Ancient Greece Reading Challenge: 5.2
Required Reading: Ancient Greece:
1. Explain the importance and development of the Greek city-state and the difference between a citizen and a non-citizen:
A city-state have city or town that is surrounded by villages and farmland. The city-states in Greek were very independent and they often quarreled. The citizens were strongly patriotic. Many of them participated in public affairs. Only citizens could own land and participated in the government. Women, slaves and serfs were considered as noncitizen.
2. What territories were a part of ancient Greece? Which seas surrounded the peninsula? (What were the natural resources?)
One territory of ancient Greece consisted of a mountainous peninsula that …show more content…
Athens’s educational system values general studies, music, and physical education equally. On the other hand, Sparta finds military training more important than general studies. Athens were democratic and Sparta were oligarchic. The citizens of Athens, compared to Sparta’s, were more involved in the government.
Required Reading: Greek Literature:
Read the following subsections: Greek literature through and including The Greco-Roman Age
4. Who was Hesiod and what type of poetry did he write? What were his most important works?
He was the founder of the didactic epic and the first major Greek poet after Homer. Some of his important work are “Theogony” and “Works and Days”.
5. What type of poetry was originally sung to the music of the lyre and described personal feelings instead of acts of heroism? Who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey"? What is the story of each poem?
Lyric poetry was originally sung to the music of the lyre and described personal feelings instead of acts of heroism. “Iliad” and “Odyssey” were written by Homer. The “Iliad” is about the Trojan War around 1200 B.C. The “Odyssey” is about Odysseus’s journey home after the fall of Troy.
6. What is "Old Comedy"? What was it about? When did it end and why? When did "New Comedy"
Required Reading: Ancient Greece:
1. Explain the importance and development of the Greek city-state and the difference between a citizen and a non-citizen:
A city-state have city or town that is surrounded by villages and farmland. The city-states in Greek were very independent and they often quarreled. The citizens were strongly patriotic. Many of them participated in public affairs. Only citizens could own land and participated in the government. Women, slaves and serfs were considered as noncitizen.
2. What territories were a part of ancient Greece? Which seas surrounded the peninsula? (What were the natural resources?)
One territory of ancient Greece consisted of a mountainous peninsula that …show more content…
Athens’s educational system values general studies, music, and physical education equally. On the other hand, Sparta finds military training more important than general studies. Athens were democratic and Sparta were oligarchic. The citizens of Athens, compared to Sparta’s, were more involved in the government.
Required Reading: Greek Literature:
Read the following subsections: Greek literature through and including The Greco-Roman Age
4. Who was Hesiod and what type of poetry did he write? What were his most important works?
He was the founder of the didactic epic and the first major Greek poet after Homer. Some of his important work are “Theogony” and “Works and Days”.
5. What type of poetry was originally sung to the music of the lyre and described personal feelings instead of acts of heroism? Who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey"? What is the story of each poem?
Lyric poetry was originally sung to the music of the lyre and described personal feelings instead of acts of heroism. “Iliad” and “Odyssey” were written by Homer. The “Iliad” is about the Trojan War around 1200 B.C. The “Odyssey” is about Odysseus’s journey home after the fall of Troy.
6. What is "Old Comedy"? What was it about? When did it end and why? When did "New Comedy"