Alexandar the Great

A day in the life of... a slave

Ah.... my, master woke me up again, so early, he said that I needed to guard the house wild he went out, he thought that some of the neighboring slaves would try to steale, but I know them all, since most of the citizens have slaves, you meet them all in such a small place. My master left to vote for a important decision, I wouldn’t know what it is because slaves, and women aren’t allowed to vote, that’s why my masters wife stayed home. It’s no surprise, she hardly ever leaves the house. Today is the magic day for, Ignezus, today he is going to the the hills to fight against other boys, in my oppinion (not that anybody cares) he will survive, because once as I was walking by his school, I saw him smacking his teacher across the face with a dead rat, which he decapated with his own teeth. His parents couldn’t be more proud. I wouldnt know how my kids turned out, because my master sold them, I hope he can sweep the floor as well as me. As the day went from the morning to the afternoon, my slave master came back from voting, he instructed me check around the house, and see to it that all of the dirt was swept away from the walls. As I was sweeping the mud/wooden building, my dream once again became visible; I’ve always wanted to own house but slaves cannot own property, or anything at all. When I came back, I saw that lunch had been prepared..."mmmm" rabbit, I was sittin in the corner, wishing that one of them would not finish their lunch, I was hoping. As they finished I quickly rushed to the plate to find some left over food, my wish came true, the father left a peice of the raw chewed up meat from the rabit, I quickly stuffed it in my mouth, knowing that it could be the only food a got in days, as I ate the saliva from the previous owner dripped on my chin. As I finished my delicious lunch, I replanted the garden, and swept the house "again." After that I had said my priers to Poseidon, and went to sleep. I dreamed about being a citizen, a land owner, children, but as I opened my eyes, I said to myself "another day in the life a slave."

The ancient Olympics

The Greeks invented athletic contests and held them in honour of their gods. The Isthmos game were staged every two years at the Isthmos of Corinth. The Pythian games took place every four years near Delphi. The most famous games held at Olympia, South- West of Greece, which took place every four years. The ancient Olympics seem to have begun in the early 700 BC, in honour of Zeus. No women were allowed to watch the games and only Greek nationals could participate. One of the ancient wonders was a statue of Zeus at Olympia, made of gold and ivory by a Greek sculptor Pheidias. This was placed inside a Temple, although it was a towering 42 feet high.

The games at Olympia were greatly expanded from a one-day festival of athletics and wrestling to, in 472 BC, five days with many events. The order of the events is not precisely known, but the first day of the festival was devoted to sacrifices. On the Middle Day of the festival 100 oxen were sacrificed in honor of a God. Athletes also often prayed and made small sacrifices themselves..

What values were the most important to early greaks and why were they considered important?

One of the most important values is Virtue. This means that a person must put full effort into his/her work. A virtues person would be someone that is brave, strong, and smart and uses these abbilities to they're fullest. Virutue means a person with trust and loyalty.

The Greeks also highly valued hospitality. that way, you determin your class in society. If you

were good to the travelers, then Zues (the god of traveling) would reward you.

In What way are early Greeks values found in modern society?

The early Greeks are basicaly the foundation of modern society. They influenced on almost everything: politics, language, philisiphy etc.

One of the values is Medicine. The Hippocrates is known as the father of medicine and is recognized for founding the Hippocratic approach to medicine.

Minoan + Mycenean Civ.

The minaons were named after an improtant king named minos, the minoans were a very peace-loving society, they build materials out of clay and bronze, but had a a goldsmith, for royal occasions. The town was oppen to anyone, there was no protection. They all warshiped one Goddess, the Goddess of Earth.

The Myceneans were from the Polopensien peninsula. The myceaneans were war type figures, they had strong men, and were "into" power, and war. They had bronzesmiths to create weapons, and goldsmiths for the royal family. They had protection, and most of the pictures were painting off scenes from battle. They also conquered the minoans and the crete.