Current Athens

Ancient Athens

Glossary

Latitude:
The distance North or
South of the Equator measured in
degrees.
Longitude :
The distance measured in
degrees East or West of an imaginary
line that is from the North pole to
the South pole.
Legend:
explains the meaning of
colours lines and symbols.
Scale:
shows the distance on a map.
Cardinal directions:
are the four

principal compass points: North,

South, East, and West
.

What

we notice is different between the maps:

The different names for the cities.

Certain cities are gone.
Some of the smaller islands have been named.

Important meeting
places in Ancient Athens
.
The
PnyxHill
isnumber3inthepicturebelow.
TheAgora
isnumber7.
TheBouleuterion
isnumber19.
PnyxHill
isimportantbecauseitwastheofficialmeetingplaceoftheAthenian
DemocraticAssemblybutintheearliestdaysAtheniansmetintheAgora.Intheearly5thcentury
themeetingplacemovedtoPnyxHillwhichissouthandwestoftheAcropolis.Theysayitwas
constructedaroundtheearly5thcentury.ThewordPnyxisfromtheGreekwordfortightly
packedtogether.
TheAgora
isalsoveryimportantbecauseitwasthemarketplaceandCiviccenter.The
AgoraisoneofthemostimportantpartsoftheAncientcityofAthens.Notonlythatbutalsoa
placewherepeopleassembledanddiscussedallkindsoftopicsaboutthesociety.Itiswherethe
AncientGreekdemocracyfirstcametolife.
TheBouleuterion
isanotherimportantpartoftheAthenianDemocracybecauseitwas
usedtoaccommodatethemembersoftheboule,thebouleisacouncilwithresponsibilitiesin
ancientathens.TheBouleuterionisasimplestructureatwestofAthenianAgoraandEastofthe
Tholos.

Decisionmaking

Men

Gotoschool.
Getmilitarytraining.
Madedecisionson
women'sbehalf.
Iftheydidn'tgotoschool
theyhelpedtheirfamilies
withfamilybusinesses
likefarmingorsandal
making.
Votingonimportant
decisions.
Hadcertaintrainingfor
theperfectwife
Ifacitizentheywere
supposetoservein
governmentpositions

women

Cleaningtheirhomes
Hadamaleguardian
Hadtomakeclothing
Maleguardianmade
decisionsforthem
Hadnoroleinpolitics
Supervisedslaves
Couldn'tvote
Influencedcitizens
Werenotconsideredcitizens
Theywerenotallowedto
havethesamerightsasmen
Woreclothingthatcovered
theirwholebody
Werenotabletowalkwhere
theywanted

Women's decision making

athenian

Metics

slaves

Ifwomencouldnot
participateinthegovernment

Couldnotparticipateinthe
government

Couldnotparticipateinthe
government

Ifwomencouldnotvote

Couldnotvote

Couldnotvote

Couldinfluenceothers

Couldinfluenceothers

Couldnotinfluenceothers

Ifwomenamancontrolled
them

Couldnotownanyland

Couldnotbecomecitizens

Couldonlyleavehousefor
religiouspurposes

DemocracyinAncientAthens

AncientAthensisthebestexampleofatruedirectdemocracy,alllawsanddecisionswere
votedbythegeneralpublic.Everyyear500citizenswerechosen,thesecitizenswereableto
makeandchangelawsbutthedecisionwasn'tcompleteduntilalloftheothercitizenshad
chosenwhethertheywantedthattohappenornot.Aroundthistimewomen,slaves,and
childrenwerenotconsideredcitizens,sotheydidnotpartakeinthevotingprocess.Every
citizenwasexpectedtoshowuptovoteexceptifyouwereawayonmilitaryservice,ifyoudid
notshowupyouweredeemeddisrespectfulandwerelookeddownupon.

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