Direct Democracy-Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly.
Classical Art- The art from ancient Greece and Rome. The ancient Greeks excelled in painting, sculpture, and architecture. Their art was elegant.
Tragedy- play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, usually concludes with the fall of the main character
Comedy- a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents
Peloponnesian War- As Athens grew, it gained more enemies. The Spartans were rivals and attacked them with a strong army. After two years of fighting, Athens gave up and Sparta was in control. This made Sparta the strongest army in Greece for a long time
Philosopher- Lovers of wisdom
Socrates- A classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought. He was the Socratic Method.
Plato-Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought, First school for thought in the Western World.
Aristotle- philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, the founder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school of philosophy and Aristotelian tradition. He is known as "Father of Western Philosophy"
2) Pericles choice to use direct democracy. I think this because if you look at our government today this is the government style we use and without his choice to enforce we wouldn't have it today.
3) Pericles designed the Delian League
4) Athenians would take advantage of their strong Navy and stay with Water battles instead of land battles to keep their distance from Sparta's army.
5) Socrates ideas may seem alright to us but in Athens, it is a very big problem to make people think outside of the "Athenian/Greek ways"
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