Reviewed Questions From Wednesday

Today, we reviewed the answers for the Ancient Greece Questions we did on Wednesday. We took the whole period to review the definitions and terms from those questions. Mr. Schick talked about some specific tragedies and comedies. Here are the questions with the new information:

1.) For each term, write a sentence explaining its significance. 
     - direct democracy: a form of gov where citizens rule directly and not representatives; was an important 
                                     legacy of Athens
     - classical art: the standard of the Greek's values (harmony, order, balance, and proportion); Greeks wanted 
                            to portray ideal beauty, not realism; had neutral/idealist look on sculpture's face
     - tragedy: a serious drama about common themes (love, hate, war, or betrayal); featured main 
                     character (tragic hero (was an important person with a tragic/fatal flaw (causes hero's downfall; 
                     Gk. Hubris = excessive pride))); tragedies: Sophocles, Oedipus Rex - can't escape own fate
     - comedy: contained scenes with funny/clumsy situations and crude humor; made fun of politics and 
                      respected ideas of the time; Aristophanes wrote Lysistrata - movie Chi-Raq based on this
     - Peloponnesian War: lasted from 431 to 404 BC; Athens very weakened from plague; Sparta won