Ancient Greek Movie 5

• Athenians were now looking for a new leader
• Pericles
• Leader at the height of power
• Wanted to glorify Athens
• Liked democracy
• Even thought he was a rich aristocrat
• Wanted to make a city fit to rule an empire
• Wanted Athens to be the best city in Greece

• Acropolis
• They temples that used to stand there were burnt down by the Persians many years a go
• Pericles wanted to reconstruct a Parthenon

• Parthenon
• Parthenon , in its time, was the most beautiful building ever built
• Today it would cost a billion dollars to build
• Put many people to work- artisans, builders, etc…
• Would require 20 thousand tons of marble
• First thing you see is a statue that is bigger than this school
• Frieze chiseled partial statue
• Everyone that shows up to Athens is astonished when they see it

• Aspasia
• Pericles - prostitute
• Relationship was frowned upon
• Pericles treat her as an equal
• Pericles was still married
• He completely falls in love with her
• She is an intelligent, bright, and charming
• Ended up getting married with her after he divorced his wife

• Worlds first theatre lies in the center of the acropolis
• Home of popular entertainment
• Some stories  were about a man marrying his own mother and having children
• Greeks invented drama
• Fatal flaw- otherwise very good people making very bad decisions, falling from the heights in some aspect of their life.

• Oedipus
• Early age was taken away from his parents
• Lived his life and achieved greatness
• Solved the mystery of the sphinx

• Greek tragedies showed what they were thinking about and what kind of things they made plays about showed them who they were.
• Pericles - a man with a fatal flaw
• Hubris- arrogance and pride
• 431 B.C  -wants to go to war with Sparta, only city state that still matched Sparta with power