The City of Athens

1. The City of Athens GRK 101

2. Oral Quiz: Present Active PTC “Being” • Dicaeopolis, being a farmer, loves his farm • ὁ Δικαιόπολις, “being”αὐτουργός, φιλεῖ τὸν κλῆρον • “being” — what case-number-gender? • nom-sing-masc • ὁ Δικαιόπολις, ὢν αὐτουργός, φιλεῖ τὸν κλῆρον • ἡ Μυρρίνη, “being” αὐτουργός, φιλεῖ τὸν κλῆρον • ἡ Μυρρίνη, οὐσααὐτουργός, φιλεῖ τὸν κλῆρον • τὸ παιδίον, “being”αὐτουργόν, φιλεῖ τὸν κλῆρον • ἡ Μυρρίνη, ὂν αὐτουργόν, φιλεῖ τὸν κλῆρον

3. Oral Quizcont’d • παρέχω τὸ ἄροτρον τῷ παιδίῳ, “being”αὐτουργῷ [i.e., the child “being” a farmer] • ὄντι • παρέχω τὸ ἄροτρον τῇ Μυρρίνῃ, “being”αὐτουργῷ [i.e., Myrrhine “being” a farmer] • οὔσῃ

4. πολλὰ πιὼν καὶ πολλὰ φαγὼν καὶ πολλὰ κακ᾽ εἰπὼν ἀνθρώπους κεῖμαι, Τιμοκρέων Ῥόδιος

5. Oral Greek • ἆρα ὁρᾷς… • τὴν Μυρρίνην φέρουσαν τὸ ἄροτρον; • τὸν Δικαιόπολιν φέρνοντα τὸ ἄροτρον; • τὸ παιδίον (= “the child,” neuter sing.) φέρον τὸ ἄροτρον; • ἡ Μυρρίνη, φέρουσα τὸ ἄροτρον, ὁρᾷ τὸν λύκον • ὁ Δικαιόπολις, _____ τὸ ἄροτρον, ὁρᾷ τὸν λύκον • τὸ παιδίον, _____ τὸ ἄροτρον, ὁρᾷ τὸν λύκον

6. Topics, Questions… • Greek architecture’s influence • Architectural orders • The city and the citizen • Athens as a city for Dicaeopolis • Political resonances of Pericles’ “make work” policies • Map of Athens, layout, long walls, etc. • Acropolis and its temples (Parthenon, Erechtheum), houses

7. burial ground(outside walls) walls AGORA: public center,marketplace KHŌRA (countryside) ACROPOLIS (“high city”): religious center, citadel walls astu (town) harbor district walls harbor(foreigncontacts) KHŌRA (countryside) walls City with Port (compare Athens)

8. Athens & Piraeus

11. slide show Parthenon, West Front (Reconstruction)