Athens ~our polis 7-7

Everybody: Athens-Our polis

Tony: Athens is the symbol of freedom, art, and democracy in the conscience of the civilized world.

Ray: Here is a physical map of Greece. Athens is surrounded by the Mount Parnitha in the north, Mount Aegaleo in the west, Mount Hymettus in the east, Mount Penteli in the northeast, and the Saronic Gulf in the southwest.The city is covered with gorges, caves, springs and torrents.

Ray: The areas in orange are allies with Athens. Athens is right there in the center of the blue box.

India: Our motto is “A perfect mind in A perfect body”  this means us Athenians believe in both things. the people's patron is Athena who is the goddess of wisdom and she is also pretty. We use her as a model to look up to as a perfect being.

Gauri: Our Patron God is Athena the goddess of Wisdom and strategies.

Before, Poseidon was the patron god of Athens.But, he was a greedy AND a self-consumed god.He, didn’t care for the people of his city-state. Therefore, the Athenians prayed for a better patron god from Zeus.Athena heard their prayers and came rushing to become their patron god.Poseidon was angered by this and quickly challenged Athena to see who can give the citizens of athens a better gift AND THE CITIZENS THEMSELVES WOULD CHOOSE WHO IS THE BETTER GOD FOR THEIR CITY. Poseidon being the god of the sea gave the athenians a salt-water spring.But, the athenians could not use or drink this water making it no use to them. Athena planted a beautiful olive tree right next to the saltwater spring. The athenians loved her gift because they could eat the olives and make oil from it, they could admire the beautiful tree and rest in it’s shade to rest. The Athenians choose their goddess as Athena and in honor of her gift they named their city after her and since then the city is named Athens.

Ray: Our symbols are:
Owls: to represent wisdom it is also the sign of Athena.
Olive trees: the gift from Athena
Saltwater spring: the gift from Poseidon

Tony: Our achievements

Throughout history Athens is one of the few societies which have shaped the world. We Athenians have many achievements that are still used in our present day communities.
Athenians excelled in many forms: Mathematics, Philosophy,Astrology, Poetry and many more. Today some the most famous achievements made by humankind were made by us Athenians.

Poetry, a source that we use to communicate our thoughts, it is a source of entertainment and is one of the most beautiful types of literature.

Olympics were also first created in Athens in honor of Zeus- these competitions were held against neighboring city-states. In these games, wrestling,archery, javelin were very famous and they still are in present day Olympics.

More importantly, Democracy a system of government created by us Athenians, it is widely used,and it is also the most popular government in this world. 67 registered countries use this government presently.
Including:
USA,South Korea,India,France and Greece itself.

Gauri:

There are many Highlights of our rich Athenian history, many of them include our greatest inventions, some are wars others are educational milestones. Ancient Athens created: The mill and the chariot. Athenians also thrived in architecture, they created temples and public monuments beautifully, they were also the co-creators of concrete. Athenians also created wonderful art and music. A lot of European music is influenced by athenian music. Vase painting comes from Athens. The Trojan War also includes the contribution of Athens.

Ray:

Athens as you know by now was a very cultural and modern place compared to other cities in those times. In these places new ideas and inventions increased. These were created by many famous Athenians. Here are some:

Socrates: He was a philosopher and founder of Western philosophy
Plato: He was a student of Socrates he was a philosopher and a mathematician, he was also the founder of the ACADEMY OF ATHENS.
Aristotle (aristotal): Was a disciple of Plato he had many interests including: physics,logic,music,theatre,linguistics,politics and many more.

India:

Athens has influenced the Western world immensely, some of the most important things that we still use are created by Athenians. As mentioned before, The Olympics are still held every four years, there is still a participation of culture from almost every country, before instead of countries there were city states. Democracy is followed by 67 countries and it all started from a city-state. Athens has had huge impact on the World that we live in now.



Everyone: Thank You for watching! :D


Gauri: Any questions or comments?