
431 BC
War
* Athens wanted to go in war with Sparta because we
wanted more (he wasn't satisfied) he was hubris
* Sparta was the only other city state equal with Athens
* Victory over Sparta would bring them over topped
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