Poseidon
- God of seas, rivers, floods
- brother of Zeus
Aphrodite
- Goddess of love, beauty, desire, sexuality
- had lovers of both god and men
- lover include: Ares(god of war), Adonis (god of desire), Anchises (a mortal)
Dionysus
- god of wine
- was son of Zeus(God) and Semele(a human)
Zeus
- ruler of heaven and earth
- father of Athena
- God of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order and Justice
- had a temper and was known to hurl thunderbolts
Athena
- Goddess of wisdom, skill, warfare and peace
- was born from Zeus head fully formed and armored
- a speacial patron of heroes
- patron of Athena (city named after her)
Apollo
- god of music, art, knowledge, healing
- son of Zeus
- brother of Artemis (associated with the moon)
- associated with the sun
Demeter
- goddess of the grain harvest agriculture
- Zeus's sister
The fighting Spartans
- Greeks were certainly a warlike people
- Spartans were known for their tough, ruthless infantry: soldiers who fought on land
- Spartan boys trained from the time they were seven
- real Spartan were much more fearsome than those oily gym rats in the movie 300
A naval power
- Athens had a great infantry, but nothing could compare with their navy
- most effective weapon was the trireme
the Phalanx
- close - rank, dense grouping of warriors
- armed with long spears and interlocking shields
Socrates
- looked to science and logic for explanations of how the world worked
- the Socratic method foster critical thinking
- Socrates was changed with serious crimes
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