While we might consider elections to be the cornerstone of democracy, the Athenians who coined the term actually employed a lottery system to choose most of their politicians (TED-Ed 2015-20).

The year is 432 BCE. As dawn breaks over Athens, Pheidias is late for work. He is the chief builder for the Parthenon— Athens’ newest and largest temple— and when he arrives onsite, city officials accuse him of embezzling gold from the temple’s sacred central statue. He has until sundown to prove his innocence or face the courts (TED-Ed 2021).

Diese Seiten des British Museum erschließen das antike Griechenland - für die Mittelstufe - in diesen Kapiteln: Athenian Acropolis, public life in Athens and different groups of people in Athenian society, everyday life in ancient Greece, religious festivals, geographical features of modern and ancient Greece, Greek gods, great thinkers and artists, Sparta, War between the ...

Students will discover how people’s lives were influenced by the conditions experienced within the city-states, in particular, Sparta and Athens. Particular consideration is given to warfare.

Students will discover how people's lives were influenced by the conditions experienced within the city-states, in particular, Sparta and Athens. Particular consideration is given to warfare (USA 1998-2019).

Thematische Hintergrundinformationen über das klassische Athen finden Sie auf den Seiten von planet-wissen.de.

Declaration by the European Ministers of Education on intercultural education in the new European context, meeting on the occasion of the 21st session of the Standing Conference in Athens, from 10 to 12 November 2003 .

It’s 427 BCE and the worst internal conflict ever to occur in the ancient Greek world is in its fourth year. Athens is facing a big decision: what to do with the people of Mytilene, a city on the island of Lesbos where a revolt against Athenian rule has just been put down. How did these kinds of decisions get made? (TED-Ed lesson 2021)